Review of Real Genius

Real Genius (1985)
4/10
Average screwball comedy
14 July 2008
Warning: Spoilers
Very average screwball comedy from writing team Neal Israel and Pat Proft (screenplay with Peter Torokvei). Geniuses Chris Knight and Mitch Taylor (Kilmer and Gabe Jarret) are used by their professor Dr. Hathaway (William Atherton) to create a laser beam intended for use by the U.S. army.

Few laughs in the script mean Coolidge can do little with the material, and her cast are likewise adrift. Val Kilmer has since moved on to better things, and we have seen little or nothing of the rest of the cast in the last twelve years.

Monday, January 26, 1998 - Video
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