Fresh
The ensemble is assured and adroitly gets the gags across without telegraphing punch lines.
Leonard Klady, Variety
Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy
Shove this up your mind
1996 · 1h 28m · R
Comedy
Directed by
Kelly Makin
Overview
A pharmaceutical scientist creates a pill that makes people remember their happiest memory, and although it's successful, it has unfortunate side effects.
Director and cast
- Kelly Makin Director
- Dave Foley as Marv / Psychiatrist / New guy / Raymond Hurdicure
- Bruce McCulloch as Alice / Cisco / Grivo / Worm pill scientist / Cop #2 / Cancer boy / White-trash man
- Kevin McDonald as Dr. Chris Cooper / Doreen / Chris' dad / Lacey
- Mark McKinney as Simon / Don Roritor / Cabbie / Gunther / Cop #1 / Nina Bedford / Melanie / Drill sergeant / White-trash woman
- Scott Thompson as Baxter / Mrs. Hurdicure / Wally Terzinsky / Malek / Big Stummies scientist / The Queen / Raj / Clemptor
- Kathryn Greenwood as Ginny Hurdicure
- Nicole De Boer as Cooper's Groupie
- Krista Bridges as Cooper's Groupie
- Christopher Redman as Wally Jr.
- Melissa Binzer as Natalie
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
43%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A twisted comedy for twisted times, this movie made me happy. Go figure.
David Ansen, Newsweek
Rotten
A quintet of Canadian TV comedians hit the cinema screen with a splat.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
A splendid showcase for their diverse, frisky talents.
Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten
[A] shrill and slovenly opus.
Rita Kempley, Washington Post
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