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Summary: Funniest of Martin's "early era"
Review: "Into the mud, scum queen!"I hadn't seen this film for about ten years, and yet that line had stuck with me forever. This movie has SO many memorable moments, many of them gloriously ridiculous, many sublimely subtle. Martin, in his early films such as THE JERK, was all over the map, mining for humor. Low humor, physical humor, verbal humor, satire, it didn't matter as long as it might be funny. This is a low budget movie with some delightfully twisted moments. Martin plays famed brained surgeon, Dr. Huffarahrr (or something like that) who marries one of his patients, the beautiful (but evil) Kathleen Turner, hot off her great role in BODY HEAT. The movie's plot is hardly important though...it mostly revolves around brain surgery jokes and humor at Martin's expense because he is so desparate for intimate relations with his wife, who is mostly hoping he'll die so she can take his money. When Martin falls in love with a disembodied brain (don't ask), things just get weirder. (The brain is voiced by Sissy Spacek, by the way.) That summary probably doesn't make much sense, but the main thing to remember is that the movie is funny. It feels a bit like a TV movie in its production quality, and it's opening credit style and background music firmly date this movie to the early '80s. And there's a HUGE Merv Griffin joke, so you'd better know who Merv Griffin is. Much of the joke is "low" humor, but it's so well done, so over-the-top, that you can't help but smile. Man With Two Brains is hardly a work of genius. It isn't as solid as ALL OF ME or PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES, which are slicker films with true hearts...but it is good, dirty fun for 90 minutes. Martin is very funny and we are reminded of his early "glory days" as the nation's hottest comic. Kathleen Turner is a hoot, and it's fun to remember what a bombshell femme fatale she was. The usually reserved and impeccable David Warner (Titanic, Time After Time) gets to get a little unhinged here, and that's fun too. There's a guaranteed laugh about every 60 seconds, so that's a lot of laughs. The movie is VERY inexpensive now, so I heartily recommend taking a look. Word of warning...the DVD has NO extras. Just the movie. Also, it is "R" rated, and deservedly so...there are some funny but dirty bits here.
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Summary: Wonder why it gets such bad reviews
Review: (As a quick note I'm 14 - not 12, I just do not have an account here)
I saw the last half of this movie on Comedy Central. I wasn't quite sure what was going on, but just from that last half, I loved it. I went to buy the DVD for 5 dollars. I haven't seen any other Steve Martin films (Except the most recent one with Queen Latifah) but regardless of that, this film was great. I can't quite say it was the most funniest movie ever, but some jokes are just priceless. Especially the name-take-offs. Anyone knows that all great inventors have impossible to pronunce names! The sex jokes were also, funny. Regardless of the nature. And when Ann and Michael first meet? That was defienately priceless. I reccomend this movie to anyone who enjoys quite an original plot and jokes that will be remembered. That's why I give this movie 5 stars.
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Summary: 5 star move but a 3 star DVD
Review: A few people have pointed out various failings with this DVD release - scenes deleted, fullscreen-only ratio, no subtitles, and mono-only audio.
It's the mono soundtrack that annoys me the most, because the stereo version stands out in my memory as a highlight from the early days of stereo VHS - i.e. "linear stereo". The same tragic treatment has been given to Steve Martin's "All Of Me", which is an equally fine film all-round.
These excellent films deserved a full-featured release on DVD. Universal Pictures did a great job - even at a budget price - with "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid". Warners Brothers should have cared enough about us, and about the artist, to do the same.
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Summary: Thoughts of kissage...
Review: Ah... "In Dillman's Grove..." If I could only have one Stevie movie, this would be it, with All Of Me as a very close second. TMWTB comes at you like a runaway train, hitting you with an unrelenting series of ridiculous situations and gags. The first time through I had to actually stop the tape twice because I was laughing so much I was having difficulty breathing. This is classic Martin and a landmark in modern comedy. Only Woody Allen can possibly rival Steve for sheer lunacy. In Two Brains he is also backed by a stellar supporting cast, including a stunning and vampish Kathleen Turner (looking for a new man to torture) and David Warner as Doctor Alfred Necessitor. Yep, pretty well all of the names are utterly ridiculous. Everything from the dysfunctional hotel elevator, which stops four feet short of each floor, forcing Steve to crawl out, to the hooker with the mind-numbingly abrasive voice (Duke duke duke duke of oil, oil, oil...) just keep you reeling and seriously wondering if you will survive to the end. This is nothing less than a work of art and one of the best comedies of any type in the history of the known universe. For people who have never seen it, I truly envy you. You are in for the treat of a lifetime. It still slays me after all these years, but the first time through is just devastating. Ah... the breeze feels good...
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Summary: Thoughts of kissage...
Review: Ah... "In Dillman's Grove..." If I could only have one Stevie movie, this would be it, with All Of Me as a very close second. TMWTB comes at you like a runaway train, hitting you with an unrelenting series of ridiculous situations and gags. The first time through I had to actually stop the tape twice because I was laughing so much I was having difficulty breathing. This is classic Martin and a landmark in modern comedy. Only Woody Allen can possibly rival Steve for sheer lunacy. In Two Brains he is also backed by a stellar supporting cast, including a stunning and vampish Kathleen Turner (looking for a new man to torture) and David Warner as Doctor Alfred Necessitor. Yep, pretty well all of the names are utterly ridiculous. Everything from the dysfunctional hotel elevator, which stops four feet short of each floor, forcing Steve to crawl out, to the hooker with the mind-numbingly abrasive voice (Duke duke duke duke of oil, oil, oil...) just keep you reeling and seriously wondering if you will survive to the end. This is nothing less than a work of art and one of the best comedies of any type in the history of the known universe. For people who have never seen it, I truly envy you. You are in for the treat of a lifetime. It still slays me after all these years, but the first time through is just devastating. Ah... the breeze feels good...
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Summary: The DVD is missing a few scenes from the movie...
Review: Although I enjoyed this movie, I wanted to make any potential buyers aware that the DVD is missing a few scenes from the original movie: The scene where the Bellboy in the elevator goes through puberty in 10 seconds is missing, and the whole sequence where Ann Uh-Mel-Muh-Hay's brain is damaged and she forgets the letter "Z" ("A ebra lives in a oo") is missing. Other than that the DVD is a good transfer of the movie, and I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Hilarious!
Review: Both Steve Martin and Kathleen Turner are wonderful in this absolutely bizarre comedy. Martin's early films are still his best. He did some great work with Carl Reiner. This and "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" are classics.
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Summary: Steve Martin is a must-buy.
Review: Even his worst movies are at least good. But this movie is a classic of his. A dark-style comedy that makes you laugh throughout most every scene. It's Steve Martin as a brain surgeon, think of the possibilities. Well, I did and when I watched the movie I was glad that I bought it. Now you can be glad too, after you buy it, of course. Because it surely is worth it.
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Summary: Steve Martin With Two Brains
Review: How to explain this film...geez...well, like so many things it is not what is outside but what is inside that counts. This is a funny and silly film, anyway.
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Summary: Anoint my head/Anointy nointy
Review: Hysterically goofy comedy. Watch for the "Pointy Birds" poem, which still makes me crack up, and the Austrian drunk driving test.
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