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Meet Dr Michael Hfuhruhurr (Steve Martin), the famous brain surgeon. Perhaps the name is not unfamiliar, though it is unpronounceable; the good doctor is the inventor of the celebrated "screw-top" method of brain surgery, in which the top of the skull twists off as easily as the lid of a pickle jar. The man may be a medical genius, but his talent for love leaves something to be desired, which explains his marriage to a gold-digging vixen (Kathleen Turner). Ah, but Dr. Hfuhruhurr may yet find true love, in the form of the disembodied brain he discovers in the lab of a mad scientist--David Warner, gone the Frankenstein route. (Lovely image: Hfuhruhurr in a rowboat, taking the brain out for a romantic ride on the lake.) Thus, in its own utterly goofy way, does The Man with Two Brains delve into the eternal dilemma of male indecision: does a man fall in love with a woman's body, or with her mind? Along the way, of course, there are gags both highbrow and very, very lowbrow, a mind-body split that might be why critics have tended to prefer the more sophisticated slapstick of All of Me (directed, like this film, by Carl Reiner) and Roxanne among the early Steve Martin outings. Still, this is one of Martin's funniest pictures, and a game Kathleen Turner, fresh off her Body Heat success, ably spoofs her own sultry image. The cerebral love object is voiced by Sissy Spacek. --Robert Horton
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audio in italianointrappolato in un matrimonio senz'amore con moglie avida e arida, un neurochirurgo s'innamora di un bel cervello femminile parlante (con la voce di sissi spacek nell'edizione originale), conservato in vaso. la trovata di partenza di questa frizzante parodia del genere fanta-horror scientifico puo' sembrare paradossale e astrusa, ma e' sostenuta da un dialogo assai spiritoso, attori in forma e molte gag visive.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By P. o'reilly
Format:DVD
This film is simply hilarious. Why? Because right from the very start we are drawn into a world of the sublimely ridiculous. Steve Martin and others act the part brilliantly. The jokes are the zaniest and most urinatingly funny you will ever see. This is a classic film and has been overlooked by many. You will not regret buying this film if you love silly and crazy humour. It is the kind of film to watch with a new girlfriend and laugh yourselves stupid!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By BS on parade
Format:DVD
I've wanted to really like this movie but previously it's not clicked with me. I thought it started good but lost steam after the first half hour, and then dragged on with too few jokes too far apart. There was a lack of forward motion to it which annoyed and bored me. I considered it to be an overrated dud with some signs of quality here and there.
This time, for no obvious reason, it clicked with me. I found it to be engaging from the start to the very end. Perhaps it worked this time because I was paying proper attention to the "dramatic" story and not just thinking of it as an excuse they were using to string some jokes along?
It's a gloriously silly film and Steve Martin is excellent. It really is a puzzle how he stopped being funny from about the early 90s onwards (a very notable exception being the brilliant Bowfinger in 1999)?
The film could certainly be better (quicker pace, more jokes, nicer visuals) but it's good enough for some easy laughs. Not a masterpiece but a good film.
This time, for no obvious reason, it clicked with me. I found it to be engaging from the start to the very end. Perhaps it worked this time because I was paying proper attention to the "dramatic" story and not just thinking of it as an excuse they were using to string some jokes along?
It's a gloriously silly film and Steve Martin is excellent. It really is a puzzle how he stopped being funny from about the early 90s onwards (a very notable exception being the brilliant Bowfinger in 1999)?
The film could certainly be better (quicker pace, more jokes, nicer visuals) but it's good enough for some easy laughs. Not a masterpiece but a good film.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By J. Sibthorpe
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is steve martin at his best.
My blue heaven is a good family film, where as the man with two brains is a little more adult in style.
Either way steve martin is brilliant, and the sopporting cast in both films are good.
A must have for any dvd collection.
10/10.
My blue heaven is a good family film, where as the man with two brains is a little more adult in style.
Either way steve martin is brilliant, and the sopporting cast in both films are good.
A must have for any dvd collection.
10/10.
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for my mum
i brought this for my mum as a present, i don't think she has watched it yet so i have no idea what it is like
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A Classic.
This film has lost none of it's humour over time. Might not appeal to everyone but that's their problem. It arrived very quickly and well packaged.
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I watched this with my 11 year old. Ludicrous plot, silly dialogue, and Steve Martin at his prime. And what a great comedy actress is Kathleen Turner. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Helen of Troy
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Classic Steve Martin
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Published 7 months ago by M. Palmer
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Talked about this film with a mate at work, got it watched it and loaned it to a bunch of folk who can't stop quoting this very funny film. Read more
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A hilarious and ridiculous old Steve Martin film
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