I.Q. (1994) 6.0
Albert Einstein helps a young man who's in love with Einstein's niece to catch her attention by pretending temporarily to be a great physicist. Director:Fred Schepisi |
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I.Q. (1994) 6.0
Albert Einstein helps a young man who's in love with Einstein's niece to catch her attention by pretending temporarily to be a great physicist. Director:Fred Schepisi |
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| Tim Robbins | ... | ||
| Meg Ryan | ... | ||
| Walter Matthau | ... | ||
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Lou Jacobi | ... | |
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Gene Saks | ... |
Boris Podolsky
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| Joseph Maher | ... |
Nathan Liebknecht
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| Stephen Fry | ... |
James Moreland
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| Tony Shalhoub | ... |
Bob Rosetti
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| Frank Whaley | ... |
Frank
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| Charles Durning | ... |
Louis Bamberger
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Keene Curtis | ... | |
| Alice Playten | ... |
Gretchen
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| Danny Zorn | ... |
Dennis
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Helen Hanft | ... |
Rose
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Roger Berlind | ... |
Duncan
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Edward Walters, an auto mechanic, falls for the intelligent and beautiful Catherine Boyd. It is love at first sight. There is however a problem, she's engaged to jerk James Moreland. Fortunately, Catherine's uncle likes Ed, and with his friends they scheme to make Catherine fall for Ed. The comedy in this movie stems from the fact that Catherine's uncle is none other than Albert Einstein, who's portrayed as a fun loving genius, as are his mischievous colleagues, Nathan, Kurt and Boris. Written by Rob Hartill
Bottom line - best romantic comedy ever. This movie accomplishes what all great movies strive for: the creation of a world and time that we want to re-visit and makes us glad to be part of the human race. When I am blue, this movie lifts my spirit and makes me laugh (and that is still true after many viewings - always fresh).
All of the actors are in top form. The characterizations are so dead on and the characters mesh so well together that you forget the actor (usually difficult to do with Matthau, Robbins and Ryan). The supporting cast is consistently brilliant: Fry ("agae", "a total pygmy package"!), Jacoby & Saks & Maher (the three theoretical physicists as "Greek chorus" - "but time doesn't exist"), Durning ("something we can launch from NJ"), Shalhoub & Whaley (Robbins' boss and co-worker at the service station), and Curits (Eisenhower - how many comedies have Eisenhower??).
Don't miss this overlooked treasure.