Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Weird Science is a wild and off the wall coming of age comedy by John Hughes. I would not regard this as his best work, but it still holds up decent as fun 80's style entertainment. While very dated, the movie is still pretty funny and totally outrageous. Two lonely, but likeable nerds Gary and Wyatt create "the perfect woman" on their computer, which brings to life the stunning Kelly LeBrock and the film is a non stop party until the movie ends. Anthony Michael Hall returns again as nerd icon and has great support roles from Bill Paxton and Robert Downey Jr. As silly as the film is, it has some heart and Gary and Wyatt are very sympathetic characters. Weird Science might not hold up as well as some other 80's classics, but I still found this to be enjoyable many years later.

What a decade the 1980's were, we'll never see a decade like it again, and that's a real shame, because it produced some of the coolest, cheesiest films ever to lace their boots on the big screen."Weird Science" doesn't make any real sense at all, and that's what makes it as great as it is..., it takes far fetched to the next level and amps it up to a thousand, pure stupidity, pure genius! Basically two teenage boys, the geeks of their high school are sick of having no friends, no luck and being repeatedly ignored, so one day they set out to create their own living, breathing woman (yeah you heard me right), this woman is a pure stereotype, every man's dream, a sexual fantasy for every young boy. The whole premise of "Weird Science" is bizarre, like whoever wrote it was seriously stoned at the time, and thank goodness they were; it has many loopholes that are left unexplained, but who cares about loopholes, right? It pretty much sums the 80's up in a just over an hour and a half..., one of those films that stays with you lingering in your mind for days, just how cool and camp it is, you never get films this bizarre and successful and long lasting these days, like Hollywood, or time itself, has lost its touch. It has a young Robert Downey Jr in a smaller role and Kelly LeBrock in the leading role, an iconic sex symbol of ever there was one. In order to enjoy "Weird Science" switch your mind off before going into it, suspend your belief and don't analyse, just enjoy it for what it is, which is a 1980's glorious masterpiece, bravo!

I really liked Weird Science. It was a zany comedy from the 80s and I took it as such. I also didn't think I'd laugh quite so much but there are so many moments in this that I couldn't help but chuckle. When the two bully characters clamber their way up an escalator in order to check out Lisa, Kelly Lebrock's character, had me in stitches. Another great thing about the movie is the chemistry between the actors. Anthony Michael Hall and Ilan Mitchell-Smith play off each other brilliantly and Kelly Lebrock is superb as their love interest. Bill Paxton is also hilariously as the militaristic buffoon "Chet." The pacing is lightning fast and the direction is both interesting and creative. The soundtrack is full of rare gems, the most noteworthy being The Wild Men Of Wonga's "Why Don't Pretty Girls (Look At Me)" In the end, Weird Science is a fun-filled 80's with plenty of appeal and warmth to keep you in good spirits. Go ahead, watch Weird Science. It sure beats the dull, by the numbers comedies that are released today.

Weird science has got to be the most illogical picture John Huges ever scripted, but I can't say is that it doesn't have appeal.Two teenage boys Wyatt and Gary take inspiration from Frankenstein to create the perfect woman who will bend to their every will. What they didn't expect is for Lisa to have a mind of her own and a few powers thrown in for effect.I never heard of a computer hologram that can become a living breathing person not does it go into what Lisa really is. A genie? A mystical goddess from another time and place?What makes this movie work is that the comedy aspect work very well rather the boys are finding frozen grandparents in the closet, Lisa mentioning private moments in the bathroom to parents or when a house party erupts into an outrages smorgasbord carnival funhouse.In the end, Gary and Chet really do overcome insecurities to become brave young men who don't need a model to make them into cool guys. It was already inside them screaming to come out.Weird Science is full of heart and witty humor that will have you coming back to revisit again and again.