Brainstorm
1983 · Movie · PG · 106 min · ★ 6.3 · 56% critics
Two researchers create a headset that can record and replay a person’s full sensory experience, letting others see and feel it as if it were their own. As the technology spreads beyond the lab, the team faces ethical pressure, outside interest, and the terrifying consequences of pushing the device into experiences no one was meant to relive.
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Details
- Years
- 1983
- Release date
- 1983-09-30
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Critic score
- 56/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (279 votes)
- Box office
- $10,219,460
- Budget
- $18,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an idea-driven, sometimes unsettling sci-fi thriller about sharing recorded experiences, especially if you like the concept of Strange Days; Not for you if you need a tight, consistently paced story and warm character drama.
Pros: bold sci-fi premise; provocative future-tech ideas; memorable intense sequences | Cons: uneven pacing; messy, choppy story; thin character focus
Themes
- virtual reality
- memory
Cast & crew
Christopher Walken
as Michael Brace
Natalie Wood
as Karen Brace
Louise Fletcher
as Lillian Reynolds
Cliff Robertson
as Alex Terson
Jordan Christopher
as Gordy Forbes
Donald Hotton
as Landan Marks
Alan Fudge
as Robert Jenkins
- JD
Joe Dorsey
as Hal Abramson
Bill Morey
as James Zimbach
Jason Lively
as Chris Brace
Directed by Douglas Trumbull