| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Anthony Michael Hall | ... | Gary Wallace | |
| Kelly LeBrock | ... | Lisa | |
| Ilan Mitchell-Smith | ... | Wyatt Donnelly | |
| Bill Paxton | ... | Chet Donnelly | |
| Suzanne Snyder | ... | Deb | |
| Judie Aronson | ... | Hilly | |
| Robert Downey Jr. | ... | Ian (as Robert Downey) | |
| Robert Rusler | ... | Max | |
| Vernon Wells | ... | Lord General | |
| Britt Leach | ... | Al Wallace | |
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Barbara Lang | ... | Lucy Wallace |
| Michael Berryman | ... | Mutant Biker | |
| Ivor Barry | ... | Henry Donnelly | |
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Ann Coyle | ... | Carmen Donnelly (as Anne Bernadette Coyle) |
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Suzy J. Kellems | ... | Gymnast |
Two unpopular teenagers, Gary Wallace and Wyatt Donnelly, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers. Their desperation to be liked leads them to "create" a woman via their computer. Their living and breathing creation is a gorgeous woman, Lisa, whose purpose is to boost their confidence level by putting them into situations which require Gary and Wyatt to act like men. On their road to becoming accepted, they encounter many hilarious obstacles, which gives the movie an overall sense of silliness. Written by Jeff Ranous <uslwsjgr@ibmmail.com>
During most of the 1980s, I was working in or running movie theatres. I showed this movie and previewed it before it even opened. The one thing which struck me upon first viewing it was that it is essentially a teen-age version of Dr. Seuss's "The Cat in the Hat", right down to the house being magically cleaned up and the last piece of furniture sliding into place just as the parents return home to find everything as they left it. I always wondered if Hughes borrowed the plot on purpose or if he wrote Weird Science without realizing it's commonalities with one of the best loved children's story of all times. Anyone have opinions on that?