Product Details

• Actors: Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Kelly LeBrock, Bill Paxton, Suzanne Snyder
• Directors: John Hughes
• Writers: John Hughes
• Producers: Jane Vickerilla, Joel Silver
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Universal Pictures
• VHS Release Date: May 14, 1996
• Run Time: 94 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (129 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6300184269
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #142,914 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Yes, that is Bill Paxton as Ilan Mitchell-Smith's militaristic big brother. And that's Robert Downey Jr. as one of the in-crowd jerks who makes nerds Mitchell-Smith and Hall's lives miserable. Fortunately, this is a John Hughes comedy and our smart nerds create the perfect woman, Lisa (Kelly LeBrock), using a computer and voodoo. Lisa is a willing sex toy, has magical powers, and just wants to help the boys get even and meet nice babes. She even cleans up. The fantasy ebullience of Hughes is given full rein here and that's good and bad (mostly good). It's all aimed at a certain kind of hormone-addled, 16-year-old sensibility; but who doesn't have a little bit of that in them? --Keith Simanton

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

53 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Stay Away...Stay Far Away, November 17, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Weird Science (High School Reunion Collection) (DVD)

This DVD tries to suck the buyer in by telling him/her that this DVD contains music from the original score...which it might have, but along with that there comes the added bonus of missing lines that made the movie a classic...for instance the "If there's one thing I know its female stats..." line is completely gone. There are others but I don't have enough room to put them here. Not since the latest Animal House with the missing "Have you seen my rolling papers?" line has a DVD release been so disappointing. While these things may not matter to the majority of you viewers, it will to some of you so you have been warned.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Let's put the granparents in the broom closet, December 23, 2002

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William (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Weird Science (DVD)

Another John Hughe's classic. It falls into the same DVD treatment as 'Sixteen Candles' though. It was released poorly on DVD, and is no longer in production. But hold on, there's rumours that this and 'Breakfast Club' and '16 Candles' will get the DVD treatment they deserve in time for their 20th Anniversary! Weird Science, although silly at times, is a must-have 80's classic with some VERY entertaining scenes. Wait for the next DVD release, please don't pay high amounts for the used early DVD copy!

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another John Hughes Must Have!, February 10, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Weird Science (High School Reunion Collection) (DVD)

Finally, the big boys in hollywood have been decent enough to grace us with a re-release of one of the great teen flick's of the 80's. Starring a young and accomplised Anthony michael Hall (The Breakfast Club) and a host of other 80's stars, the story follows two 15 year old teens who decide to make a virtual woman on their computer. However, things become more then just virtual as the woman they created becomes more then just a dream, and infact, real!

If your a fan of director John Hughes, then this is a DVD you simply have to own. It'll go nicely with other classics like "The Breakfast Club", "Sixteen Candles", "Pretty In Pink" and many more.

Oh, one more thing...I'm glad its being re-relesed for 2 reasons. 1) my VHS copy is almost worn out. 2) I wont have to pay for a over priced second hand copy.