- Format: NTSC, Import
- Language: English
- Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Studio: Lions Gate
- Release Date: Mar 18 2008
- ASIN: B0017CW5QC
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Insanity, May 15 2009
By Randall T. Karle "manic collector" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Brain Donors & Critical Condition (DVD)
Brain Donors is a unique film. You will spend the first 15-20 minutes shocked at how stupid and unfunny it is. Then your brain clicks with the film's sense of humor and you are in risk of physical harm from laughing as it progresses. The style is straight Marx Brothers with no apologies. It piles absurdity upon impossibility and creates a mini universe in which only the nonsensical has any meaning. It is not Citizen Kane, but when you are worn down by a horrible day at work, it will stun you back into a decent mood. "Humor by hammer" would be the best description.
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Brain Donors, Aug 19 2011
By Joseph Fechter - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Brain Donors & Critical Condition (DVD)
For all the time I have had this movie,I still have not watched Critical Condition! I guess its an ok movie,though I bought the disc for Brain Donors anyway. This double feature was cheaper at the time than the DVD of just Brain Donors,so I ordered this instead.Brain Donors stars in the lead roles John Turturro, Mel Smith, and Bob Nelson. Turturro is probably best known today for his roles in the three Transformers movies.
The plot: [...]
After the death of tycoon and philanthropist Oscar Winterhaven Oglethorpe, a ballet company is founded in his name by his widow, Lillian (Nancy Marchand). The formation of the ballet company leads to ambulance-chasing attorney Roland T. Flakfizer (John Turturro) vying against Oglethorpe's former attorney Edmund Lazlo (John Savident) to be director of the company. Lazlo is chosen to be director of the company after signing the greatest ballet dancer in the world, "The Great Volare" (George de la Pena) to dance for the company. Flakfizer, however -- with assistance from his two associates Rocco (Mel Smith) and Jacques (Bob Nelson) -- earns a spot as co-director by wooing the wealthy widow and by signing the company's leading ballerina (Juliana Donald, billed as Juli Donald) and her dancer boyfriend Alan Grant (Spike Alexander). The ensuing struggle between Flakfizer and Lazlo leads to comic hijinks, including a badger game involving a chorus girl (Teri Copley), and an opening-night performance ludicrously sabotaged by Flakfizer and his cohorts.
One of the silliest movies I have ever seen,only wish it would get put onto Bluray.....probably not though unless they make a sequel which is not likely. The line ...."A likely story"..... is my favorite. You have to see the movie to appreciate it. While the movie may be about a ballet company,this movie is far from artistic to say the least though I like it that way! I don't want to give away a lot of things to people out there whom still may not have seen the movie or heard of it ,though I will say that the movie is full of many many great slapstick moments.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Pryor, Turturro, And Two Nobodies, April 17 2011
By David Baldwin - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Brain Donors & Critical Condition (DVD)
I will say this is an interesting paring. The films aren't that great but I wouldn't categorize it as uninteresting. I would say neither film is a failure but both fall short of their intended mark. "Brain Donors" is a make-no-bones-about-it homage to the Marx Brothers that doesn't live up to it's lofty intentions. Director Dennis Dugan gets the nuts and bolts of the Fab Three down pat but fails to capture the essence and the spirit that make the Marx Brothers timeless. John Turturro, however, aquits himself well by suggesting Groucho in his performance but there's enough original riffs to separate him from the Master. Bob Nelson and Mel Smith are another story. Their performances are lifeless. Harpo and Chico, they wish. They would be more at home aspiring to be Zeppo and Gummo. I viewed "Critical Condition" with a little bit of malaise. Richard Pryor was such an extremely talented guy but Hollywood didn't know what to do with him. He does a nice turn here balancing the comic and dramatic elements of the script. Alas, it's the same script that lets him down. The film doesn't know whether it's a raucous comedy or heavy hospital drama. Since these elements awkwardly comingle we are left with an unsatisfied feeling.
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