The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1995)

Directed by

Peyton Reed

Genre

science fiction, comedy, tv movie

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 27m

Rating

4.7 of 10 from 29 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A college student named Dexter Riley accidentally gets all the knowledge in the world downloaded into his brain after a freak accident with a computer. He suddenly becomes a genius and must use his new smarts to outwit a rival school dean who wants to steal his abilities.

lightheartedfunnyquirkyplayfulfast-pacedwhimsicalgoofy

What happens

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes is a 1995 American made-for-television science fiction comedy film directed by Peyton Reed (in his feature directorial debut) and written by Joseph L. McEveety and Ryan Rowe. The film is a remake of the 1969 film of the same name. It premiered on ABC as an ABC Family Movie on February 18, 1995. It is the second in a series of four remakes of Disney live-action films produced for broadcast on the network during the 1994–95 television season, the other three being The Shaggy Dog, Escape to Witch Mountain, and Freaky Friday. The film stars Kirk Cameron in the lead role of Dexter Riley, a boy who becomes an instant genius, with encyclopedic knowledge. The film also co-stars Larry Miller and Dean Jones plays the role of an evil dean from a competing school. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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