
1986 · Movie · 1h 38m · PG
Short Circuit
CriticsCritics: 56
AudienceAudience: 6.8
After a lightning strike brings a military robot to unexpected self-awareness, the curious machine flees its laboratory. Its designer searches for it while a warm-hearted animal lover shelters the robot, and together they face efforts to reclaim it for military purposes.
You’ll enjoy this if you like cheerful, nostalgic sci-fi adventures about friendship and self-discovery, especially *batteries not included or D.A.R.Y.L.; Not for you if you want subtle humor or complex characters.
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Cast
Ally SheedySteve GuttenbergFisher StevensAustin PendletonG.W. BaileyBrian McNamaraTim BlaneyMarvin J. McIntyre
Director
John Badham
If tonight is a Short Circuit night…
…these live in the same corner of my head.
Want one picked out for tonight?
Tell me what kind of night it is — I'll do the rest.






