- Release Date: 1986
- Runtime: 109 min
- Genre: Crime, Drama
- Starring: Demi Moore, Emilio Estevez, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright ... see all
- Director: Robert Wise, Emilio Estevez
- Plot: Unable to find work after a past felony, graduate John Wisdom and his girlfriend (Moore) embark on a cross-country bank-robbing spree in order to aid American farmers (Just call him... Read more
User Reviews
doesnt get any worse than wisdom
Jan 29, 2007
holograf00 - yahoo.com
Jan 29, 2007holograf00 - yahoo.com
i saw this movie in the theatre when it came out in 1986 and i always used it as a point of reference of the worst possible movie... since then no movie i have seen has been worse... this is so... Full review
Are you kidding me?
Jan 29, 2007
zathras1965 - yahoo.com
Jan 29, 2007zathras1965 - yahoo.com
I caught this movie on AMC last week. I began watching it because of the young Demi Moore but as it went on it was so bad it was funny. Gee...burning loan documents and mortgages, what a concept. As if banks... Full review
Portrait of a naive young man--by a naive young filmmaker...
Aug 26, 2006
moonspinner55 - imdb.com
Aug 26, 2006moonspinner55 - imdb.com
23-year-old screw-up decides to "screw the system" by pulling bank heists across the Southwest--not for the money, but to destroy mortgage documents and home loan statements, thereby giving financially-strapped landowners a few months to catch up on their payments. While... Full review
Plain good...
Jun 07, 2006
moore_w2002 - yahoo.com
Jun 07, 2006moore_w2002 - yahoo.com
This movie is interesting. You can't help but be drawn into the characters' struggle. I think it's one of Emilo's best performances ever. A must-see classic.... Full review
Emilio and Demi and a neat original concept
Sep 09, 2005
jguz58 - imdb.com
Sep 09, 2005jguz58 - imdb.com
I've watched Wisdom several times, and still enjoy it every once in a while. I've always been attracted to films with an original idea in them, and this is that kind of flick.I like Emilio Estevez anyway, and to see... Full review
Revenge of the 80's: Emilio Estevez Superstar.
Jan 31, 2005
Joseph P. Ulibas - imdb.com
Jan 31, 2005Joseph P. Ulibas - imdb.com
Wisdom (1986) was a film that was written, directed, produced and starred Emilio Estevez. This movie was produced during the height of Emilio's career. He was also one of the youngest actors tin Hollywood to ever take on such as... Full review
Modern day Bonnie and Clyde and so forth.
Oct 20, 2004
Michael DeZubiria - imdb.com
Oct 20, 2004Michael DeZubiria - imdb.com
Emelio Estevez makes his writing and directorial debut in Wisdom, the story of a guy named John Wisdom who finds himself in sort of an early life crisis, I guess. Barely entering the real world, he is coming to realize... Full review
crazy but my kind of crazy
May 20, 2004
mm-39 - imdb.com
May 20, 2004mm-39 - imdb.com
Spoiler I was watching this film years back, young and unemployed. This is a hard to accept, especially when other close too you call you a bum. Emlio's character felt like a loser also. This drives him on a cray... Full review
fun for all of us who aren´t wise enough to hate it
Feb 24, 2001
Jan Hrubin - imdb.com
Feb 24, 2001Jan Hrubin - imdb.com
"Wisdom" is actually nowhere near as bad as its rep would suggest if you take it for what it is: a trashy B-movie which you should watch when you feel like laughing instead of thinking. In its cool pretty boy... Full review
Oh Come On
Nov 04, 2000
tfrizzell - imdb.com
Nov 04, 2000tfrizzell - imdb.com
"Wisdom" is one of those strange films that is never sure what it wants to be. Young Emilio Estevez comes to the realization that he will never be a success so he decides to become a criminal, a criminal for... Full review
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