D.A.R.Y.L.

Movie · Sci-Fi · Kids & Family

Pushed out of a moving vehicle, a 10-year-old boy (Barret Oliver) is found by an elderly couple and brought to an orphanage. All he can remember is his name, Daryl. Sent to foster parents Joyce (Mary Beth Hurt) and Andy Richardson (Michael McKean), Daryl is the perfect son. When his picture appears in the local newspaper, however, his "real" parents (Kathyrn Walker and Josef Sommer) come to claim him. Returned to a top-secret military base, Daryl is revealed to be a robot and is ordered to be destroyed. Escaping, Daryl steals a fighter jet, ejects just before the plane's blown up, and returns home to his foster parents.

1985 · 1h 40m
  • 50%
  • 11+
Director Simon Wincer

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D.A.R.Y.L.

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Pushed out of a moving vehicle, a 10-year-old boy (Barret Oliver) is found by an elderly couple and brought to an orphanage. All he can remember is his name, Daryl. Sent to foster parents Joyce (Mary Beth Hurt) and Andy Richardson (Michael McKean), Daryl is the perfect son. When his picture appears in the local newspaper, however, his "real" parents (Kathyrn Walker and Josef Sommer) come to claim him. Returned to a top-secret military base, Daryl is revealed to be a robot and is ordered to be destroyed. Escaping, Daryl steals a fighter jet, ejects just before the plane's blown up, and returns home to his foster parents.

COMMON SENSE

'80s robot-becomes-human story falls flat.

TOMATOMETER
Average 4.3
Reviews 18
Fresh 9
Rotten 9

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Studio
Paramount Pictures
Released
1985
Run Time
1 hr 40 min
Rated
PG
Content Advisories
Violence, Suggestive Dialogue, Language
Region of Origin
United States
© 1985 World Film Services Limited. All Rights Reserved.

Languages

Original Audio
English
Audio

English (United States) (AAC), French (France) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (United States) (CC)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.