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The life of legendary scientist Albert Einstein is re-imagined as a slapstick farce in this comic fantasy. Changing Einstein's country of origin from Germany to Tasmania, the film shows the scientist's eventful youth as he creates rock & roll and discovers the secret of splitting the beer atom. Director and star Yahoo Serious loads the film with slapstick comedy, absurd sight gags, and even sneaks in a romantic subplot in which Einstein courts Marie Curie. The film was a huge hit in its native
Jan 1, 1988 Wide
Feb 15, 2005
Warner Home Video
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A five-minute idea stretched bloodily over 90 minutes of dead air.
I couldn't even make it through this movie! Did anyone?
An animated, and clever cocktail of laughs and rock and roll
Pee-Yew! It was in focus, though.
Lots of energy; very few laughs.
as much fun as you can have watching someone being repeatedly electrocuted and blown up -- over and over again
Young Einstein attempts to be an offbeat farce, a far-out comedy of the absurd. No fault there. But it's got to be funny, too.
...with no depth to the main character and little that's really funny to commend its script, Young Einstein falls as flat as old dad's beer.
Funny, though not hilarious. Too bad it launched a lackluster career on the part of Mr. Serious.
This movie was hyped in 1988 more than "Jason Goes to Manhattan" ever was! Yahoo Serious was a quirky Australian comic akin to Pee-Wee Hermann and Napoleon Dynamite. I wonder if he inspired Yahoo.com?? Regardless, he appears in a quiet little comedy about his exploits and inventions in the small town in which he
July 15, 2007Super Reviewer
Different to believe, Einstein invented not only relativity, but also the electric guitar and surfing, splitting the atom in his spare time.
December 11, 2006
Super Reviewer
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