Rating: 
Summary: "Into the mud, Scum Queen!"
Review: I give this movie four stars, but three stars for the release. I don't understand why this movie couldn't be released with both wide screen and full screen format, but there you go. With this DVD, we only get the full screen release. That doesn't take away from how funny the movie is, and maybe I am just being nit picky as is my way sometimes....Anyway, Steve Martin stars as Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr, a world-renowned brain surgeon, who has developed a new method of brain surgery called the cranial screw top method. It involves unscrewing the top of a person's skull for easy access and much faster recovery time. Suffering the recent loss of his wife, he accidentally hits a woman named Dolores, played by Kathleen Turner, with his car. She suffers a massive head injury, and Steve Martin is the only one who can save her. She also bears a remarkable resemblance to his deceased wife. He saves her, they fall in love, and get married. Only problem is she is a conniving, cheating, lying, evil woman who's main interest is money and infuriating her husbands, making the veins stand out on their foreheads. During their honeymoon trip to Europe, Dr. Hfuhruhurr meets a fellow scientist who has perfected a method of keeping brains alive in jars. During a visit, one of these brains, that of a woman, begins to talk to him, through telepathy of some sort, and they develop a relationship. Realizing his feelings are growing for this bodiless brain, he drifts away from his wife and even begins scheming to replace his wife's brain with that of Anne, the brain in the jar. There's a lot more, but that's the gist. This is a very funny sci-fi comedy movie, in the vein of a Young Frankenstein, but not as good. This is what I call 'old style' Steve Martin, the more rowdy, raucous, animated Steve from the old days of SNL and The Jerk, before he became more refined and sophisticated. I still think he's funny now, but I just never got into that whole Father of the Bride/LA Story comedy. Lots of sight gags, some slapstick and profanity, and a little nudity, which give this movie an R rating. No extras, no wide screen format, but still a lot of fun. A good, stupid adult comedy with one of my favorite lines that I think only Steve Martin could have delivered as well as he did which is the quote I used in the title of this review.
Rating:
Summary: "Into the mud, Scum Queen!"
Review: I give this movie four stars, but three stars for the release. I don't understand why this movie couldn't be released with both wide screen and full screen format, but there you go. With this DVD, we only get the full screen release. That doesn't take away from how funny the movie is, and maybe I am just being nit picky as is my way sometimes.... Anyway, Steve Martin stars as Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr, a world-renowned brain surgeon, who has developed a new method of brain surgery called the cranial screw top method. It involves unscrewing the top of a person's skull for easy access and much faster recovery time. Suffering the recent loss of his wife, he accidentally hits a woman named Dolores, played by Kathleen Turner, with his car. She suffers a massive head injury, and Steve Martin is the only one who can save her. She also bears a remarkable resemblance to his deceased wife. He saves her, they fall in love, and get married. Only problem is she is a conniving, cheating, lying, evil woman who's main interest is money and infuriating her husbands, making the veins stand out on their foreheads. During their honeymoon trip to Europe, Dr. Hfuhruhurr meets a fellow scientist who has perfected a method of keeping brains alive in jars. During a visit, one of these brains, that of a woman, begins to talk to him, through telepathy of some sort, and they develop a relationship. Realizing his feelings are growing for this bodiless brain, he drifts away from his wife and even begins scheming to replace his wife's brain with that of Anne, the brain in the jar. There's a lot more, but that's the gist. This is a very funny sci-fi comedy movie, in the vein of a Young Frankenstein, but not as good. This is what I call 'old style' Steve Martin, the more rowdy, raucous, animated Steve from the old days of SNL and The Jerk, before he became more refined and sophisticated. I still think he's funny now, but I just never got into that whole Father of the Bride/LA Story comedy. Lots of sight gags, some slapstick and profanity, and a little nudity, which give this movie an R rating. No extras, no wide screen format, but still a lot of fun. A good, stupid adult comedy with one of my favorite lines that I think only Steve Martin could have delivered as well as he did which is the quote I used in the title of this review.
Rating: 
Summary: Weird But Funny!
Review: I hadnt seen The Man With Two Brains until having seen some of Martin's work that followed this movie such as Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, Parenthood, and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. I had gotten used to Martin's comedic style being more oriented towards situations and not necessarily slapstick so I was pretty surprised when I watched this movie and saw that it was mostly joke and not situation oriented. This is a funny movie, not the funniest ever by Martin (Planes, Trains, and Automobiles is in my opinion), but is definitely good for some laughs. As might be expected by a movie named The Man With Two Brains it is VERY silly! If you're wanting easy going and carefree humor this is a good movie, but if you want something that isn't so silly I'd recommend watching something else.
Rating: 
Summary: um...one word - BAD!
Review: I hated this movie. My dad bought it cause it was cheap, and it's the stupidest movie in the world! What a waste of time and money. I love Steve Martin, but come on! If you're a Steve Martin fan buy housesitter or something! NOT THIS! SAVE YOURSELF!
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Summary: My Favorite Martin Film
Review: I like virtually all of Steve Martin's films, but this one has to be my favorite. It is slick, well acted, well photographed, clever, well-written, and brings out Martin's style of comedy very well. Highly recommended.
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Summary: I like-a you and you like-a me and we like-a both the same
Review: I love this movie. Anybody who thinks that Mel Brooks or Carl Reiner is funny will love it too. I don't currently own a copy and I am disappointed to find out that it is out of print :-( My favorite scene is when Steve Martin is going crazy for lack of sex with his new wife and says that he is "very happy in the finger sucking department" LOL That scene reminds me of the SNL stuff he did with a banjo and the classic arrow throught the head thing. Silly describes this movie very well. Sure, the movie is old and doesn't have a good soundtrack but it is more than worth the ten bucks. Any movie that makes me laugh after seeing it a thousand times is a good movie in my book. Was this helpful?
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Summary: Before he became artsy, he was hilarious
Review: I saw a Siskel and Ebert show a number of years ago, and this was proclaimed Steve Martin's funniest movie ever. I enthusiastically agree. "Two Brains" is Steve Martin's "Bananas" (which Roger and Gene agree is Woody Allen's funniest movie ever). The work of a young comic on a creative roll, with full confidence in his comedic abilities, throwing any and all jokes on the screen and looking to see what sticks. And some jokes do fall flat (Butler to Steve: "I'm about to retire." Steve: "But you're so young." Butler: "I meant, for the evening."). Most, however, find their mark, wherever that mark might be. Only the young Steve Martin had the audacity to put a pair of rubber lips on a brain or break a window with his aroused member, and the brilliance to make it all hilarious. Through some of the most outrageous and off color jokes you'll ever see, he somehow manages to convey the important message that real beauty is found in a person's mind. Highly recommended - allows you to forgive him for later transgressions such as "The Housesitter" and "Sgt. Bilko."
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Summary: Funny, but crude
Review: I'm a fan of Steve Martin's comedies. I loved him "The Jerk" and was looking forward to viewing another of his earlier movies. This movie WAS funny, but I found it to be much more graphic than I expected--in the sexual language and brief nudity scences. (I didn't realize that it was rated R before I started watching it.) The vast majority of the humor revolves around him waiting to have sex with his gold-digging wife (Kathleen Turner) who leads him on for weeks after their marriage. It's a funny movie, with some classic Steve Martin antics, but be prepared for lots of off-colored humor and a little bit of nudity.
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Summary: Funny, but crude
Review: I'm a fan of Steve Martin's comedies. I loved him "The Jerk" and was looking forward to viewing another of his earlier movies. This movie WAS funny, but I found it to be much more graphic than I expected--in the sexual language and brief nudity scences. (I didn't realize that it was rated R before I started watching it.) The vast majority of the humor revolves around him waiting to have sex with his gold-digging wife (Kathleen Turner) who leads him on for weeks after their marriage. It's a funny movie, with some classic Steve Martin antics, but be prepared for lots of off-colored humor and a little bit of nudity.
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Summary: This is different
Review: It is a different offbeat comedy where Steve Martin plays a doctor with a luny intense attitude. It is however a brilliant Carl Reiner film with Martin.
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