Short Circuit
1986 Directed by John Badham
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Something wonderful has happened... No. 5 is alive!
After a lightning bolt zaps a robot named Number 5, the lovable machine starts to think he's human and escapes the lab. Hot on his trail is his designer, Newton, who hopes to get to Number 5 before the military does. In the meantime, a spunky animal lover mistakes the robot for an alien and takes him in, teaching her new guest about life on Earth.
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So, wow, this did not age well at all.
Couple of observations:
- Ally Sheedy can't act.
- Steve Guttenberg can't act.
- Fisher Stevens does not come from India. Judging by his accent here, I doubt he has ever been there or even met an Indian.
- Number 5 has practially the same accent as Stevens.
- The weird eighties racism is.......weird.
- Number 5 looks like a guy doing a number 2.
I totally get why I didn't like it that much back in the day. -
One of my childhood favorites.
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A very funny and entertaining film about a military robot who comes to life as he understands what it means to be alive.
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Not done badly over the course of the last 20+ years but the quality level was decidedly sketchy to begin with. The sets in the final third are abysmal but it keeps plodding along with family-friendly charm. More on the site.
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Terrific nostalgia trip that hasn't aged as badly as you would think. Guttenberg and Sheedy are annoyingly bland in their roles but Fisher Stevens is hilarious and steals the show.
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Oh, boy. Talk about cute overload! Whether you came here for guys, girls, or robots, Short circuit will melt your CPU and provide tons of ocular-sensor-candy.
The bizarre love triangle is as follows: First, there’s the flowerpowery Ally Sheedy. If your only thought throughout the entire run of WarGames was “but what if she was even more gullible?”, it’s your lucky day! Then, we meet Steve Guttenberg. He’s in between shooting Police Academy movies, but still in character, and let me tell you what – that is one hella attractive Asperger’s. And then, the robot. If you imagine a bigger, hyperactive version of WALL·E, you will know everything you need to know. Actually, no. Scratch that. A better way to…
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This is what Wall-E wishes he was! I had such a crush on Stephanie when I was a kid with this movie.
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So, wow, this did not age well at all.
Couple of observations:
- Ally Sheedy can't act.
- Steve Guttenberg can't act.
- Fisher Stevens does not come from India. Judging by his accent here, I doubt he has ever been there or even met an Indian.
- Number 5 has practially the same accent as Stevens.
- The weird eighties racism is.......weird.
- Number 5 looks like a guy doing a number 2.
I totally get why I didn't like it that much back in the day. -
Back in the 80s where it was ok to have a white guy playing a person of Indian background...badly.
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number five is alive
input input input
nice trip back into my childhood <3
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I really liked this movie as a kid, but I could still recognize that it wasn't as great as my other favorite movies. It's kinda dumb, but Johnny 5 is a really fun character.
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NUMBER FIVE IS ALIVE!!!
One of my favorite 80's films, probably watched it every weekend growing up. They give enough personality to No. 5, and he is a lot of fun. You actually feel for him despite being a robot. Stevens and Bailey are great side characters, but it's really a story of the robot, Sheedy and Guttenberg. The Gutt is always golden and Sheedy is so adorable here.
I love the bit with the Three Stooges.
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In which a robot falls in love with Ally Sheedy. A thoroughly entertaining 80s movie. Number 5 is a terrific creation, full of character and life, more so than most real life human actors these days, probably thanks to the benefit of this being an actual robot rather than some CGI creation. Plus if it wasn't for this, we probably wouldn't have had Wall-E
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the original Wall-E.... except with weapons and instead of Eve an actuall human
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