How to Build a Better Boy

2014 "Never underestimate two girls with a plan."
5.3| 1h30m| G| en| More Info
Released: 18 November 2014 Released
Producted By: Schorr Pictures
Country: United States of America
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Official Website: http://disneychannel.disney.com/how-to-build-a-better-boy
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After inadvertently inputting the qualities of the ideal boyfriend into a high-tech government computer, two social outcasts named Mae and Gabby must contend with Albert, a cybernetic sweetheart with only objective: to treat Mae to the perfect highschool romance.

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Paul Hoen

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Schorr Pictures

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CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.
Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.
AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.
Hayden Kane There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes
aprilcullen-24458 Ok so Disney has brought us amazing original movies and good retellings old stories, but this is just a huge ripoff of weird science. Let's take a look at the similarities.Weird Science is about two nerds who don't have any friends decide to make a simulation of a girl to get tips on how to get girls only for the simulation to create an actual living breathing girl. The three then go on some wacky adventures How to build a better boy is about two nerds who don't have any friends decide to make a simulation of a boy so they won't feel sad only for the simulation to create an actual living breathing boy. The three then go on some wacky adventures There are only two differences. 1. The characters are gender bent 2. Weird science is actually funny and charming. I would recommend Weird Science to anyone any day, but this is just a crap remake. I gave it a 2 only because the acting is ok. Not great,but ok. This is Disney at its worst
Akhilesh Mathur Illogical and sentimental movie. If you are looking for science- there is none. Halfway through the humour dies and it's all mushy romance and emotional dialogues. Apparently the Government is OK with scientists accessing 3 billion dollar black project from the comfort of their home. They are even OK with bunch of kids hacking into their network and even letting them all walk away like nothing happened!And the girl? Well, she's devastated when she learns her robot boyfriend is doing good stuff like helping people across the globe (like building schools). How could he leave her!? I quote: "Albert would never do this to me! He'll realize he's not a soldier and he'll come back to me!" And this is when I decided to eject the disc.
lisafordeay So this premiered on the Disney Channel last Friday and I got a sneak peak of it on YouTube so I decided to watch it all and see what it was about.So on to the review. I am gonna tell you what I liked and didn't like about this movie. So there maybe a few spoilers in here but anyway lets dive in.So the movie tells the tale of two best friends (one played by China McClain,while the other is Kellie Berglund)who are teenagers going to high school where prom is approaching. Of course there is this girl who is dating this guy who secretly likes Mae(Berglund)and the girl bullies Mae because she has no one to bring her to the prom. So she makes out that she already has a boyfriend and in order for her to prove she has,her dad who is secretly working for the defense force has a software that creates DNA on a robot and turn them into a human. So Mae and her friend decide to create the perfect man for Mae for homecoming prom and call it Albert by using the robot(who is actually a killing machine used for the army force) and they give him a nice personality and a nice look (blonde hair,blue eyes,caring and modest you know the kind of guy all women wants in life). So the next day Albert arrives in this orange sports car and Mae is smitten with it. But will Mae's friendship with McClain's charcther be put to the test and how can they pull off their creation when they used a computer and Mae's dad's software as she thought it was for a video gaming company?Overall this is a sweet movie for the pre-teens. Its not a perfect film by all means as its meant for 13 up, but I like the charcther Albert who is so perfect to look at. The actor that played him was great. Also I thought it was actually pretty good,but there are some problems I have with this film. Like firstly the guy didn't even look like a robot that they created. yeah sure you see this white robot in the beginning made out of wire and all that stuff. But wires NEVER came out of him when he was a human or was he suppose to be a virtual guy like a hologram or whatever. If he was a robot like I said you would have seen his head come off with wires coming out,but he just seemed human all the time. You hear these stupid robot movement effects but that's it. Also the ending was a bit of a letdown. I mean if you seen it you know what I'm on about. So did I like the film sure like I said it wasn't bad but if you love Sci-Fi and Weird Science then check it out.5/10Out of 5 stars I'm giving it a 2.5/5 stars.C-
SanteeFats This is a typical Disney movie. It is cute, funny, semi-serious, and well done. Kelli Berglund and China Ann McClain are the two leads and they do a good job. They are genius level sophomore's who are considered to be dorks by the popular kids. The movie is pretty funny, the acting is decent, the plot is typical Disney, the outcome is as you would expect. The general is funny in his roll. Kelli gets her true idea of a boyfriend, he is a designed, robotic type but is every thing she could ever want in a boy friend. At the end, as all wait for the kiss, she uses the self destruct command and the boy friend goes blooey. Leaving Kelli and the QB yo hook up. Ashley Argota plays the stereotypical protagonist cheerleader dating the football star. She gets her comeuppance at the homecoming dance when she tries to convince everyone the boyfriend is what he actually is, a robot. She doesn't do it and is dumped by the QB. A decent, funny movie with some good acting and a decent plot.