Average Rating: 4.9/10
Reviews Counted: 19
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 10
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Release Date: Mar 6, 1992 Wide
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Average Rating: 2.6/5
User Ratings: 45,571
Loosely based on a short story by Stephen King, The Lawnmower Man was the first film to explore virtual reality technology and boasts a dazzling collection of computer-animated sequences. The story concerns the slightly-mad scientist Dr. Lawrence Angelo (Pierce Brosnan), who as part of a secret government agency called Cybertech has been experimenting with something termed "intelligence enhancement." By using drugs and virtual reality technology, Angelo has managed to boost the IQ of
Mar 6, 1992 Wide
Sep 30, 1997
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
All Critics (25) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (11) | DVD (6)
extremely outdated
High-Tec, High-Tense Fun....Slickly directed, Fittingly performed
Notable mainly for the fact that Stephen King sued over the use of his name.
Cool effects, particularly for the time -- story could have used more logic, though.
Every once in a while an idea comes along that's so lame, it surprises even me. This...was three of those times.
Pierce as a kind dad in a fun pre-pubescent tale
begins well, then runs out of gas
A fairly average thriller that isn't in any way memorable. Dont get me wrong, it's not a bad movie but the brilliantly ingenius premise should have had a much better result. Bits of the movie are good but it's overlong and gives off jiggy legs too much. This was supposed to be a technical breakthrough of cinema but the
December 30, 2011
Super Reviewer
Wow looking so outdated now, and Virtual reality is barely used these days. Didn't take off like it was predicted. This is based on a short story by Stephen King, surprised to see a young Pierce Brosnan in this. The graphics for the virtual reality scenes look like an arcade game from the era. It's not very original,
January 2, 2007Super Reviewer
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