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# How to Build a Better Boy (2014) - Is it OK for kids? | Top Rated Families

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# How to Build a Better Boy

2014Rated G90 minFamilyScience FictionTV Movie

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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.

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**Length:** 90 min - a standard movie night

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