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67% Critic Match
Real Genius
“When he gets mad, he doesn't get even… he gets creative.”
6.7 / 10• 1985• 1h 46m•PG• English
ComedyRomanceScience Fiction
Storyline
When teenage geniuses Mitch Taylor and Chris Knight, working on an advanced laser project, learn that the military wants to use it as a weapon, they decide to thwart the plan.
Cast & Crew
Val Kilmer
Chris Knight
Lead
Gabriel Jarret
Mitch Taylor
Michelle Meyrink
Jordan
William Atherton
Professor Hathaway
Robert Prescott
Kent
Louis Giambalvo
Major Carnagle
Jon Gries
Lazlo Hollyfeld
Ed Lauter
CIA Man Decker
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Martha Coolidge's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Real Genius is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
