Siskel and Ebert once ran a special show entitled "Movies I'm Embarrassed to Admit I Liked." I suppose that if I composed such a list of guilty pleasures, this one would be one of them . . . but upon reflection, it's really a lot better than that. Fifteen year-old science prodigy Mitch (Gabe Jarret) is recruited by ambitious college professor William Atherton (in yet another of his patented roles as a loathsome character) to work on the professor's prize laser project, not knowing that the prof is really developing a government weapon. Along the way, Mitch is befriended by Chris (Val Kilmer), another prodigy a few years his senior who teaches the Mitch how to loosen up.
This could have degenerated into nothing more than just another teen revenge comedy, but there's so much more: the dialogue is laced with sharp wit; there are some lovely scenes that have nothing to do with the story yet are carefully set up, almost as blackouts (e.g., Mitch goes to a lecture at which a few students have left tape recorders instead of attending; later, at another lecture there are more tape recorders than students; and, in a final scene, one large tape recorder gives the lecture to a room populated by nothing but other small recorders!); and throw-away scenes that make you want to stop and back up the tape (e.g., Chris off-handedly cutting a slice off a bar of solid nitrogen to make a slug for the coffee machine).
It's also one of the few movies to boast the presence of the memorable Michelle Meyerink -- as Jordan, the "girl-nerd" who made being smart and female something to be emulated. And there's Tears for Fears great song, "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" providing the perfect coda as the closing credits begin to roll . . . . Yes: really now, what's there to be embarrassed about?
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主演:邓丽欣,张继聪,王菀之,林明祯,陈湛文,谢君豪,魏浚笙,何启华,胡枫,罗兰,米雪,廖子妤,蒋志光,黎彼得,凌文龙,余香凝,杨偲泳,胡子彤,林家熙,伍咏诗,黄呈欣
主演:渥美清,赫布·埃德尔曼,倍赏千惠子,下条正巳,三崎千惠子,前田吟,太宰久雄,佐藤蛾次郎,中村凖,吉田义夫,犬塚弘,梅野泰靖,殿山泰司,津嘉山正种,冈本茉莉,高木信夫,林宽子,笠智众,香川京子
主演:根岸拓哉,宇治清高,泷裕可里,大浦龍宇一,最上摩卡,杉浦太阳,小宫有纱,杉田智和,铃木达央,鹤野刚士,吉冈毅志,宫野真守,G·拉里·巴特勒,Bryan,弗兰克·格里什,丹尼尔·范·托马斯,William,草川拓弥,小池里奈
主演:郑少秋,井莉
主演:郑少秋,李海兴
主演:郑少秋,邱淑宜