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The Kids in the Hall - Brain Candy

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The Kids in the Hall - Brain Candy (1996)

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Reviews Counted: 22 Fresh: 10  Rotten:12 Average Rating: 5/10
Runtime: 89 mins
Synopsis:
The Kids in the Hall, Canada's celebrated sketch comedy troupe, make their feature film debut playing more than 40 roles between them in this slapstick tale of a deranged scientist in the employ of Roritor Pharmaceuticals who develops Gleemonex, a pill designed to make the taker happy all the... [More]
The Kids in the Hall, Canada's celebrated sketch comedy troupe, make their feature film debut playing more than 40 roles between them in this slapstick tale of a deranged scientist in the employ of Roritor Pharmaceuticals who develops Gleemonex, a pill designed to make the taker happy all the time. As the pill begins to cut across every social and economic boundary, virtually eliminating depression, it is discovered that Gleemonex has a very serious side effect: it may put its users into a coma. BRAIN CANDY uses this story as a loose springboard to allow the Kids to indulge in their trademark mayhem, with each member diving into both male and female roles with equal aplomb. [Less]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Dave Foley, Scott Thompson, Mark McKinney, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald

Director: Kelly Makin
Screenwriter: Norm Hiscock, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney, Scott Thompson
Composer: Craig Northey
Producer: Lorne Michaels

DVD Info

Release:

Jul 16, 2002

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Digital 2.0 - English
  • Dolby Digital Stereo - French

Interactive Features:

  • Interactive Menus
  • Scene Selection

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Frank Swietek
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Some fairly funny stuff, but not up to par with the HBO series.

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A shambling disappointment.

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03/29/03 07:44 PM
Kevin N. Laforest
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I was privy to an early test screening of this, and it was weirder and better than the final product. Even the final, watered-down version beats the hell out of most safe so-called comedies, though.

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01/31/03 12:11 PM
Philip Martin
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You can see the performers/writers laboring to keep the laughs coming in stories that would have worked better as skits.

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Much like how South Park: BL & U proved a brilliant expansion from its source material, Brain Candy captures the Canadian Kids at their most cleverly unglued.

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