I.Q.

Director: Fred Schepisi Fred Schepisi

Overview

Albert Einstein plays matchmaker in this nostalgically romantic comedy set in the 1950s. Einstein is concerned about his genius niece Catherine's love life. When garage mechanic Ed Walters meets and falls in love with Catherine, Einstein decides he's the right one for Catherine and puts his matchmaking plan into action.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/10/2017
UPC:	0032429285454
Original Release:	1994
Rating:	PG
Source:	PARAMOUNT
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:35:00
Sales rank:	2,030

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Tim Robbins	Ed Walters,Suit
Meg Ryan	Catherine Boyd
Walter Matthau	Albert Einstein
Lou Jacobi	Kurt Gödel
Gene Saks	Boris Podolsky
Joseph Maher	Nathan Liebknecht
Stephen Fry	James Moreland
Tony Shalhoub	Bob Rosetti
Frank Whaley	Frank
Charles Durning	Louis Bamberger
Curtis Keene	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Alice Playten	Gretchen
Danny Zorn	Dennis
Helen Hanft	Rose
Roger Berlind	Actor,Actor
Arthur Berwick	Actor
Timothy Jerome	Academic
John McDonough	Academic
Lewis J. Stadlen	Moderator
Jeff Brooks	Reporter
Richard Woods	Suit
Daniel Von Bargen	Secret service agent
Jack Koenig	Actor
Sol Frieder	Professor Loewenstein
Michelle Naimo Bird	Actor
Theodore Conant	Actor
Scotty Bloch	Dinner Guest
Chet Carlin	Actor
Alice Drummond	Dinner guest
Leo Leyden	Dinner Guest
Le Clanche Du Rand	Actor
Keene Curtis	Eisenhower
Le Clanché du Rand	Dinner Guest
Greg Germann	Bill Riley, Times Reporter
Mary Ann Hannon	Princeton Professor
Jerry Goldsmith	Composer

Technical Credits

Andy Breckman

Michael Leeson

Fred Schepisi	Director,Producer
Carol Baum	Producer
Joe Dunne	Stunts
Sandy Gallin	Executive Producer
David Rubin	Casting
Scott Rudin	Executive Producer,Producer
Andy Breckman	Screenwriter
Michael Leeson	Screenwriter
Neil A. Machlis	Producer
Stan Parks	Special Effects
G.A. Aguilar	Stunts
Peter Burgess	Sound Effects,Sound Effects
Paul Cross	Special Effects
Cindy Clarkson	Sound Effects
Peter Fenton	Sound Effects
James Harvey	Sound Effects

Editorial Reviews

The syrup flows freely in this too cute but somewhat amusing romantic comedy from director Fred Schepisi, who strives for but fails to attain the charm and energy of his previous winner Roxanne (1987). The lovebird leads are instantly forgettable: Meg Ryan gives one of her trademark "smart but clueless" performances, while Tim Robbins re-creates his low-wattage character from Bull Durham (1988) sans the cocky swagger. It may not be entirely on the actors' shoulders, as their characters (and thus their performances) lack any edge, brittleness, or originality that might have rendered them believable and worthy of sympathy and identification. What works quite well here, however, is the screenplay's quirky and lovable concept that casts Albert Einstein (ably portrayed by Walter Matthau) as a mensch accompanied by a gaggle of kvetching yes-men straight out of Neil Simon or Woody Allen, for whom physics is a distant second to playing Cupid. The genuinely cute idea here is that Einstein is so smart, his true genius is to realize that love and chemistry are more important than compatibility or brains. For those able to suspend disbelief long enough to buy that a high intelligence quotient equals wisdom and good-heartedness, I.Q. will prove diverting.