Hollywood's 10 Best Portrayals of Famous Geeks

Here's a man who spawned modern physics and revolutionized the principles of scientific thought, and yet he couldn't think to buy a comb. Who better to win our hearts as a matchmaker in a Meg Ryan rom-com?

While I.Q. may be light on the science, it is big on warmth and ranks as one of the great mid-90s guilty pleasures. Walter Matthau's over-the-top mitteleuropa accent and uncanny ability to make light romantic metaphors out of theoretical physics are like miniature big bangs of charm. Extra points to I.Q. for presenting a mid-century Princeton as the Bonnaroo of deep thought, with Kurt Godel, Boris Podolsky, and others offering little equations of advice to a lovestruck Tim Robbins.

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