Weird Scince (1986)

I used to watch the USA Network TV series back in the 1990's but never saw the movie it was based off of until now. I had a perception that Weird Science was a dirty movie, but felt justified in watching the basic cable show version because no nudity (though what nudity there is in the film version is very fleeting). This is a very pubescent movie, a fantasy in which two 15 year old dorks (Anthony Michael Hall and Ilan Mitchell-Smith) who have no luck with the opposite sex create a sexy female genie (Kelly Le Brock) on their computer to guide them, help them grow, and get them laid. It's kind of shallow as redemption narratives go. This was made during director Jon Hughes most productive period, between 1984 and 1989 he directed 7 films, wrote or co wrote 9, and produced 12, and for the most part kept the quality pretty impressive, even Weird Science is better then it probably should be. A younger me would have given this a ***, but I'm going to give it a **1/2.