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The Man with Two Brains (1983)

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Steve Martin and Carl Reiner concoct one of Martin's best comic vehicles with Martin playing the world's top brain surgeon, Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr -- he ought to know, he said so himself. Hfuhruhurr pioneered the radical new cranial screw-top technique, but he grieves over the untimely death of his wife Rebecca, carrying around a small plastic likeness of her to get through the long and lonely evenings. Thinking of her while driving home, Hfuhruhurr takes his eyes off the road and runs down the

R, 1 hr. 29 min.

Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy

George Gipe, Steve Martin

Mar 30, 1999

Warner Home Video

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All Critics (23) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (14) | Rotten (6) | DVD (4)

Martin at his zaniest

January 24, 2006 Comment
Moviehole

Hit and miss sci-fi comedy.

May 27, 2005 Comment
Capital Times (Madison, WI)

Martin's best comedy.

June 19, 2003 Comment
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

A dumb but fun comedy that is infinitely more tolerable than Martin's later work

March 19, 2003 Comment
eFilmCritic.com

Hilarious. Underrated Martin.

January 17, 2003 Comment
San Francisco Examiner

Sometimes hysterical, but it thinks it's funnier than it is.

December 1, 2002 Comment
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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Audience Reviews for The Man with Two Brains

Michael Hfuhruhurr: I am making a citizens divorce. By the powers vested in me, I hereby declare our marriage null and void! Ipso facto, coitus interuptus! "So funny, you'll laugh your head off"The Man with Two Brains is a decent comedy until Steve Martin starts dating a brain in a jar. I can say I almost liked the

August 21, 2011
blkbomb
Melvin White

Super Reviewer

A weird plot, but for the most part it's pretty funny, and I enjoyed it.

September 6, 2010
ajv2688

Super Reviewer

    1. Dolores Benedict: Get those assholes off the porch! [about the hired-help, standing next to potted plants, awaiting the couple at the door to the Doctor's mansion]
    2. Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr: Huh! [laughs naively] They're called azaleas.
    – Submitted by Lee B (5 months ago)

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