Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996)

That was an excellent one.

Pretty Good

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Having only ever seen one episode of 'Kids in the Hall' in my life and having only a vague idea about the group (Canadian Monty Python being the easy comparison), I think it's fair to say that I came the film as somewhat ignorant when it came to all things 'Kids'.I have to say that I was able to enjoy the film for what it was, rather than have any expectations of what it could be. What interested me most of all was it's darkness, something a lot closer to League of Gentlemen territory rather than Monty Python. On an alternate note does anyone else notice a similarity between Don Roritor and Doctor Evil?

This would of been an enjoyable comedy, but for the fact the foul language really ruined it for me. Why use such, it added nothing. The acting was good, the movie funny with a neat plot. I gave it a 5. Nuff said.

Deep inside the heart of this film is a very cunning satire on the need for happiness and prozak type drugs. The need for things to be perfect is a lie-nothing's ever totally perfect, and if there was no more room for improvement what would be the purpose of doing anything? Somewhat ironically this is the problem with the movie- it's nowhere to being perfect. It's far below Kids in the Hall standards. And if it weren't for the problems they had to face in completing it, this would have turned out to be a real classic instead of just the small cult classic it became. If Dave Foley wasn't pulled to the states all the time, if the writing had the same competitiveness as they had in their show, and if they were together more often then it would have worked. However, they still seem to share and support each other in performance as usual. But there's just too much of one thing and not enough of the other. Sometimes it seems like Scott Thompson wrote the whole thing himself. Not that the parts with Wally aren't funny, but there's just too much of it. There's too much sexual humour that it spoils the joke, just like too much water can ruin the broth. This is still a good film for any fan's collection. But if you want to delve into what the Kids were really like besides their show, Same Guys New Dresses and Tour of Duty are probably what you're looking for. They;ve always been better live anyway.

I'm a huge KITH fan, and this movie lived up to my expectations 99%. The amazing thing about this movie is that although it features few of the lovable TV show characters, it was still awesome, and true to the KITH's style. I would have liked to see Buddy or Cabbage Head or the STEPS boys in it, but this movie was still great. I think you may have to warm up to the show before you can enjoy the movie, but it manages to be funny on its own. I laughed out loud at many unforgettable moments: Wally's army flashbacks; the short appearance of the feuding white trash couple; and the German guy confessing to the psychiatrist (Subtitle: "The nipples of mother hope have run dry").When I discovered Brain Candy on DVD, I snapped it up- and I recommend you do too, if you're a fan of KITH or Canadian comedy in general. I hope KITH live on...perhaps a third tour, another movie...and I would love to have the series in a DVD boxed set...hint, hint.