Plot
Albert Einstein helps a young man who's in love with Einstein's niece to catch her attention by pretending temporarily to be a great physicist.
Release Year: 1994
Rating: 6.0/10 (12,768 voted)
Director:
Fred Schepisi
Stars: Tim Robbins, Meg Ryan, Walter Matthau
Storyline Edward Walters, an auto mechanic, falls for the intelligent and beautiful Catherine Boyd. It is love at first sight. There is however a problem, she's engaged to jerk James Moreland. Fortunately, Catherine's uncle likes Ed, and with his friends they scheme to make Catherine fall for Ed. The comedy in this movie stems from the fact that Catherine's uncle is none other than Albert Einstein, who's portrayed as a fun loving genius, as are his mischievous colleagues, Nathan, Kurt and Boris.
Writers: Andy Breckman, Andy Breckman
Cast: Tim Robbins
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Ed Walters
Meg Ryan
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Catherine Boyd
Walter Matthau
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Albert Einstein
Lou Jacobi
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Kurt Gödel
Gene Saks
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Boris Podolsky
Joseph Maher
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Nathan Liebknecht
Stephen Fry
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James Moreland
Tony Shalhoub
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Bob Rosetti
Frank Whaley
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Frank
Charles Durning
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Louis Bamberger
Keene Curtis
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Eisenhower
Alice Playten
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Gretchen
Danny Zorn
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Dennis
Helen Hanft
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Rose
Roger Berlind
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Duncan
Taglines:
With Einstein as Cupid what could possibly go wrong?
Release Date: 25 December 1994
Filming Locations: Cranbury, New Jersey, USA
Gross: $26,372,663
(USA)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
The line "Dago the front?" that Frankie says is a custom car term. "Dago" is from dago dropped axles made in San Diego, California. It's where the front end of the car is lower than the rear.
Goofs:
Anachronisms:
Double yellow highway center lines.
Quotes: Albert Einstein:
Algae? This is a color?
User Review
I.Q. Is Excellent
Rating: 10/10
Maybe I'm being too generous with the rating...but I just love this
movie! I've seen it so many times, but every time I see it I fall in
love with it all over again. It's just a simple romantic comedy, with
nothing huge or monumentous that happens. But I'm a big romantic and
this movie *is* romantic. I love Meg Ryan and Tim Robbins, and Walter
Mathau is so funny. The scientists make me laugh so much...I definitely
recommend this movie to anyone who hasn't seen it. It's such a clean,
good movie - and those are so rare now! My 20-year-old brother likes
this movie, too, so it's not just a chick-flick. ;-) I recommend it if
you need to laugh, or if you're just lonely and need to *watch* a
romance, if you yourself can't participate in one. It's a good 'un!
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