Brain Candy (aka Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy) is a feature film by The Kids in the Hall, a Canadian comedy troupe. Directed by Kelly Makin, filmed in Toronto, and released in 1996, it followed the five season run of their television series, which had been successful in both Canada and the United States.
The five man team plays all of the major characters, and many of the bit parts. Brendan Fraser and Janeane Garofalo have cameos, Garofalo's bei...
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Brain Candy (aka Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy) is a feature film by The Kids in the Hall, a Canadian comedy troupe. Directed by Kelly Makin, filmed in Toronto, and released in 1996, it followed the five season run of their television series, which had been successful in both Canada and the United States.
The five man team plays all of the major characters, and many of the bit parts. Brendan Fraser and Janeane Garofalo have cameos, Garofalo's being almost entirely absent from the final cut. The film has since become a cult classic.
The film is about the introduction of a powerful antidepressant, GLeeMONEX. The drug is rushed into production to help the ailing Roritor Pharmaceuticals and becomes an overnight media sensation. Those involved in the early stages of GLeeMONEX- the scientists, marketing arm and several early users - are followed, right up through the troubling coma-like side-effect of being stuck in their happiest memory.
Some characters from the television series appear...
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