Is Brainstorm (1983) Worth Watching

1. Brainstorm | Rotten Tomatoes

  • One of my all-time favorite movies! Louise Fletcher's portrayal of Lilian's heart attack nearly transports the viewer into their own "brainstorm" heart attack.

  • Researchers Michael Brace (Christopher Walken) and Lillian Reynolds (Louise Fletcher) develop a system that allows the recording and playback of a person's thoughts onto videotape. The project spins dangerously out of control when Brace and his colleagues begin using the technology to explore intense sexual and near-death experiences. When the military moves to hijack the project for their own nefarious purposes, Brace tries to outwit them with help from his estranged wife (Natalie Wood).

2. Brainstorm movie review & film summary (1983) - Roger Ebert

  • This is a good idea for a movie. Unfortunately, in "Brainstorm" it remains basically an idea. The characters take such a secondary importance to the gadget ...

  • One of the most sensible suggestions I've heard about telepathy is that the human race probably evolved out of it. It was necessary for us to lose the power

3. REVIEW: "BRAINSTORM" (1983) STARRING NATALIE WOOD AND ...

  • 19 feb 2021 · "Brainstorm" is by no means a sci-fi classic but it certainly deserved a better fate. With Natalie Wood's death, ...

4. BRAINSTORM Review – *** – If You Want the Gravy… - WordPress.com

  • 13 sep 2020 · ... Brainstorm doesn't achieve greatness, it's worthwhile, especially for cinema connoisseurs. It's definitely worth seeing for the VR scenes alone.

  • There’s an interesting subset of cult cinema: the film that, whether because of lack of money, time, or technology (or creative shortcomings), did not meet its goals, yet commands respect for…

5. Cult-Movie Review: Brainstorm (1983) - John Kenneth Muir

  • 21 feb 2014 · "Brainstorm" is a criminally underrated and much like another 1983 film , David Cronenberg's prophetic masterpiece "Videodrome", it is a movie ...

6. Brainstorm (1983) directed by Douglas Trumbull - Letterboxd

7. Brainstorm (1983) – film review | mossfilm - WordPress.com

  • 2 mei 2014 · Some of the performances are wonderful, almost art house movie stuff in a film that could have been considered just a silly sci-fi flick. I ...

  • BRAINSTORM One Step Beyond. Directed by Douglas Trumbull. Screenplay by Robert Stitzel and Philip Frank Messina, story by Bruce Joel Rubin. Starring Christopher Walken, Natalie Wood, Louise Fletche…

8. Reviews of Brainstorm - Letterboxd

  • Reviews of Brainstorm 1983 · Members · Fans · Likes · Reviews · Lists. Sort by. When ... Reaching god by watching snuff tapes. Walken Meter 2/5. Walken is here ...

  • Reviews of Brainstorm

9. Random Film of the Week: Brainstorm (1983) | "DESTROY ALL FANBOYS!"

  • 17 jan 2020 · Upon seeing the film again recently, I liked it more, but I also think it's one of the few films where a modern remake would fix a few things ...

  • A few years back, The second thing I thought of when Facebook snapped up “virtual reality” headset maker Oculus was this flawed but still incredible 1983 sci-fi film directed by Douglas…

10. Brainstorm (1983) July 10, 2012 - Page 6 - Blu-ray Forum

  • 24 nov 2021 · I tried and failed just now to find a good review of this film. Reviewers suck when it comes to BRAINSTORM. I just love this movie, unironically ...

  • Brainstorm (1983) July 10, 2012 Blu-ray Movies - North America

11. Feb 06th: “Brainstorm” (1983) - Stephen Radford

  • 5 feb 2021 · Despite all of that, the performances here are worth watching. The chaotic scientific breakthrough stories of the 80s were often messy ...

  • Brainstorm was yet another that came by surprise during this writing project. I already knew of films like Altered States and The Dead…

12. Brainstorm (1983) - A Review - HaphazardStuff

  • 10 jun 2015 · Brainstorm has such an interesting and intriguing sci-fi/horrific premise it's difficult for me not to really want to like it. And it does have ...

  • A review of the 1983 sci-fi film Brainstorm starring Christopher Walken, Natalie Wood, Louise Fletcher and Cliff Robertson

13. Brainstorm (1983) - Scopophilia

  • 8 jul 2017 · I was also impressed with how the technology that the researchers used in the film didn't have that dated quality to it like so many other films ...

  • By Richard Winters My Rating: 4 out of 10 4-Word Review: They corrupt his invention. Michael (Christopher Walken) heads a team of researchers who’ve been able to create an invention that allows the…

14. Brainstorm (1983) The Christopher Walken Virtual Reality Mind ...

  • 14 apr 2018 · Well I can safely say it holds up very well and to be honest I couldn't recall much which made it more exciting. Obviously it the weakest out of ...

  • Rented this on VHS cassette tape in my teens, though I didn’t realise until many years later this was the second and last movie to be directed by legendary special effects guru, Douglas Trumb…

15. Brainstorm Movie (1983) - The 80s Movies Rewind

  • Terrific and imaginative (even by todays standards) visual effects help make this film. Near the end, there is a brilliantly creative portrayal of what a ...

  • Brainstorm -The 1983 Sci-Fi movie featuring Christopher Walken and Jordan Christopher at the award winning 80s Movies Rewind. 8 pages of info, trailer, pictures and more.

16. Telepathy and mind control from the film 'Brainstorm' | Sanjin Đumišić

  • 28 mei 2015 · All in all, Brainstorm is a good film and worth watching! BioethicsBlack BudgetBorg SocietyBrainstormConsciousnessFilmGenetic Engineering ...

  • I just watched an almost forgotten sci-fi classic called Brainstorm. The story is about advanced research on telepathy and mind control that evolves into a

17. 8mm Forum: Brainstorm - Film-Tech

  • 24 nov 2019 · Having recently screened Kempski Scope Poltergeist and Soylent Green I was a little disappointed with Brainstorm as it lacks the Fantastic ...

  • Brainstorm (1983) MGM/UA Starring Christopher Walken, Natalie Wood, Louise Fletcher, Cliff Robertson. Directed By Douglas Trumbull. The print reviewed is a Kempski/Derann Super 8 scope print with magnetic mono sound, mounted on 2 X 1200' reels/spools.

18. Actor Christopher Walken tries to have a Brainstorm (1983)

  • 27 jun 2015 · It has a little atmosphere, good special effects, and some decent character drama, where the people aren't just apathetic cardboard cutouts of ...

  • This Christopher Walken movie reaches for something incredibly deep and meaningful, but doesn’t quite make it, although that doesn’t mean I didn’t like it.  In the same vein as Tr…

19. 40 Years Ago, Christopher Walken Led a Wild Sci-Fi Thriller ... - Inverse

  • 30 sep 2023 · It's unlikely even the most gifted psychic could have foreseen the problems 1983 telepathic sci-fi Brainstorm would endure during its ...

  • Long overshadowed by an off-set tragedy, this Walken-led chiller deserves to be remembered on its own merits.

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