Real Genius

1985 PG 1h 46m 6.9

An uptight teenage prodigy enters a top engineering college, but feels awkward among the freewheeling students. When a professor aims to turn their laser project into a military weapon, he and his offbeat roommate plot to ruin the plan.

Mitch Taylor is one of the youngest students ever accepted to a university known for its programs for geniuses. He partners up with his roommate, science club legend Chris Knight, on a project to develop a high-powered laser. Together with their hyperkinetic friends, they employ their intellects in the pursuit of bigger blasts, practical jokes, and a deeper understanding of what real genius means. When they find out that their professor intends to turn their work over to the military for use as a weapon, they decide to get even.

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Info about Real Genius

Studio(s): Tri-Star-Delphi III Productions, Brian Grazer Productions

Originally Released: United States on Aug 07, 1985

Box Office Gross: $12,952,019.00

Budget: $8,000,000.00

Genres: Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi