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The Kids in the Hall - Brain Candy|Dave Foley

The Kids in the Hall - Brain Candy

Dave Foley and Bruce Mcculloch
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Overview

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.

Awards:

Main Cast & Crew:
Kelly Makin - Director
Dave Foley
Bruce McCulloch
Kevin McDonald
Mark McKinney
Scott Thompson
Kathryn Greenwood
Amy Smith
Jackie Harris
Jack Jessop
Sharon Dyer

Details

    Blu-Ray Disc Format
  • Format: Blu-ray
  • Run Time: 84
  • Color Format: Color
  • UPC: 810072547835
  • Genre: COMEDIES
  • Rating: R
  • Release Date: February 2022

Movie Reviews

Reviews:
"...Smart and funny....McKinney is a howl..." - 05/02/1996 Rolling Stone, p.61-2


"...Surprisingly sensitive....BRAIN CANDY wins points for trying something different..." - 12/01/1996 Sight and Sound, p.50-1


"...Likely to become a future cult delicacy....The Kids take on more than 40 roles altogether..." - 04/12/1996 USA Today, p.5D


"...[A] combination of belly laughs and cerebral humor that will delight....BRAIN CANDY is good for the head..." - 04/15/1996 Variety


"...Adults, especially those cursed with a twisted, jaded or perverse sense of humor, will find plenty in it to laugh about..." - 04/12/1996 Los Angeles Times, p.F12

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