importantly, the film is still as entertaining today as it was over ten years ago!Anyone who grew up in the 80s and is beginning to reminisce will instantly relate to the exploits of the two lead characters Gary Anthony Michael Hall and Wyatt Ilan Mitchell-Smith , as they use their computer and associated paraphernalia to create a beautiful girlfriend Kelly LeBrock . Although not Hughes' best work, this was reserved in my opinion for the later 'Ferris Beuller's Day Off' which was far more appealing to a wider audience - Weird Science will always be a 'Geeky' 80s classic. The film was so popular it spawned it's own TV series - ten years later!Unless you lived through that decade the film won't touch you in quite the same way. You needed to have been in awe of Tron, to have worn stone washed jeans and to have owned at least two pairs of illuminous [odd] socks, to really appreciate the naivety of the main characters as they place their faith in computers and 'modern' technology.Today to a younger - more clued up audience, Weird Science could get lost amongst so many other 80s flicks with inferior technology and visual special FX to today's CGI standards. However there is something quintessentially 80s, something oh so Duran Duran about Weird Science that separates it from even the best of today's films. It's that central 'Hughes' element with its visual nuances and audible gags that makes this a timeless classic, watchable again and again.If you know what 'ghetto blaster' is definitely watch this film, if you were born after 1984 take everything with a pinch of salt and pay attention - you might learn something.

classic not just a mere comedy of the 80's. I hope all who watch the movie will be very satisfied with it :

eighties comedy needs: A least one hot girl, a few actors who are no longer working or who do anything that will come along, plenty of dashing eighties threads, a corny as hell eighties soundtrack, and Oingo Boingo is as corny and eighties as they get , and plenty of cheap funny jokes. Undoubtedly the best thing about Weird Science is Bill Paxton, who plays Wyatt's older brother Chet. Chet is the worst big brother ever to grace a movie screen and is a role model for all big brothers everywhere, me included. Chet delights in extorting money and valuables from Wyatt in exchange for his silence about Wyatt's activities. The best part in the movie is when Chet gets turned into the toad thing or whatever it is. Man I love that part. The rest of the cast does a good job of being their stock characters. Kelly LeBrock does a good job of being hot. Robert Downey Jr. shows none of the signs of future drug addiction. The film is unremarkable in the fact that it isn't anything groundbreaking or special. It's just a funny movie. And an eighties classic. Bottom Line: If you grew up in the eighties and you never saw Weird Science then you must atone for your crimes by going out and buying it right now. Then send me an email telling me how grateful you are that I put you on the path to rightousness and eighties correctness.

more effectively executed, arguably, than the near-perfectly-played cool kid embodied here by Robert Downey Junior.Let your disbelief be suspended early on and give in wholly to this legendary film.

babes Hilly and Deb Judie Aronson More and Suzanne Snyder .Written and directed by John Hughes at the height of his game, Weird Science is pure teenage fantasy, targeted at adolescent boys with raging hormones. As such, the comedy is far from sophisticated, with gags about farts, poop, sex, puking, and underwear. Crass, to be sure, but also very funny if you're a pimply teenager or, like me, an adult whose sense of humour hasn't really matured that much since puberty.Hall and Mitchell-Smith are perfectly cast as luckless dweebs Gary and Wyatt, with Hall, in particular, on fine form, providing the film with some of its funniest moments his bar room tale about unrequited love is hilarious . LeBrock is great to look at but her performance is wooden then again, who's to say that a Real-life Barbie doll wouldn't act that way? . Able support is given from the always great Bill Paxton as Wyatt's obnoxious brother Chet, and Robert Rusler and Robert Downey Jr. as bullies Max and Ian, while cult favourites Vernon Wells and Michael Berryman contribute memorable cameos as mutant bikers, who invade Wyatt's home during the film's surreal and very silly soiree I think that means 'party' .8.5 out of 10, rounded up to 9 for Oingo Boingo's incredibly catchy theme song.

and be it! 8/10

Science is what I like to call a "Cheese Classic." It required minimal talent to put it together, but there is an element of endless amusement that can be found in the film that makes it great. From the bras on Wyatt's and Gary's heads during the creation process to countless inexplicably hilarious pieces of dialogue "Wyatt, your kitchen is blue..." , Weird Science is a true comedy classic. It is, however, the film which probably had the most mixed reviews until the Blair Witch Project, so I suggest watching it for yourself. Just keep in mind that it is meant to be laughed at, not learned from!