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Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy

  • 19961996
  • RR
  • 1h 29m
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6.9/10
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David Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney, and Scott Thompson in Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996)
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Comedy
A pharmaceutical scientist creates a pill that makes people remember their happiest memory, and although it's successful, it has unfortunate side effects.A pharmaceutical scientist creates a pill that makes people remember their happiest memory, and although it's successful, it has unfortunate side effects.A pharmaceutical scientist creates a pill that makes people remember their happiest memory, and although it's successful, it has unfortunate side effects.
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9.2K
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    • Kelly Makin
  • Writers
    • Norm Hiscock
    • Bruce McCulloch
    • Kevin McDonald
  • Stars
    • David Foley
    • Bruce McCulloch
    • Kevin McDonald
    • Kelly Makin
  • Writers
    • Norm Hiscock
    • Bruce McCulloch
    • Kevin McDonald
  • Stars
    • David Foley
    • Bruce McCulloch
    • Kevin McDonald
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 69User reviews
    • 30Critic reviews
    • 55Metascore
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    David Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney, and Scott Thompson in Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996)
    David Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney, and Scott Thompson in Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996)
    David Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney, and Scott Thompson in Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996)
    Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996)
    Scott Thompson in Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996)
    Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney, and Scott Thompson in Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996)
    Bruce McCulloch in Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996)
    David Foley in Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996)
    David Foley in Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996)
    Bruce McCulloch in Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996)
    Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney, and Scott Thompson in Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996)

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    David Foley
    David Foley
    • Marv…
    Bruce McCulloch
    Bruce McCulloch
    • Alice…
    Kevin McDonald
    Kevin McDonald
    • Chris…
    Mark McKinney
    Mark McKinney
    • Simon…
    Scott Thompson
    Scott Thompson
    • Baxter…
    Kathryn Greenwood
    Kathryn Greenwood
    • Ginny
    Amy Smith
    • Raymond's Kid
    Lachlan Murdoch
    Lachlan Murdoch
    • Raymond's Kid
    Nicole de Boer
    Nicole de Boer
    • Groupie
    Krista Bridges
    Krista Bridges
    • Groupie
    Christopher Redman
    Christopher Redman
    • Wally's Son
    Erica Fairfield
    • Wally's Daughter
    • (as Erica Lancaster)
    Jackie Harris Greenberg
    Jackie Harris Greenberg
    • Natalie
    • (as Jackie Harris)
    Jonathan Wilson
    Jonathan Wilson
    • Panicky Assistant
    Tony Ning
    • Mai Tai Waiter
    Jason Barr
    Jason Barr
    • Young Chris
    Jack Jessop
    • Old Man in Audience
    Sharon Dyer
    • Woman in Audience
      • Kelly Makin
    • Writers
      • Norm Hiscock
      • Bruce McCulloch
      • Kevin McDonald
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The Cancer Boy character was a rather contentious part of the movie. A Paramount executive, who had a loved one suffering from cancer, was so offended by Cancer Boy when a rough cut was shown they demanded the character be removed from the film, but the Kids adamantly refused. The executive would get revenge by making sure the film had a limited theatrical release with little advertisements. Looking back, the Kids would admit that Cancer Boy ended up killing the film's chances financially, with David Foley and Kevin McDonald feeling they should have just relented and cut the scene so the movie would have gotten a wider release while Scott Thompson, Bruce McCulloch and Mark McKinney do not regret it artistically, feeling that Cancer Boy is a biting satire of celebrities who exploit sick children for publicity.
    • Goofs
      When the psychiatrist writes a prescription for Gleemonex for the repressed gay character, we see a large microphone hanging from the patient's neck during an over-the-shoulder shot as he's sitting up on the couch.
    • Quotes

      Wally: Doctor, why do those types

      [motions with hands]

      Wally: keep thinking that I'm one of them?

      Psychiatrist: Well, Wally, because you *are* one of them. You are gay. You are gay. You are a homosexual. The opposite of straight, you're gay. I know it. Your family knows it. DOGS know it! Everyone seems to know it except you.

    • Crazy credits
      After the credits, Mother Hurdicure is distressed over her grandson flying away with the balloons she gave him, and is queried by the boy's mother as to his whereabouts.
    • Alternate versions
      The Kids in the Hall originally filmed a different ending to the film where Dr. Chris Cooper (played by 'Kevin McDonald') fell into a coma and dreamed the ending. Apparently this included "an elaborate parade, complete with Coma Queens, candy-coloured floats, and a grinning mob", but unfortunately it scored poorly with test audiences. Paramount and the Kids re-evaluated the ending and agreed it lacked dramatic-weight and was "too scattered". They re-shot the ending in January.
    • Connections
      Featured in Late Night with Conan O'Brien: Scott Thompson/Lee Roy Parnell (1996)
    • Soundtracks
      Some Days It's Dark
      by Craig Northey, Steven Drake & Bruce McCulloch

      performed by Death Lurks

      Death Lurks is Bruce McCulloch & Odds

      produced by Nigel the Cat

      Bruce McCulloch performs courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.

      Odds perform courtesy of Warner Music Canada Ltd.

    User reviews69

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    You think Life of Brian is funny?
    When I was growing up in the 80's, there were basically three camps of movies that were so incredibly funny that they were legendary among my peers and my generation. Those movies were the Monty Python films (Holy Grail, Life of Brian, Meaning of Life), the Mel Brooks classics (Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein), and the Airplane! movies. Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy is an awesome example of how funny a movie can be, and I hope that some day more people will see it that way and that it will achieve a cult status as a legend of great comedy. It did terribly at the box office, but that was just some unfortunate oversight. Brain Candy features uncanny wit, rollicking absurdity, hilarious zaniness, immaculately understated social commentary, and some of the best comic performances ever filmed (my personal favorite performances are Mark as Don Roritor and Scott Thompson as the clueless closeted gay guy). I believe that the particular kind of comedy in Brain Candy is not easy to enjoy during the first viewing, which is why you should watch it a few times. When the Kids' masterpiece starts sinking in to your head, you'll start getting a whole lot of laugh-returns on your investment.
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    5
    • zentoaster
    • May 8, 2003

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    • Release date
      • April 19, 1996 (United States)
      • Canada
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Paramount Pictures
      • Lakeshore Entertainment
      • Broadway Video
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    • 1 hour 29 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby

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