D.A.R.Y.L.

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D.A.R.Y.L.

PG

1985

1h 40m

Kids & Family

Sci-Fi

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Daryl (Barret Oliver) is a normal 10-year-old boy in many ways. However, unbeknown to his foster parents and friends, Daryl is actually a government-created robot with superhuman reflexes and mental abilities. Even his name has a hidden meaning -- it's actually an acronym for Data Analyzing Robot Youth Life-form. When the organization that created him deems the "super soldier" experiment a failure and schedules Daryl to be disassembled, it is up to a few rogue scientists to help him escape.

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Jay Boyar

Orlando Sentinel

Apr 2, 2014

There's an intrinsic emotional pull to this earnest tale of parents in search of a child.

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Gene Siskel

Chicago Tribune

Apr 2, 2014

2.5/4

To be sure, we`re not talking about a bad movie, just one that could have been so much better.

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Variety Staff

Variety

Mar 26, 2009

Second half of the picture is the most far-fetched and also the most fun ...

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Jan 7, 2025

2/4

...the far-from-enthralling atmosphere [is] exacerbated by an emphasis on digressions of a decidedly lackluster nature...

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Lawrence O'Toole

Maclean's Magazine

Oct 9, 2019

What is most astonishing about the child robot D.A.R.Y.L. is not that he can singlehandedly fly a U.S. Army supersonic jet but that he is able to choose between chocolate and vanilla ice cream.

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Andrea Beach

Common Sense Media

Jan 13, 2015

2/5

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

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Stoner J

@Stoner Nov 11, 2025

One of my fav family sci-fi adventure when I was a kid. Upon watching now, it’s still a terrific fun movie with a great ending

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Oct 20, 2025

Success in 1 hour and 40 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All ages admitted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Carlynn N.

@PageantMom3 Oct 19, 2025

I really like this movie 🥰

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thiago s

@Thiagostone Aug 10, 2025

Filme mais ou menos, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são mais ou menos, a história é mais ou menos, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom, o garoto é um bom protagonista mas deveria ter mais cenas boas para o ele.

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A.L.Jude P

@judebd May 30, 2024

Way ahead of time and an underrated classic.

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Jun 24, 2022

Loved this movie watched it my school in the 80s when we was snowed in

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Synopsis

Daryl (Barret Oliver) is a normal 10-year-old boy in many ways. However, unbeknown to his foster parents and friends, Daryl is actually a government-created robot with superhuman reflexes and mental abilities. Even his name has a hidden meaning -- it's actually an acronym for Data Analyzing Robot Youth Life-form. When the organization that created him deems the "super soldier" experiment a failure and schedules Daryl to be disassembled, it is up to a few rogue scientists to help him escape.

Director: Simon Wincer
Producer: John Heyman, Burtt Harris, Gabrielle Kelly
Screenwriter: David Ambrose, Allan Scott, Jeffrey Ellis
Production Co: Paramount Pictures, World Film Services
Rating: PG
Genre: Kids & Family, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 3, 2016
Runtime: 1h 40m
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo

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