There are some very funny bits, but they're interspersed with long stretches of exposition that drag the whole thing down, down, down.
The Kids in the Hall - Brain Candy (1996)
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Reviews Counted:32
Fresh:13
Rotten:19
Average Rating:4.8/10
Runtime: 89 mins
Genre: Comedies
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... 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. [More]
Starring: Dave Foley, Scott Thompson, Mark McKinney, Bruce McCulloch
Starring: Dave Foley, Scott Thompson, Mark McKinney, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Paul Bellini
Director: Kelly Makin
Director: Kelly Makin
Screenwriter: Norm Hiscock, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney, Scott Thompson
Composer: Craig Northey
Producer: Lorne Michaels
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Reviews for The Kids in the Hall - Brain Candy
The most audacious comedy troop of the last decade has boiled down American society, thrown the hodgepodge into a colander, then hilariously eaten and excreted the gunk.
Good characters in a crummy story don't make for particularly good time, but there are plenty of laughs to be had by all scattered throughout the film.
A twisted comedy for twisted times, this movie made me happy. Go figure.
A quintet of Canadian TV comedians hit the cinema screen with a splat.
Transitorily amusing and as a sophomoric display of crude humor, is funny.
Isn't anything more than a sloppy showcase for the group's costume-changing tricks, but sometimes its sheer chutzpah can be amusing.
It was supposed to be a comedy, but it just wasn't funny. End of story.
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