Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy

1996 "Shove this up your mind"
6.9| 1h29m| R| en| More Info
Released: 02 April 1996 Released
Producted By: Paramount
Country: United States of America
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A pharmaceutical scientist creates a pill that makes people remember their happiest memory, and although it's successful, it has unfortunate side effects.

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Cebalord Very best movie i ever watch
Beanbioca As Good As It Gets
WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.
Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
gavin6942 A group of researchers for a pharmaceutical company release Gleemonex, a drug that brings people's happiest memory to the surface and cures depression. All is right in the world, at least until the drug is discovered to have some side effects down the road.The Kids in the Hall had a great show, and it's no surprise they were able to make a great movie. With a very limited cast, they play dozens of parts and keep the humor rolling from the very beginning. If there's a group that is the spiritual successor to Monty Python, it is probably KITH.Some of the best jokes are just throw-aways: a cop that dreams about sex with toast, a therapist who doesn't speak German, and a scientist who develops a drug that gives ex-girlfriends worms. One of the running jokes throughout the film is a man who is obviously gay but is unable to admit it. He is consistently funny, even after he comes out in the middle of a musical scene.Some people allegedly thought that including Cancer Boy was insensitive and not funny in the slightest. I disagree. If it's okay to make fun of depression and homosexuals, I think cancer should be perfectly acceptable. I may not be easily offended, but I think this was fine.A couple other things made this film great: a great soundtrack with bands like They Might Be Giants and The Odds. One of the earliest film appearances of Selma Blair. Seriously, the only way you would not find this funny is if you had a stick up your butt or you were a flipper baby.
belair82g "i realized that i would never be happy and i am much happier because of it". I remember when I first watched the film many years ago (on VHS) I didn't think much of it and years later I gave it another go because I am a Kids in the Hall fan. It turns out there are many who prefer the movie who have given it a second or more viewings. The movie is silly (which is one thing I love) and also quite brilliant. I have to say it has earned the title of being a cult classic and is up there with the Monty Python movies. Much of the dialogue itself is funny and the characters just add so much humour to the screen. The only real problem I have with the movie is the DVD. The DVD lacks completely of special features (and is now out of print). Where is the trailer? (which is totally worth seeing over and over again). Where are the deleted scenes? (There happens to be several deleted scenes). What about the alternate ending (Which is worth watching). Maybe the movie could have been funnier if some of the removed scenes had made it's way into the movie. But still the movie is fine the way it is but again the DVD should feature the removed content in order to appreciate this movie even more. I've seen the work print of the movie and of course the movie itself and yet the trailer has moments that is in neither. What is that all about? Anyway I think the Kids have done a great job here and this movie is perfect for a good laugh but it makes me sad and depressed to see all the missing content from the DVD. Then again watching this movie is a great cure for depression.
Theo Robertson KIDS IN THE HALL ? This is a sketch show I remembered being broadcast in the wee small hours in Britain on channel 4 . I didn't think much of it . No strike that - I hated it . It was composed of a bunch of Canadian MONTY PYTHON wannabes who dressed in drag more often than not and made sketches that fell flat . I can remember the " I'm crushing your head " character because of the simple reason it was so unfunny and it's no surprise that Canadians I know much prefer British TV like THE OFFICE and DOCTOR WHOBRAIN CANDY is a feature length film by the KITH troupe and as many people have already pointed out you'll only enjoy this movie if you're already a fan , if you've never heard of these kids you will probably dislike with a vengeance with the humour being either underdeveloped or plain crude like the scene where a NCO orders one of his men into battle: " You see these two men beside the wall ? You run over there and f*ck them while we stay here and masturbate " I also couldn't help thinking that because BRAIN CANDY is a spin off from a sketch show the screenplay lacks cohesion , events and scenes happen without any rhyme nor reason like for example a scene cutting to a music award show where Cancer Boy performs a song only for the action to then cut away to another location with Cancer Boy then absent for the rest of the filmI certainly didn't enjoy BRAIN CANDY and unless you're a KIDS IN THE HALL fan or someone who enjoys watching men dress up as woman it's highly likely you'll feel the same way
Gareth Hacking Having only ever seen one episode of 'Kids in the Hall' in my life and having only a vague idea about the group (Canadian Monty Python being the easy comparison), I think it's fair to say that I came the film as somewhat ignorant when it came to all things 'Kids'.I have to say that I was able to enjoy the film for what it was, rather than have any expectations of what it could be. What interested me most of all was it's darkness, something a lot closer to League of Gentlemen territory rather than Monty Python. On an alternate note does anyone else notice a similarity between Don Roritor and Doctor Evil?