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Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy

  • 1996
  • R
  • 1h 29m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
9.6K
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Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney, and Scott Thompson in Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996)
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Dark ComedySatireComedy

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.

  • Director
    • Kelly Makin
  • Writers
    • Norm Hiscock
    • Bruce McCulloch
    • Kevin McDonald
  • Stars
    • Dave Foley
    • Bruce McCulloch
    • Kevin McDonald
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    9.6K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Kelly Makin
    • Writers
      • Norm Hiscock
      • Bruce McCulloch
      • Kevin McDonald
    • Stars
      • Dave Foley
      • Bruce McCulloch
      • Kevin McDonald
    • 69User reviews
    • 29Critic reviews
    • 55Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 5 nominations total

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    Photos26

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    Dave Foley
    Dave 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
    • Director
      • Kelly Makin
    • Writers
      • Norm Hiscock
      • Bruce McCulloch
      • Kevin McDonald
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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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 Dave 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

      Raymond Hurdicure: Sorry we're a few hours late, there, Ma, but you know how the kids... uh... hate old people.

    • 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

    Featured review
    10/10

    A gleaming review. Woo hoo.

    Okay. Where to begin?

    It's phenomenal. If you've ever watched a single Kids in the Hall episode and caught yourself stifling a guffaw for you feared laughing at an orgasming, androgynous chicken-lady(?) might classify you as a lunatic, go see Brain Candy.

    If you haven't experienced that, go see it anyways.

    I personally think it's the some of the best modern comedic writing there is out there. The troupe collated their ability to create off-the-wall scenes with a Monty-Python-esque flair of weaving the same actors into decidedly varying roles, and thus spawned a seriously non-serious satire of man's eternal search for happiness.

    I saw this movie first in the theater, and the odd things is, I didn't laugh once during the entire showing. The true hilarity of the flic hit me several hours later as a friend and I mused its elusive intricacies in a coffee shop. We were nearly falling out of our chairs with just the simple mentioning of many of the scenes.

    I made a point of seeing it again, and have never regretted adding it to my 'all time favourite' list.

    Go see it.

    Booyah.
    • maxtuckett
    • Jun 7, 2001
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 19, 1996 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Canada
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Brain Candy
    • Filming locations
      • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Paramount Pictures
      • Lakeshore Entertainment
      • Broadway Video
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $2,654,308
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $770,280
      • Apr 14, 1996
    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,654,308
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 29 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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