Amiable and good-natured but also shallow and predictable, Short Circuit is hardly as deep or emotionally resonant as E.T. -- though Johnny Five makes for a charming robot protagonist.
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Movie Info
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Director -
John Badham -
Producer -
Lawrence Turman , David Foster -
Screenwriter -
S.S. Wilson , Brent Maddock -
Distributor -
TriStar Pictures , Image Entertainment Inc. -
Production Co -
TriStar Pictures , Producers Sales Organization , Turman-Foster Company -
Rating -
PG -
Genre -
Comedy -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
May 9, 1986, Original -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Dec 6, 2016 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$39.0M -
Runtime -
1h 38m -
Sound Mix -
Surround