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My Science Project

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A teen (John Stockwell) and his girlfriend (Danielle von Zerneck) raid a military junkyard and find a time-travel contraption from a UFO.
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Matt Brunson Film Frenzy 01/21/2021
1.5/4
It's as pathetic as it is predictable. Go to Full Review
Rick Chatenever Santa Cruz Sentinel 03/26/2020
The characters are flat, the plot is full of holes and everytime anything looks like it might get exciting, Betuel throws in something totally unbelievable to spoil it. Go to Full Review
Barbara Shulgasser Common Sense Media 03/08/2016
2/5
'80s romp filled with scary alien powers and innuendo. Go to Full Review
Nick Rogers Midwest Film Journal 09/17/2015
2.5/5
The inventive finale can't save a painfully slow film that feels like a cheap, hastily wrapped assembly-line product. Like "Back to the Future," it's instructive in the perils of rose-colored nostalgia, but only because it's worse than you remember. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 08/01/2005
2/5
Andy Klein Los Angeles CityBeat 04/07/2005
1/5
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ASC A @RT52578182 3d If you were a teenager in the 80s you probably watched this on rental because your friend loved it. Fit the younger generation that has no idea that if a movie wasn’t done of the select few they chose to advertise you never even knew it existed until someone accidentally discovered it at the local rental. Like Better Off Dead there were so many great teen movies in the 80s that weren’t John Huston so they didn’t get promoted. This is one of the ones we all loved but got tossed in the dust bin of history. I so wanted to be Mike when I was in JR High; cool grease monkey that gets the undiscovered hot nerd (turns out it went just like that a few years later). It’s a fun movie with a lot of awesome one liners from Fischer It’s a good ride with plenty of plot holes but you won’t care reliving what the 80s really were like. My college aged son and I just watched it and he had a good time Give it a watch! See more Sarah H @RT70622532 Jun 8 All time classic funny jokes and action I loved it as a kid played for my kids they liked it Fun movie See more Erik B @Atma-X Mar 2 I'm really not entirely sure what I just watched. I remembered liking it the last time I saw it...but that was back in 1986, when I was 8. Watching it again exposes it as the incomprehensible jumble of sci-fi tropes that it is. Still, it has that undeniable 80's charm about it...sadly, it has nothing else. See more Jen L @JenRL79 Feb 25 My family and I all agree. When we think of the most underrated 80’s film…it’s always this gem. my Science Project is pure 80’s glory. If you were a kid watching this you were both laughing and terrified at the same time. As an adult rewatching, I can absolutely see why I loved it. I watched with my son 2 years ago when he was 10. He loved it. While the 80’s trend is still around, definitely add this to your list. See more Spencer D. @spdouglas25 Nov 19 Loved this movie as kid. If want a classic 80s movie with those expectations then will like it See more Tom W @RT62754209 03/30/2025 Great fun - Alien tech, a time warp and cool hot rod. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A teen (John Stockwell) and his girlfriend (Danielle von Zerneck) raid a military junkyard and find a time-travel contraption from a UFO.
Director
Jonathan Beteul
Producer
Jonathan T. Taplin
Screenwriter
Jonathan R. Betuel
Production Co
Silver Screen Partners II
Rating
PG
Genre
Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Feb 3, 2004
Runtime
1h 34m
Sound Mix
Surround