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Einstein Junior

Original title: Young Einstein
  • 1988
  • Tous publics
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
5.2/10
9.5K
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POPULARITY
4,934
7,321
Yahoo Serious in Einstein Junior (1988)
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Albert Einstein turns the science community upside down with his discoveries including a formula to put bubbles back in beer and rock n' roll.Albert Einstein turns the science community upside down with his discoveries including a formula to put bubbles back in beer and rock n' roll.Albert Einstein turns the science community upside down with his discoveries including a formula to put bubbles back in beer and rock n' roll.

  • Director
    • Yahoo Serious
  • Writers
    • Yahoo Serious
    • David Roach
  • Stars
    • Yahoo Serious
    • Odile Le Clezio
    • John Howard
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.2/10
    9.5K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    4,934
    7,321
    • Director
      • Yahoo Serious
    • Writers
      • Yahoo Serious
      • David Roach
    • Stars
      • Yahoo Serious
      • Odile Le Clezio
      • John Howard
    • 59User reviews
    • 20Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 3 nominations total

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    Yahoo Serious
    Yahoo Serious
    • Albert Einstein
    Odile Le Clezio
    • Marie Curie
    John Howard
    John Howard
    • Preston Preston
    Peewee Wilson
    Peewee Wilson
    • Mr. Einstein
    Su Cruickshank
    • Mrs. Einstein
    Lulu Pinkus
    • The Blonde
    Kaarin Fairfax
    Kaarin Fairfax
    • The Brunette
    Michael Lake
    • Manager
    Jonathan Coleman
    Jonathan Coleman
    • Wolfgang Bavarian
    Johnny McCall
    • Rudy Bavarian…
    Michael Blaxland
    • Desk Clerk
    Ray Fogo
    • Bright Clerk
    Terry Pead
    • Inventor Couple
    Alice Pead
    • Inventor Couple
    Frank McDonald
    • Nihilist
    Tony Harvey
    • Bursar
    Tim Elliott
    • Lecturer
    Ray Winslade
    • Droving Student
    • Director
      • Yahoo Serious
    • Writers
      • Yahoo Serious
      • David Roach
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    User reviews59

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    7sunflowerspoom

    Corny but funny

    I just saw the movie on Starz. Although it was corny and I can see why many didn't like it, I just couldn't stop laughing. Whether the jokes were good or bad, I laughed and that is good enough for me to say it was good. I was also surprised by how well done it was. I mean the quality was excellent. I guess if I was in a bad mood the movie wouldn't be half as good, but I thought it to be very enjoyable and would recommend for a movie for the parents and kids to enjoy. Of course everything in it is historically incorrect but that's the fun part. I give Yahoo Serious a lot of credit for making this a good flick. But I wouldn't go as far to say it was the best movie of all time and a beautiful piece of art but a movie doesn't have to be beautiful to be good. I at least got a rise out of it and would rather watch this 20 times than to see Justin and Kelly. I hope whoever is interested or already saw it will/did too.
    simpson182

    Awesome

    I loved the movie. It may have been out of date, and the sound quality may not have been to good, but overall the movie is great, who would ever think of creating a movie like this? It is definitely one of a kind, and I am proud to own it!!
    6emm

    The movie that changed history..........Almost.

    Not everyone will be interested in YOUNG EINSTEIN because it's too goofy and offbeat for their liking. It's a smart, reasonable production from an Aussie with an imaginative sense of humor. Who believed history would have changed with the invention of rock-and-roll music in 1906? We all know in real life that Albert Einstein didn't create a math formula for electric guitar noises, but this is a satiric approach to a world-famous individual who came up with E-equals-emcee-squared. Then again, Yahoo Serious might have invented kitty-kat pies! A very unique, and practical talent from the guy. Take it or leave it.
    concad44

    One of my fave 80s movies

    Yahoo Serious has probably become quite a bit of a joke, which is a shame because his debut effort is more entertaining than a lot of what Hollywood puts out these days. Serious plays Albert Einstein as though he were an Australian from deep in the outback. He makes his way to America to try and patent his invention and meets and falls in love with Marie Currie on the way. The movie is very offbeat but in a good way and very entertaining if you let it be. I have always loved this movie and the soundtrack is excellent for any 80s music fan. Serious went downhill with Reckless Kelly (which isn't a bad movie in and of itself) but got really bad with Mr. Accident. If you want to see a good, funny, and just entertaining film, you can't go wrong with Young Einstein unless you have completely lost the child inside you.
    eowyn_in_gondor

    90 minutes of Silliness

    Others have condemned this film as codswallop. If you're one for historical fact, you shouldn't watch it. That doesn't make it a bad film, however. It's one of those films that just to be silly. Albert Einstein is a Tasmanian apple farmer who surfs, E=mc2 is pronounced "Emck" and is used to put the bubbles in beer, and the chef at the mental assylum puts live kittens in a pie (Don't worry, Albert saves them). It's a good movie for watching during a pajama party. The director may be Yahoo Serious, but this movie is anything but.

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    Parody
    Jeff Goldblum, Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, Cate Blanchett, Bud Cort, Anjelica Huston, Michael Gambon, Noah Taylor, Matthew Gray Gubler, Seu Jorge, and Waris Ahluwalia in La Vie aquatique (2004)
    Quirky Comedy
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    Comedy

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    • Trivia
      Constant references apples and props were a joke on the fact Tasmania is Australia's largest producer/supplier of apples, so much so that the official state slogan printed on Tasmanian car license plates is "Tasmania: The Apple Isle".
    • Goofs
      When Marie talks to Albert in the Lunatic Asylum's shower room, "If you won't do anything, who will?" is dubbed over "If you won't do anything, I will."
    • Quotes

      Albert: I'm a Tasmanian

    • Crazy credits
      Young Einstein is dedicated to a genius, a rebel, a pacifist, an eccentric with a clowning sense of humour who once remarked about his own theories "...I never thought that others would take them so much more seriously than I did...". Albert Einstein 1879-1955
    • Connections
      Featured in Mental As Anything: Rock and Roll Music (1988)
    • Soundtracks
      GREAT SOUTHERN LAND
      Composed by Iva Davies

      Performed by Icehouse

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    • Release date
      • June 27, 1990 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • Australia
    • Official site
      • YahooSerious.com
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Young Einstein
    • Filming locations
      • Uluru/Ayers Rock, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
    • Production company
      • Warner Bros.
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $11,536,599
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $3,094,581
      • Aug 6, 1989
    • Gross worldwide
      • $11,537,895
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      • 1h 31m(91 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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