Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Dave Foley | ... | Marv / Psychiatrist / New guy / Raymond Hurdicure | |
Bruce McCulloch | ... | Alice / Cisco / Grivo / Worm pill scientist / Cop #2 / Cancer boy / White-trash man | |
Kevin McDonald | ... | Dr. Chris Cooper / Doreen / Chris' dad / Lacey | |
Mark McKinney | ... | Simon / Don Roritor / Cabbie / Gunther / Cop #1 / Nina Bedford / Melanie / Drill sergeant / White-trash woman | |
Scott Thompson | ... | Baxter / Mrs. Hurdicure / Wally Terzinsky / Malek / Big Stummies scientist / The Queen / Raj / Clemptor | |
Kathryn Greenwood | ... | Ginny Hurdicure | |
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Amy Smith | ... | Raymond's kid |
Lachlan Murdoch | ... | Raymond's kid | |
Nicole de Boer | ... | Cooper's groupie | |
Krista Bridges | ... | Cooper's groupie | |
Christopher Redman | ... | Wally Jr. | |
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Erica Fairfield | ... | Wally's daughter (as Erica Lancaster) |
Jackie Harris Greenberg | ... | Natalie (Roritor's secretary) (as Jackie Harris) | |
Jonathan Wilson | ... | Panicky assistant | |
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Tony Ning | ... | Mai Tai waiter |
A team of scientists working for a pharmaceutical company discovers a cure for depression. When the company finds itself in trouble financially, they rush the new drug into production without doing enough testing. Things seem to go fine until some of the users of the drug start slipping into comas. It becomes a race between the scientists who want to tell the world the truth and the company's marketing department who wants to protect their profit margin. Written by Jeff Stanley
A group of researchers for a pharmaceutical company release Gleemonex, a drug that brings people's happiest memory to the surface and cures depression. All is right in the world, at least until the drug is discovered to have some side effects down the road.
The Kids in the Hall had a great show, and it's no surprise they were able to make a great movie. With a very limited cast, they play dozens of parts and keep the humor rolling from the very beginning. If there's a group that is the spiritual successor to Monty Python, it is probably KITH.
Some of the best jokes are just throw-aways: a cop that dreams about sex with toast, a therapist who doesn't speak German, and a scientist who develops a drug that gives ex-girlfriends worms. One of the running jokes throughout the film is a man who is obviously gay but is unable to admit it. He is consistently funny, even after he comes out in the middle of a musical scene.
Some people allegedly thought that including Cancer Boy was insensitive and not funny in the slightest. I disagree. If it's okay to make fun of depression and homosexuals, I think cancer should be perfectly acceptable. I may not be easily offended, but I think this was fine.
A couple other things made this film great: a great soundtrack with bands like They Might Be Giants and The Odds. One of the earliest film appearances of Selma Blair. Seriously, the only way you would not find this funny is if you had a stick up your butt or you were a flipper baby.