导演:玛莎·库利奇
主演:Val Kilmer Gabriel Jarret William Atherton
剧情介绍:SiskelandEbertonceranaspecialshowentitled"MoviesI'mEmbarrassedtoAdmitILiked."IsupposethatifIcomposedsuchalistofguiltypleasures,thisonewouldbeoneofthem...butuponreflection,it'sreallyalotbetterthanthat.Fifteenyear-oldscienceprodigyMitch(GabeJarret)isrecruitedbyambitiouscollegeprofessorWilliamAtherton(inyetanotherofhispatentedrolesasaloathsomecharacter)toworkontheprofessor'sprizelaserproject,notknowingthattheprofisreallydevelopingagovernmentweapon.Alongtheway,MitchisbefriendedbyChris(ValKilmer),anotherprodigyafewyearshisseniorwhoteachestheMitchhowtoloosenup.Thiscouldhavedegeneratedintonothingmorethanjustanotherteenrevengecomedy,butthere'ssomuchmore:thedialogueislacedwithsharpwit;therearesomelovelyscenesthathavenothingtodowiththestoryyetarecarefullysetup,almostasblackouts(e.g.,Mitchgoestoalectureatwhichafewstudentshavelefttaperecordersinsteadofattending;later,atanotherlecturetherearemoretaperecordersthanstudents;and,inafinalscene,onelargetaperecordergivesthelecturetoaroompopulatedbynothingbutothersmallrecorders!);andthrow-awayscenesthatmakeyouwanttostopandbackupthetape(e.g.,Chrisoff-handedlycuttingasliceoffabarofsolidnitrogentomakeaslugforthecoffeemachine).It'salsooneofthefewmoviestoboastthepresenceofthememorableMichelleMeyerink--asJordan,the"girl-nerd"whomadebeingsmartandfemalesomethingtobeemulated.Andthere'sTearsforFearsgreatsong,"EverybodyWantstoRuletheWorld"providingtheperfectcodaastheclosingcreditsbegintoroll....Yes:reallynow,what'stheretobeembarrassedabout?
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