A mechanic romances the mathematician niece of physicist Albert Einstein, with help from him and his friends.A mechanic romances the mathematician niece of physicist Albert Einstein, with help from him and his friends.A mechanic romances the mathematician niece of physicist Albert Einstein, with help from him and his friends.
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe lines spoken by Walter Matthau as Einstein, "I'd rather be an optimist and a fool than a pessimist and right," "Time is an illusion," and "God does not play dice," are all actual Albert Einstein quotations.
- GoofsEd checks the wrong answers for several questions in the I.Q. test.
- Quotes
Albert Einstein: Are you thinking what I am thinking?
Ed Walters: Well what would be the odds of that happening?
- Crazy creditsSeveral characters' names are given incorrectly in the credits; Stephen Fry's character is spelled "James Morland" without the E, Lou Jacobi's character Kurt Gödel is spelled with no umlaut over the O, and Tony Shalhoub's character is titled "Bob Watters," not Bob Rosetti as given throughout the film.
- SoundtracksCOCKTAILS FOR TWO
by Sam Coslow and Arthur Johnston
Performed by Spike Jones
Courtesy of RCA Records label of BMG Music
Featured review
Sure, I'm a big Meg fan, but this one is high on my list. She's as adorable as ever, Tim Robbins pulls of another great performance, and Walter Matthau is absolutely perfect as Einstein. The movie is thoroughly funny and even manages to be reasonably intelligent!
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Box office
- Budget
- $25,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $26,381,221
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,131,201
- Dec 26, 1994
- Gross worldwide
- $26,381,221
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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