I.Q.
1994 · Movie · PG · 100 min · ★ 6.0 · 55% critics
In 1950s New Jersey, a working-class man falls hard for a brilliant young woman who seems out of his league. With help from her famous scientist uncle and his friends, he’s pushed into a risky charade meant to impress her—forcing everyone to weigh honesty, ambition, and what really matters in love.
Also known as I.Q. Intelligence Quotient
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Details
- Years
- 1994
- Release date
- 1994-12-24
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Critic score
- 55/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 (493 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a sweet, old-fashioned rom-com with a quirky genius-matchmaker vibe and gentle laughs, in the vein of Roxanne; Not for you if you dislike romances built on deception or want strong sparks.
Pros: warm, playful Einstein; light, family-friendly tone; a few witty moments | Cons: uneven romance chemistry; corny, thrown-together feel; deception may frustrate
Themes
- wedding vows
- mathematician
- princeton university
- car mechanic
- comet
- halley's comet
- 1950s
- matchmaker
- research scientist
- albert einstein
Cast & crew
Tim Robbins
as Ed Walters
Meg Ryan
as Catherine Boyd
Walter Matthau
as Albert Einstein
Lou Jacobi
as Kurt Godel
Gene Saks
as Boris Podolsky
Joseph Maher
as Nathan Liebknecht
Stephen Fry
as James Morland
Tony Shalhoub
as Bob Watters
Frank Whaley
as Frank
Charles Durning
as Louis Bamberger
Directed by Fred Schepisi