Weird Science

It’s a silly sci-fi sex comedy, but there are amusing moments to warrant revisiting.

The premise here threatens puerile perversion, female exploitation, and an uncomfortable age gap... – but in fact Hughes gives Lisa the confidence, agency and power that the boys lack, and makes her more fairy godmother than sex object.

The movie is the latest in the "Wouldn't it be neat if . . .?" school of movies.

Weird Science veers off into a typical coming-of-age saga without exploring any of the psychological territory it lightly sails over in the early going.

A mildly dirty reworking of love, popularity and wild times, this is John Hughes' scrappiest film to date, but it redeems its tastelessness and stupidity by being fairly funny most of the time.

This is ordinary stuff that's aged about as well as Mitchell-Smith's clunky computer.

...watching the film with the fact that it’s close to 40 years old, it is more than watchable, it’s enjoyable for most of the runtime.

If you were captivated by the originality and humor of Weird Science in theaters, you'll delight in revisiting this John Hughes classic that transcends generations.

Weird Science describes itself as *a special effects comedy*... it comes across more as a feeble blend of tediously vulgar, stale half-baked ideas.

...Hughes drills down on a simple, relatable theme; make the best of what you have while you have it....