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Mary Beth Hurt, Michael McKean, Kathryn Walker, Colleen Camp, Josef Sommer ... see more see more... , Barret Oliver , Steve Ryan , Robert Arden , Daniel Bryan Corkill , Pat Fuleihan , Ed Grady , Richard Hammatt , Burtt Harris , Amy Linker , Tucker McGuire , Christopher Muncke , Kevin J. O'Neill , Hardy Rawls , Susan West , Russ Wheeler , Major Wiley , David Wohl , Ronald C. Frazier , James H. Armfield , Patrick Branner , Matt Butler , Ski Collins , Paul Darby , Blain Fairman , James Fitzpatrick , Charlie Gudger , Sean Hower , Jessica Johnson , James LaPointe , Noreen Lange , Danielle LeMoine , Ginny Light , Benjamin Peterson , Dalton Poole , Joseph Reed , Wayne Shindoll , Brian Stafford , Stacy Woods , William Roberts

Barret Oliver stars as robot boy Daryl (Data Analyzing Robot Youth Lifeform). The film begins with an intense chase through hairpin mountain roads as a helicopter chases after a racing automobile and ... read more read more...the driver of the car shoves a young boy out of the door. The child is rescued and is adopted by Joyce (Mary Beth Hurt) and Andy (Michael McKean) Richardson, a well-meaning, childless couple. It is only after the Richardsons have adopted Daryl and find that the child can't stop hitting home runs that they realize their adopted son is, in fact, a robot. The Richardsons decide to take Daryl back home -- home being a top security research facility where scientists Dr. Jeffrey Stewart (Josef Sommer) and Ellen Lamb (Kathryn Walker) have "given birth" to the boy robot. Once at the research facility, the Richardsons realize that government forces are determined to destroy Daryl and anyone who knows about him. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi

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PG, 1 hr. 40 min.

Directed by: Simon Wincer

Release Date: June 14, 1985

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DVD Release Date: October 19, 2004

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  • romy861
    April 24, 2011
    romy861
    Astounding to see there is an 80's movie left that I haven't seen! I have to say that I enjoyed this vastly more than my recent revisiting of The Goonies!
    Barett Oliver was such a cute child actor. It really is a shame he had a reasonably short movie career.
    Here he plays daryl... read more, who is part robot, part human. Yes, it's a boys movie, but is a likable and enjoyable one. Though it looks dated and very typically 80's, for me that was part of it's charm.
  • ajv2688
    January 20, 2011
    ajv2688
    Gosh, I saw this such a long time ago, I don't remember it, I should watch it again some day.
  • thmtsang
    March 22, 2009
    thmtsang
    Daryl is a boy genius who lives with his foster parents. The government soon come after him.
  • Deano78
    September 6, 2008
    Deano78
    An ok family 80's action/drama film.
  • RossCollinsUK
    July 6, 2008
    RossCollinsUK
    Mostly memorable for the scene where the Daryl flies the SR-71 Blackbird, what a moment to see a kid in the '80s. I used to get parts of D.A.R.Y.L. confused with Flight of the Navigator - a similar storyline where a kid becomes "wanted" by the government.
  • superclerk25
    January 8, 2008
    superclerk25
    Pretty good. The story is there but there are a few holes here and there. The tech is a little funny in today's world but the story works anyway.
  • sainttom93
    July 12, 2007
    sainttom93
    And this is one of the most tender -- Barret Oliver is SUPERB and the storyline will melt your heart -- You'll also end up laughing yourself silly at some of the subtle jokes -- Watch it several times to get the full effect --
  • garyX
    May 12, 2007
    garyX
    Slightly tedious kids film about a robot boy. At least it's not as tedious as A.I.
  • deano
    December 13, 2006
    deano
    Great family-sci-fi tale of a little boy who discovers he is really an android.
  • Movielover1987
    January 16, 2009
    Movielover1987
    Great childhood movie, not too sure if kids nowadays (00's) would like it, and who can forget "somewhere I belong"?

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Walter Chaw
November 22, 2004
Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central

The main problem with this thing (besides the direction and the writing and, oh what the heck, the special effects, the acting, and the score). . . Full Review

Christopher Null
October 12, 2004
Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com

Do guilty pleasures get any more guilty or any more pleasurable Full Review

March 26, 2009
Variety

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January 10, 2004
Chicago Reader

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Vincent Canby
May 20, 2003
Vincent Canby, New York Times

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Emanuel Levy
June 25, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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Jake Euker
July 2, 2004
Jake Euker, F5 (Wichita, KS)

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Sarah Chauncey
June 4, 2004
Sarah Chauncey, Reel.com

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Linda Cook
April 6, 2004
Linda Cook, Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

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January 26, 2006
Time Out

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