D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)

Directed by

Simon Wincer

Genre

action film, science fiction film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 364 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A boy with superhuman abilities escapes from a secret military project. He tries to live as a normal child with a family and friends.

heartwarmingnostalgiclightheartedquirkymildly suspensefulchildlikeemotionaladventurous

What happens

D.A.R.Y.L. is a 1985 science fiction adventure film directed by Simon Wincer and written by David Ambrose, Allan Scott, and Jeffrey Ellis. It stars Mary Beth Hurt, Michael McKean, Kathryn Walker, Colleen Camp, Josef Sommer, and Barret Oliver. It follows a seemingly normal young boy who turns out to be a top secret, military-created robot with superhuman abilities. The film was theatrically released in the United States and Canada on June 14, 1985, by Paramount Pictures and in the United Kingdom on June 20, 1985, by Columbia Pictures through Columbia-EMI-Warner Distributors. It received mixed reviews from critics and was a box-office bomb. For his performance, Oliver won the Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor at the 13th Saturn Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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