Siskel。and。Ebert。once。ran。a。special。show。entitled。"Movies。I'm。Embarrassed。to。Admit。I。Liked."。I。suppose。that。if。I。composed。such。a。list。of。guilty。pleasures,。this。one。would。be。one。of。them。.。.。.。but。upon。reflection,。it's。really。a。lot。better。than。that.。Fifteen。year-old。science。prodigy。Mitch。(Gabe。Jarret)。is。recruited。by。ambitious。college。professor。William。Atherton。(in。yet。another。of。his。patented。roles。as。a。loathsome。character)。to。work。on。the。professor's。prize。laser。project,。not。knowing。that。the。prof。is。really。developing。a。government。weapon.。Along。the。way,。Mitch。is。befriended。by。Chris。(Val。Kilmer),。another。prodigy。a。few。years。his。senior。who。teaches。the。Mitch。how。to。loosen。up. This。could。have。degenerated。into。nothing。more。than。just。another。teen。revenge。comedy,。but。there's。so。much。more:。the。dialogue。is。laced。with。sharp。wit;。there。are。some。lovely。scenes。that。have。nothing。to。do。with。the。story。yet。are。carefully。set。up,。almost。as。blackouts。(e.g.,。Mitch。goes。to。a。lecture。at。which。a。few。students。have。left。tape。recorders。instead。of。attending;。later,。at。another。lecture。there。are。more。tape。recorders。than。students;。and,。in。a。final。scene,。one。large。tape。recorder。gives。the。lecture。to。a。room。populated。by。nothing。but。other。small。recorders!);。and。throw-away。scenes。that。make。you。want。to。stop。and。back。up。the。tape。(e.g.,。Chris。off-handedly。cutting。a。slice。off。a。bar。of。solid。nitrogen。to。make。a。slug。for。the。coffee。machine). It's。also。one。of。the。few。movies。to。boast。the。presence。of。the。memorable。Michelle。Meyerink。--。as。Jordan,。the。"girl-nerd"。who。made。being。smart。and。female。something。to。be。emulated.。And。there's。Tears。for。Fears。great。song,。"Everybody。Wants。to。Rule。the。World"。providing。the。perfect。coda。as。the。closing。credits。begin。to。roll。.。.。.。.。Yes:。really。now,。what's。there。to。be。embarrassed。about?