How to Build a Better Boy
| How to Build a Better Boy | |
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| Genre |
Comedy Romance Science fiction Teen |
| Written by | Jason Mayland |
| Directed by | Paul Hoen |
| Starring | |
| Theme music composer | Kenneth Burgomaster |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Adam Kossack Robin Schorr Dan Seligman |
| Cinematography | David A. Makin |
| Running time | 109 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Princessa Productions, Ltd. Schorr Pictures |
| Distributor | Disney-ABC Domestic Television |
| Budget | $7,000,000 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Disney Channel |
| Original release | August 15, 2014 |
How to Build a Better Boy is a Disney Channel Original Movie directed by Paul Hoen and written by Jason Mayland. It stars China Anne McClain, Kelli Berglund and Marshall Williams. The first images were shown during a promo for Disney Channel's Summer 2014, while the first promo aired on June 27, 2014 during the premiere of the Disney Channel Original Movie Zapped. The film premiered on August 15, 2014. The movie premiered on Disney Channel UK on September 19, 2014.
Mae Hartley and Gabby Harrison are super-smart tenth graders. They are cornered in an alley by the military who advise the girls to give themselves up.
Two days earlier, the two of them have finished a calculus test under 9 minutes much to the annoyance of the other classmates. Mae has a crush on a jock named Jaden and thinks that he is going to invite her to the Homecoming dance. However, she is publicly humiliated by Nevaeh, a cheerleader and mean girl who is already going with Jaden. In her embarrassment, Mae claims that she already has a boyfriend. To cover the lie, Gabby offers to program a virtual boyfriend for Mae using a computer software called the X-17 which is owned by Mae's father Dr. James Hartley which they think is used to design high definition video game characters. Gabby successfully creates a virtual boyfriend according to Mae's direction, and names him Albert.
The X-17 software goes haywire and short circuits Mae's dad's computer. Mae's brother Bart agrees to fix the computer if Gabby will go to homecoming with him. But the next morning, Albert actually shows up at school, amazing everyone, especially Nevaeh. Albert soon shows that he can speed read and throw/kick harder than normal humans. Bart tells Gabby she created a robot soldier and hacked into the Pentagon (where his dad happens to work for the United States Department of Defense that uses Superior Gaming as a front) to do so. But this creates a string of problems as General McFee discovers the prototype robot soldier, who happens to be Albert, has escaped. The army presumes he has been stolen. Mae's father tries everything he can to convince General McFee the prototype soldier will be brought back to the facility.
Later that day, Albert asks Mae to Homecoming. Feeling overwhelmed, she tries to explain to Albert that she doesn't feel like she deserves to be his girlfriend. Gabby and Mae talk privately. Gabby thinks the whole thing is getting out of hand and Albert is coming between them. When Albert sings a remix of "Love You like a Love Song" by Selena Gomez & the Scene on the ukulele, Mae joins in and agrees to go to the dance with him.
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