Real Genius

Genre: Comedy

Worldwide gross$13.0M

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.

🏆 2 wins & 2 nominations total

Genres

Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi

Director

Martha Coolidge

Cast

Val Kilmer, Stacy Peralta, Daniel Ades

Released

7 August 1985

Runtime

1h 48m

Certificate

PG

IMDb rating

6.9 / 10

Votes

38,941

Metascore

71

Rotten Tomatoes

77

Box office

12952019

Budget

$8,000,000

Edition

Base