How to Build a Better Boy (2014)
"Never underestimate two girls with a plan."
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👍 64%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
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Cast
China Anne McClain as Gabby Harrison
Kelli Berglund as Mae Hartley
Marshall Williams as Albert Banks
Matt Shively as Bart Hartley
Ashley Argota as Nevaeh Barnes
Is How to Build a Better Boy good?
It's divisive. 64% audience score, estimated from 413 TMDB ratings.
Overview
After inadvertently inputting the qualities of the ideal boyfriend into a high-tech government computer, two social outcasts named Mae and Gabby must contend with Albert, a cybernetic sweetheart with only one directive: to treat Mae to the perfect highschool romance. Wikipedia ↗
