Real Genius
When teenage geniuses Mitch Taylor and Chris Knight, working on an advanced laser project, learn that the military wants to use it as a weapon, they decide to thwart the plan.
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United States of America
Ratings
TMDB users
6.6/10
498 votes
Rating consensus
66/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~66/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
Val Kilmer
Chris Knight
Gabriel Jarret
Mitch Taylor
Michelle Meyrink
Jordan
William Atherton
Professor Hathaway
Robert Prescott
Kent
Louis Giambalvo
Major Carnagle
Jon Gries
Lazlo Hollyfeld
Ed Lauter
CIA Man Decker
Stacy Peralta
Shuttle Pilot
Daniel Ades
Laser Ray Victim
Andres Aybar
Bartender
Charles Shull
Air Force General
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Real Genius (1985)
Martha Coolidge
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