Overview

After a lightning bolt zaps a robot named Number 5, the lovable machine starts to think he's human and escapes the lab. Hot on his trail is his designer, Newton, who hopes to get to Number 5 before the military does. In the meantime, a spunky animal lover mistakes the robot for an alien and takes him in, teaching her new guest about life on Earth.

Beesley's Ratings

Id

589

Name

Short Circuit

Genre

Comedy

Leads

Guttenburg

Rating

4
Content Advisory

Parental guidance, ?

Comments

None

Metadata from themoviedb.org

Genre Ids

Science Fiction, Comedy, Family

Id

2605

Popularity

16.547

Release Date

1986-05-09

Title

Short Circuit

Vote Average

6.6

Vote Count

1468

Budget

$10,000,000

Revenue

$40,697,761

Runtime

98 minutes