天才反击

讲述了SiskelandEbertonceranaspecialshowentitledMoviesImEmbarrassedtoAdmitILiked.IsupposethatifIcomposedsuchalistofguiltypleasures,thisonewouldbeoneofthem...butuponreflection,itsreallyalotbetterthanthat.Fifteenyear-oldscienceprodigyMitch(GabeJarret)isrecruitedbyambitiouscollegeprofessorWilliamAtherton(inyetanotherofhispatentedrolesasaloathsomecharacter)toworkontheprofessorsprizelaserproject,notknowingthattheprofisreallydevelopingagovernmentweapon.Alongtheway,MitchisbefriendedbyChris(ValKilmer),anotherprodigyafewyearshisseniorwhoteachestheMitchhowtoloosenup.Thiscouldhavedegeneratedintonothingmorethanjustanotherteenrevengecomedy,buttheressomuchmore:thedialogueislacedwithsharpwit;therearesomelovelyscenesthathavenothingtodowiththestoryyetarecarefullysetup,almostasblackouts(e.g.,Mitchgoestoalectureatwhichafewstudentshavelefttaperecordersinsteadofattending;later,atanotherlecturetherearemoretaperecordersthanstudents;and,inafinalscene,onelargetaperecordergivesthelecturetoaroompopulatedbynothingbutothersmallrecorders!);andthrow-awayscenesthatmakeyouwanttostopandbackupthetape(e.g.,Chrisoff-handedlycuttingasliceoffabarofsolidnitrogentomakeaslugforthecoffeemachine).ItsalsooneofthefewmoviestoboastthepresenceofthememorableMichelleMeyerink--asJordan,thegirl-nerdwhomadebeingsmartandfemalesomethingtobeemulated.AndtheresTearsforFearsgreatsong,EverybodyWantstoRuletheWorldprovidingtheperfectcodaastheclosingcreditsbegintoroll....Yes:reallynow,whatstheretobeembarrassedabout?