Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy
A pharmaceutical satire becomes a surreal ensemble showcase when a rushed depression cure sends patients into comas and its scientists challenge corporate greed.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- absurdist
- irreverent
- surreal
- cult movie night
- sketch comedy marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film visually lively and intermittently audacious, but uneven, overextended, and less consistently funny than the troupe's television work.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The Kids in the Hall performers play numerous characters across the pharmaceutical, advertising, medical, and domestic storylines.
The company rushes an insufficiently tested depression cure into production to address financial trouble.
Multiple personas and loosely connected comic situations carry the troupe's first feature beyond a single conventional protagonist.
The film combines bizarre character embodiments, pharmaceutical satire, comatose drug users, and provocative comic set pieces.
Films like Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy, and why
The Kentucky Fried Movie
absurdist ensemble comedy, pharmaceutical satire, and deliberately broad sketch-based humor
The Meaning of Life
surreal workplace satire, eccentric ensemble performances, and irreverent comic tone
UHF
cult comedy sensibility, body-related absurdism, and fragmented sketch-like storytelling
Movie Details
- Director
- Kelly Makin
- Release Date
- 1996-04-02
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 (91)
Cast
- Dave Foley
- Bruce McCulloch
- Kevin McDonald
- Mark McKinney
- Scott Thompson
- Kathryn Greenwood
- Amy Smith
- Lachlan Murdoch
- Nicole De Boer
- Krista Bridges
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy about?
- A pharmaceutical satire becomes a surreal ensemble showcase when a rushed depression cure sends patients into comas and its scientists challenge corporate greed.
- What is Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy as mild.
- What did critics think of Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy?
- Critics broadly found the film visually lively and intermittently audacious, but uneven, overextended, and less consistently funny than the troupe's television work.
- Which films are like Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy?
- Films with a similar feel include The Kentucky Fried Movie, The Meaning of Life, and UHF.
- How long is Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy?
- Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy runs 88 minutes.
- Where can I watch Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy?
- In United States, Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
