I came to this movie late in life, but Jesus Christ its so good. Sorry dudes who told me to see it and I ignored them for fucking years.

Just a classic 80s comedy. Val Kilmer at his best. i recently got my wife to watch this (she's only 24, and was 1 when the movie came out) and she actually enjoyed it a lot!

I hear its really cool to look down your nose at it because it is 80s twaddle, but it is probably as fun as the 80s get.

A guilty pleasure. Val Kilmer is just so damn brilliant when he wants to be.

One of the great, underrated Eighties movies. Twenty-three years after its release, Real Genius continues to be able to entertain and maintain its unique sense of genius comedy that has yet to go out of style nor be copied or surpassed. Val Kilmer in one of his first movie performances demonstrates a relaxed and expanded talent to deliver on a funny and unique script. The still visually and humorous movie climax retains its own place in movie history.

Catchy title sequence, made up of a series of technical illustrations tracing the history of weaponry from the Stone Age to the Atomic one, and backed by Ella Fitzgerald doing "You Took Advantage of Me." This and the CIA war-room sequence after it give the movie a genuine satirical edge, to be blunted before the end (but not before the classroom vignette of a tape recorder on the front desk lecturing to an assembly of other tape recorders).

While the nerds are often presented in a cliched Hollywood manner, "Real Genius" still does a decent job of portraying my alma mater. I enjoyed the little details like the murals in the Houses and cramped dorms, in what I assume is Lloyd. I liked the mix of different characters, and yes, I have known guys who resembled both Kilmer's as well as Jarret's respective characters. It's fun and light throughout, and even depicts the characters studying seriously. Imagine that! Overall, it's good.

Incredibly entertaining and dated 1980s Sciencey teen buddy film. I happen to love this sort of shit.

Shortlived victory ftl. The government probably has the schematics and will building again within the week.

Fun, mostly for being a strange twist on otherwise conventional teen movie tropes. It's not particularly funny for a comedy, though, and overuses montages.

kilmer has so many good one liners and is simply so damned cool that it makes up for every folly in this title. it's a good comedy that would have hands down made the a-grade had the last twenty minutes continued on the same shenanigan laden path that it began with.

Mitch looks exactly like Sarah Jessica Parker.

Fairly notable because it's so strange and the story is an interesting spin on the typical teen romance story.

A ridiculously subjective grade, but fuck it, I like it.

Underrated and powered by Val Kilmer

Campy and dated, it still gives a few laughs even though it seems like you have seen it a thousand times before (even if you havent).

Val Kilmer is classic here. A great companion piece to "Weird Science."