I.Q. is a 1994 American romantic comedy film directed by Fred Schepisi and starring Tim Robbins, Meg Ryan, and Walter Matthau. The original music score was composed by Jerry Goldsmith. The film, set in the mid 1950s, centers on a mechanic and a Princeton doctoral candidate who fall in love, thanks to the candidate's uncle, Albert Einstein. Plot An easy-going garage mechanic, Ed Walters (Tim Robbins), meets Catherine Boyd (Meg Ryan), a Princeton University mathematics doctoral candidate, as she comes into the garage, accompanied by her critical English fiancé, acerbic experimental psychology professor James Moreland (Stephen Fry). There is an immediate "electric" connection which Ed recognizes as he falls in love with her at first sight, but she does not reciprocate. Finding a watch she left at the garage, Ed travels to her address and finds himself face to face with Albert Einstein (Walter Matthau), who is Catherine's uncle. Albert and his mischievous friends, fellow scientists Nathan Liebknecht (Joseph Maher), Kurt Gödel (Lou Jacobi), and Boris Podolsky (Gene Saks), accept Ed as a friend and see him as someone who would be better suited for Catherine. The four bring their communal vehicle to Ed's garage to have it modified as a convertible and chat with Ed about how to attract Catherine's interest. A joking suggestion by Ed to "borrow their brains" inspires them to try to help Ed look and sound like a scientist in order to garner Catherine's attention. Catherine sees through the "intellectual Ed" ruse but falls for Ed anyway. Cast Tim Robbins as Ed Walters Meg Ryan as Catherine Boyd Walter Matthau as Albert Einstein Lou Jacobi as Kurt Gödel Gene Saks as Boris Podolsky Joseph Maher as Nathan Liebknecht Stephen Fry as James Moreland Daniel von Bargen as Secret Service Agent Tony Shalhoub as Bob Rosetti Frank Whaley as Frank Charles Durning as Louis Bamberger Keene Curtis as Dwight D. Eisenhower Alice Playten as Gretchen Greg Germann as Bill Riley, Times reporter Dramatic alterations For dramatic reasons, I.Q. fictionalizes the lives of certain real people. Albert Einstein did not have a niece by the name of Catherine Boyd. Kurt Gödel was famously shy and reclusive, unlike his fictional counterpart in this film. The movie gives the impression that Einstein and his friends are all around the same age, when in fact, they were between 17 and 30 years younger than Einstein. The real-life Louis Bamberger died