Fresh
There's an intrinsic emotional pull to this earnest tale of parents in search of a child.
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
D.A.R.Y.L.
He can fly a jet, race a car and outsmart a computer. The government created him and now they want him destroyed.
1985 · 1h 40m · PG
Action, Family, Science Fiction
Directed by
Simon Wincer
Overview
Daryl is a normal 10-year-old boy in many ways. However, unbeknown to his foster parents and friends, Daryl is actually a government-created robot with superhuman reflexes and mental abilities. Even his name has a hidden meaning -- it's actually an acronym for Data Analyzing Robot Youth Life-form. When the organization that created him deems the "super soldier" experiment a failure and schedules Daryl to be disassembled, it is up to a few rogue scientists to help him escape.
Director and cast
- Simon Wincer Director
- Mary Beth Hurt as Joyce Richardson
- Michael McKean as Andy Richardson
- Barret Oliver as Daryl
- Amy Linker as Sherie Lee Fox
- Danny Corkill as Turtle
- Colleen Camp as Elaine Fox
- Josef Sommer as Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
- Steve Ryan as Howie Fox
- Kathryn Walker as Dr. Ellen Lamb
- Ron Frazier as General Graycliffe
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
53%
Tomatometer
Fresh
To be sure, we`re not talking about a bad movie, just one that could have been so much better.
Gene Siskel, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
Second half of the picture is the most far-fetched and also the most fun ...
Variety Staff, Variety
Rotten
If there is a subtext to ''D.A.R.Y.L.,'' and I'm not entirely sure there is, it's that one should always be kind to a computer, because a computer might be somebody's brother.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Rotten
A filming-by-numbers mix of small-town nostalgia, soapy family drama and high-tech sfx, this Dreary Android Runaway Yarn Lags way behind the Spielberg thoroughbreds it tries so hard to ape.
Time Out
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