Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy

Dr. Chris Cooper invents a powerful new antidepressant, Gleemonex, which is rushed into production before it can be fully tested. The drug becomes massively popular until Dr. Cooper discovers some disturbing side effects. Like many of the sketches on the Kids in the Hall TV show, Brain Candy can be strange and dark at times. It's a movie about depression and corruption made by a sketch troupe that was in the process of breaking up at the time. Executives at Paramount balked at the inclusion of a character called Cancer Boy and, after the group refused to cut Cancer Boy out of the movie, Brain Candy received a limited theatrical release. It has since gone on to find a cult following.

Rating: 65%

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The Kids In The Hall

I remember the first time I ever saw The Kids In The Hall. It was on a band trip in 6th grade and we were in a hotel room. It was on, but for some reason I had always thought it was some stupid show for kids or something, maybe the same reason that I always thought Get Smart was a learning show. Anyway, there was one of the Sir Simon Milligan sketches and he was holding a brain so I was hooked. It's still a hilarious sketch show that is my favorite sketch show of all time so check it out if you like Canadians and the 90s.

RATING: 89%