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Short Circuit (1986)

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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Roger Ebert 12 Jul 2006

Too bad that robots, unlike humans, cannot be discovered in one movie and go on to star in another. I'd like to see No. 5 in a film more suitable to its talents.

jdlmon3 25 Mar 2018

Great 80S movie about a Robot who is alive! Unlike a lot of other movies this is not a fast paced movie but a light hearted story about #5 and his journey to stay alive.

OriginalDanger 11 Jul 2020

This sci-fi comedy is suitable for the whole family... Short Circuit made in 1986 stars Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg and that funny talking dude but don't know his name.. Short Circuit is basically about a robot who electrocutes himself, gets electrocuted or something and thinks he's alive, the story whatever it is seems odd and I don't even remember how he ended up with Stephanie (Ally Sheedy) but as far as I recall he ended up or landed on her vehicle roof but that's a guess as I've not seen Short Circuit in years. A company or something called Nova are in pursuit of the missing robot but it's good family fun. Short Circuit has good acting and rather camp acting but Steve Guttenberg is always top notch. Short Circuit spawned a sequel called Short Circuit 2 but the original beats it. It's not the best sci-fi film in it's genre and compared to Cocoon which also stars Guttenberg this is second rate but it's still decent and entertaining even if some of the characters are silly.

Paul Attanasio 08 Aug 2009

Having succeeded at a persuasive, endearing anthropomorphosis, the film makers have come up with only a so-so picture to go with it. All that was really needed to make Short Circuit a more satisfying experience was to up the script a couple of notches and apply a lighter touch to it. Unfortunately, director John Badham and his fledgling writers have taken a very broad, heavy-handed approach.

Salom Alaton 01 Oct 1997

Cuteness is never far off, though Badham has enough sense of pace, and the robotics are sufficiently inventive, to keep the laughs coming. Only Guttenberg's tongue-twisted Asian sidekick (Stevens) is off-key.