Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy

The Canadian sketch-comedy masters hit the big screen with Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy, their send-up of psychopharmacology and its social ramifications. Each "kid" plays a plethora of roles; in fact, nearly every character in the film is played by one of the five "kids". When Roritor ...more

Kids in the Hall are so very reminiscent of Monty Python. First of all, there just aren't that many comedy troupes -- especially funny ones. They also have the same snappy pacing (though not as fast as the Brits), which never leaves one hanging for very long onto a stale joke. But, of course, the most important similarities are the offbeat, incisive humor and the almost total lack of humility. Like Python's own forays into cinema, Brain Candy is a hit and miss affair. It's the nature of the ...more