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TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Python Hyena Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996): Dir: Kelly Makin / Cast: Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney, Scott Thompson, Bruce McCulloch, Dave Foley: Clever comedy about the unsatisfactory lives we lead. Title suggests either physical or mental garbage we intake to give the illusion of wholeness. A small orange pill called Gleemonex is invented to cure depression but side affects exist. An angry musician rages against society but after taking Gleemonex he makes a video called "Happiness Pie." A husband who masturbates to gay porn cannot face the fact that he is gay. He pops the Gleemonex and marches into the street singing, "I'm Gay!" Vulgarity is outlined with facts one may not acknowledge about themselves. Interesting concept with directing by Kelly Makin. David Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney, and Scott Thompson plays multiple roles as the famous Kids in the Hall troop. McDonald plays scientist Chris Cooper who invents the drug after his father's suicide. He is met with fame as well as the desire to correct the side affects. McKinney plays villain Don Roritor as a somewhat Steve Martin impression. He forces the drug and will be defeated by it. Scott Thompson plays two hilarious roles as gay husband and senile lady. Dave Foley is also featured as an assistant whose greatest dream is urinating in his boss's coffee. Colorful visuals parallel artificial solutions. Score: 9 / 10

Theo Robertson KIDS IN THE HALL ? This is a sketch show I remembered being broadcast in the wee small hours in Britain on channel 4 . I didn't think much of it . No strike that - I hated it . It was composed of a bunch of Canadian MONTY PYTHON wannabes who dressed in drag more often than not and made sketches that fell flat . I can remember the " I'm crushing your head " character because of the simple reason it was so unfunny and it's no surprise that Canadians I know much prefer British TV like THE OFFICE and DOCTOR WHOBRAIN CANDY is a feature length film by the KITH troupe and as many people have already pointed out you'll only enjoy this movie if you're already a fan , if you've never heard of these kids you will probably dislike with a vengeance with the humour being either underdeveloped or plain crude like the scene where a NCO orders one of his men into battle: " You see these two men beside the wall ? You run over there and f*ck them while we stay here and masturbate " I also couldn't help thinking that because BRAIN CANDY is a spin off from a sketch show the screenplay lacks cohesion , events and scenes happen without any rhyme nor reason like for example a scene cutting to a music award show where Cancer Boy performs a song only for the action to then cut away to another location with Cancer Boy then absent for the rest of the filmI certainly didn't enjoy BRAIN CANDY and unless you're a KIDS IN THE HALL fan or someone who enjoys watching men dress up as woman it's highly likely you'll feel the same way

Gareth Hacking 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?

Raleon 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.