The Man with Two Brains (1983)

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• Melvin W

  
  Michael Hfuhruhurr: I am making a citizens divorce. By the powers vested in me, I hereby declare our marriage null and void! Ipso facto, coitus interuptus!  "So funny, you'll laugh your head off" The Man with Two Brains is a decent comedy until Steve Martin starts… More
  Michael Hfuhruhurr: I am making a citizens divorce. By the powers vested in me, I hereby declare our marriage null and void! Ipso facto, coitus interuptus!  "So funny, you'll laugh your head off" The Man with Two Brains is a decent comedy until Steve Martin starts dating a brain in a jar. I can say I almost liked the movie. It had a few scenes that were laugh-out-loud funny. But then the jokes start getting repetitive; for example with Steve Martin's character name. Every other sentence would be a joke about how no one can pronounce it. It gets old after awhile, especially when the joke wasn't all that funny the first time. This is nowhere near Martin's best(Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Jerk) but also nowhere near his worst(Pink Panther, without a doubt). It's somewhere in the middle. It has it's moments, like most of his movies. It's really stupid, like most of his movies. It's also hard to completely hate because everyone involved knows it's stupid and their having a lot of fun making it.  In the end it's an average comedy at best. Kathleen Turner makes it a little more pleasant to watch; even with her playing a bitch. Martin is his normal self, so you know what to expect there. Funny enough, but I don't think you'll laugh your head off.

• AJ V

  
  A weird plot, but for the most part it's pretty funny, and I enjoyed it.

• Alexis N

  
  I'm starting to have a whole new level of love for Steve Martin, so I've been watching his movies more lately. I just watched this one and I thought it was such a good idea and so fun. It's funny and romantic. The evil broad gets hers. The science is good and the inner… More
  I'm starting to have a whole new level of love for Steve Martin, so I've been watching his movies more lately. I just watched this one and I thought it was such a good idea and so fun. It's funny and romantic. The evil broad gets hers. The science is good and the inner zombie in you will be saying "braaaaains" though the whole thing.

• Wahida K

  
  Eeeww

• Brian D

  
  Steve Martin at hes early best.Shame hes not that funny anymore.

• Anthony L

  
  When Martin was funny, he was very funny!

• David S

  
  I miss the old Steve Martin, the one who didn't stoop to such comedic lows like the new Pink Panther films. Why can't we see more films like this one coming from such a genius? One of the overlooked Martin films, the film deals with a brain surgeon (our man Martin), who… More
  I miss the old Steve Martin, the one who didn't stoop to such comedic lows like the new Pink Panther films. Why can't we see more films like this one coming from such a genius? One of the overlooked Martin films, the film deals with a brain surgeon (our man Martin), who marries Dolores Benedict (Kathleen Turner, who does really well here) but finds himself attracted to a brain in a jar (Sissy Spacek, who went criminally uncredited for her delightful role) in the laboratory of Dr. Alfred Necessiter (David Warner, who I'd like to see get more work). Confused yet? Don't worry, this film takes the Back To The Future approach of using science in a fantastical way but doesn't dumb it down and just has fun with the whole thing. If you are a fan of that trilogy, you may enjoy seeing the approach again. I certainly did, its one of the films strengths. Not only is the plot a bit on the science-fiction side, some of the jokes are wacky and off the wall too (and again, work in the film's favour). Who could forget Dr. Hfuhruhurr's request of the little girl to call a hospital and she responds with her own medical opinion? Or the scene in which Dr. Hfuhruhurr asks his beloved and departed first wife Rebecca for a sign that he shouldn't marry his new love and she does just about everything in her power to get him to re-think and he still doesn't see a sign (if memory serves, Orgazmo would do something similar years later). My personal favourite joke is this line, after Dr. Hfuhruhurr (the pronunciation of which is a recurring joke, it's spelled how it sounds) finds out his new bride has plans to kill him: "You kill me and I'll see that you never work in this town again". While one of the themes of the film is old hat (love someone for their mind, not just what they look like), I overlook that because Steve and Sissy's characters work well together. Hell, her character Anne Uumellmahaye has an equally unpronounceable last name, except to Dr. Hfuhruhurr, which makes their pairing that much the better. They do what regular couples would do, except one is a brain in a jar. It's funny yet cute at the same time. There are times when I think people need to sit down with Steve and force him to watch his old comedies and get the hilarious Steve back out. I say start with this, it does wonders for me.

• Candy R

  
  Steve is funny in this movie. He falls in love with a brain.

• xGary X

  
  Dated but very funny Steve Martin vehicle full of hilarious lines and surreal slapstick. One of his best.

• Dean !

  
  A very funny if strange film. Not a Steve Martin fan but probably one of his best films.

• Dean M

  
  Not bad comedy, but a little silly with Steve Martin who falls in love with a talking brain in a jar and decides to transplant it into his vicious, gold-digging wife Kathleen Turner.

• James A

  
  A movie that was funny when I originally saw it and is even better today!

• Naughtia N

  
  This movie was SO weird but also hilarious. I'm a huge fan of Steve Martin and this movie reflects his early career. I thought this movie was funny, weird but I don't think it is well suited for this century. I saw this movie a long time ago and I cherished it then and I… More
  This movie was SO weird but also hilarious. I'm a huge fan of Steve Martin and this movie reflects his early career. I thought this movie was funny, weird but I don't think it is well suited for this century. I saw this movie a long time ago and I cherished it then and I still do.

• Kevin L

  
  Averge Steve Martin flick.

• Stefan P

  
  Steve Martin doesn't play in the same league as Leslie Nielsen in the silly-humour-division. There is a fair amount of funny one-liners and physical humour but overall very few laughs. The thin story also contributes to a surprisingly low grade. After all - this is supposed to be… More
  Steve Martin doesn't play in the same league as Leslie Nielsen in the silly-humour-division. There is a fair amount of funny one-liners and physical humour but overall very few laughs. The thin story also contributes to a surprisingly low grade. After all - this is supposed to be my type of comedy.

• Barry L

  
  Martin is a great actor and this was great

• Chad R

  
  What are those assholes doing on the porch? Those aren't assholes. It's pronounced *azaleas*.

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