If you loved Now You See Him, Now You Don't, try The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Robert Butler, and they both carry the playful mood tag, and they sit in Comedy / Family territory. If that's the register that drew you to Now You See Him, Now You Don't, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes is

College computers once cost as much as a small country, so when A. J. Arno donates one every student hopes someone else will plug it in. Dexter Riley’s accidental shock turns him into a walking encyclopedia that also knows the mayor took kickbacks. The best perk of genius is an instant reputation as the class nuisance.

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