I.Q. (1994)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Fred Schepisi

Writers (WGA):

Andy Breckman (story)
Andy Breckman (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

25 December 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Think Love.

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Uncle | Mechanic | Love At First Sight | Genius | Babe Scientist

Cast

Tim Robbins	...	Ed Walters
Meg Ryan	...	Catherine Boyd
Walter Matthau	...	Albert Einstein
Lou Jacobi	...	Kurt Gödel
Gene Saks	...	Boris Podolsky
Joseph Maher	...	Nathan Liebknecht
Stephen Fry	...	James Moreland
Tony Shalhoub	...	Bob Rosetti
Frank Whaley	...	Frank
Charles Durning	...	Louis Bamberger
Keene Curtis	...	Eisenhower
Alice Playten	...	Gretchen
Danny Zorn	...	Dennis
Helen Hanft	...	Rose
Roger Berlind	...	Duncan

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:G | Iceland:L | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Peru:PT | South Korea:15 | Argentina:Atp | Chile:TE | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:6 (w) | Ireland:G | Netherlands:AL | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | UK:U | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Cranbury, New Jersey, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

The close-ups of Ed manipulating the wooden puzzles feature the hands of enigmatologist John Chaneski.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Ed checks the wrong answers for several questions in the I.Q. test.

Quotes:

Ed Walters: Frank, this is Albert Einstein, the smartest man in the world.
Frank: [greeting Einstein] How they hanging?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Game K N B: (2007-03-03)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

SH-BOOM (LIFE COULD BE A DREAM)

perfect blend of goofy, sweet, funny, romantic and scientific

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.