天才反击

导演：玛莎·库利奇 

演员：Val Kilmer Gabriel Jarret William Atherton 

类型：爱情 喜剧 科幻 电影 

简介：SiskelandEbertonceranaspecialshowentitledMoviesI'mEmbarrassedtoAdmitILiked.IsupposethatifIcomposedsuchalistofguiltypleasures,thisonewouldbeoneofthem...butuponreflection,it'sreallyalotbetterthanthat.Fifteenyear-oldscienceprodigyMitch(GabeJarret)isrecruitedbyambitiouscollegeprofessorWilliamAtherton(inyetanotherofhispatentedrolesasaloathsomecharacter)toworkontheprofessor'sprizelaserproject,notknowingthattheprofisreallydevelopingagovernmentweapon.Alongtheway,MitchisbefriendedbyChris(ValKilmer),anotherprodigyafewyearshisseniorwhoteachestheMitchhowtoloosenup.　　Thiscouldhavedegeneratedintonothingmorethanjustanotherteenrevengecomedy,butthere'ssomuchmore:thedialogueislacedwithsharpwit;therearesomelovelyscenesthathavenothingtodowiththestoryyetarecarefullysetup,almostasblackouts(e.g.,Mitchgoestoalectureatwhichafewstudentshavelefttaperecordersinsteadofattending;later,atanotherlecturetherearemoretaperecordersthanstudents;and,inafinalscene,onelargetaperecordergivesthelecturetoaroompopulatedbynothingbutothersmallrecorders!);andthrow-awayscenesthatmakeyouwanttostopandbackupthetape(e.g.,Chrisoff-handedlycuttingasliceoffabarofsolidnitrogentomakeaslugforthecoffeemachine).　　It'salsooneofthefewmoviestoboastthepresenceofthememorableMichelleMeyerink--asJordan,thegirl-nerdwhomadebeingsmartandfemalesomethingtobeemulated.Andthere'sTearsforFearsgreatsong,EverybodyWantstoRuletheWorldprovidingtheperfectcodaastheclosingcreditsbegintoroll....Yes:reallynow,what'stheretobeembarrassedabout?