Customer Reviews

Kids in the Hall - Brain Candy

5 star:		(78)
4 star:		(11)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

Dear God what happened here? How do you go from creating some of the funniest characters of all time...On one of the funniest shows of all time....By 5 of the funniest guys of all time... To creating a movie so UNfunny it literally seems to know it and ooze sad resignation.

Now don't get me wrong: I am the biggest KITH fan there is... In fact, I just saw them 3 times a month ago on the new live tour. But BRAIN CANDY is just awful.

Plain and simple.

It is painful to watch. We are teased with small snippets of the best charcters of the show...And left with a movie full of new not funny characters and a script that actually tries to be a SCRIPT!

God, I would have rather they released a theatrical version of the show.

BRAIN CANDY? No. BRAIN DEAD is more like it.

To quote a New York Times reviewer:

"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."

I had a friend that also got to see the "original ending" which he claims was among the funniest things he had ever seen in his life. I personally thought the movie was great, and have enjoyed it a couple of times on DVD. I really think though that the DVD could have benefited from having the alternate ending and aditional footage added back in.

As I understand it though, Paramount executives don't care about anything but patting each other on the back while their studio slips into oblivion. They released the DVD of Clue with a mono soundtrack. Look at how Paramount destroyed their most profitable cash cow "Star Trek." So the chances of us getting to see that alternate ending of Brain Candy is darn near slim to none. It really is unfortunate... it sounds fantastic.

I just love this movie and you can quote it easily that will continue the fun after the film is done. Beautiful. F-HAPPY!!

But I say that only because I'm such a big fan of KITH. I first saw this movie when it was out in theaters, and I remeber then thinking "I thought it was funny, but the general public won't like it." In fact, I remember feeling a little embarrassed for the KITH, because they had "blown" this great chance to really step up their production and broaden their appeal. Of course when KITH "fail" they still produce a funny, bizarre, and wonderfully edgy product. I'm glad I own this DVD because it's unique in the world of comedy movies. But, at the same time, it's not a DVD I rush to share with many friends.

I loved this movie! It was hilarious, well made, and full of talented comedians. Though I would recommend it more for fans of the tv series(due to them already being aquainted with alot of the characters), I still think it would be great for any comedy lover.:)

I think this comedy is a hilariuosly accurate picture of the pharmaceutical industry. Brings humor to pharm development while presenting the pressures and struggles of its success.

.....No, Luke Skywalker ya f***in' inbred!! This is the greatest motion picture of all times. This film was, indeed, a natural, evolution from the conventions of their television show which is the greatest television show of all times. They started with a great plot, from which several sub-plots sprouted. From there, they were able to do what they do best; create a bizarre array of distinctly hilarious characters and situations. If you don't think that this is the greatest motion picture of all times, your brain is obviously smaller than the Chicken Lady's brain.

What can be said about this amazing, well written, laugh out your chair movie? It's clever and shows that the Kids can go from the TV screen to the big screen. I've been a KITH fan longer than I can acurately remember, and after hearing about Brain Candy, I was a little skeptical (especially after reading some of the reviews.) But one day I decided to cough up the 20 bucks to get it and it's one of the greatest things I could have done. I really hope the guys find time to do another movie, but I'm sure nothing at all will ever beat this masterpiece!

What can be said about this amazing, well written, laugh out your chair movie? It's clever and shows that the Kids can go from the TV screen to the big screen. I've been a KITH fan longer than I can acurately remember, and after hearing about Brain Candy, I was a little skeptical (especially after reading some of the reviews.) But one day I decided to cough up the 20 bucks to get it and it's one of the greatest things I could have done. I really hope the guys find time to do another movie, but I'm sure nothing at all will ever beat this masterpiece!

its not perfect, but its entertaining and very creative and funny(always the case with Kids in the hall). Somewhat like Monty Python the 5 kids play many different characters in this movie. Fans of the TV show will notice some beloved characters who show up in this movie as well, and they get away with all types of uncensored stuff they couldnt do on TV. I admit that non-fans may not get it or may not have the attention span to watch it, but true fans of the show will love it. I actually found that I liked it alot more the second time I saw it.
The extra features for the DVD version are Zilch! Nothing at all which is very dissapointing, but I still reccommend buying DVD over VHS so you can have the movie quality preserved and the chapter selection(option to skip to your favorite scenes quick).

when the heck will the complete TV show seasons come to DVD! im getting antsy waiting... if you like foreign comedy, I recommend checking out "Mr Bean"The whole bean! coming to DVD in late April