I.Q.

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I.Q.

"With Einstein as Cupid, what could possibly go wrong?"

1994

1h 40m

6.0(502 votes)

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Romance

Overview

Albert Einstein helps a young man who's in love with Einstein's niece to catch her attention by pretending temporarily to be a great physicist.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Tim Robbins

Ed Walters

Meg Ryan

Catherine Boyd

Walter Matthau

Albert Einstein

Lou Jacobi

Kurt Godel

Gene Saks

Boris Podolsky

Joseph Maher

Nathan Liebknecht

Stephen Fry

James Morland

Tony Shalhoub

Bob Watters

Frank Whaley

Frank

Charles Durning

Louis Bamberger

Creative team

Directed by: Fred Schepisi
Written by: Michael J. Leeson
Andy Breckman
Produced by: Carol Baum
Fred Schepisi

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