good back-story, and good acting

Absolutely Fantastic

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

Ironically, The Man With Two Brains isn't the most cerebral of comedies, but with outrageous comic Steve Martin at his zaniest, the lovely Kathleen Turner at her sexiest, and writer/director Carl Reiner on top form having already successfully worked with Martin on The Jerk and Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, the film is a no-brainer for those who enjoy their humour totally off the wall.Martin stars as celebrated brain surgeon Michael Hfuhruhurr, who marries his gorgeous patient Delores Benedict (Turner), unaware that she is a femme fatale who plans on driving him to an early grave. While visiting the lab of fellow scientist Dr. Alfred Necessiter (David Warner), Dr. Hfuhruhurr establishes telepathic contact with Anne Uumellmahaye, a disembodied brain in a jar of life preserving fluid. As Delores becomes more and more abhorrent, withholding sex to stress out her husband but sleeping around behind his back, Hfuhruhurr finds himself falling in love with Anne, and vows to find her a body as perfect as her personality.A mix of wacky sight gags, surrealism, witty wordplay and highly quotable dialogue, there really is something to tickle most funny bones, whether it be the hilarious erection scene, Hfuhruhurr quoting terrible poetry, Delores threatening 'I'll get you for this, you n****r k**e w*p', or Necessiter demonstrating how his two near successes behave. Watch the film and I guarantee that the next time you physically throw someone out of your home, you won't be able to resist saying 'into the mud, scum queen!'.

Sayeth the little girl bystander in the opening minutes of Steve Martin's unheralded comedy, "The Man with Two Brains". Steve Martin plays the world renown brain surgeon, Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr, who becomes involved with a grifter of a patient who has her own fiduciary agenda.Filled with zany, stupid yet uproariously funny zingers and visual gags, "The Man with Two Brains" is not deep comedy, but delivers on the goods where the laughs are concerned. It's not low brow comedy either (well, not mostly anyway), but old fashioned "this is funny" kind of stuff.There is a lot of adult humor in it, so it's not a comedy for kids, though if your boy is in middle school, then odds are he's read all the raunchy jokes, and probably knows more than you and Steve Martin combined. But, even so, this is not a film I would watch with the youngins.An all star comedy cast comes together to tell the tale of a man who falls in love with the woman he thinks he rescued, only to discover his heart yearns for something more. Does he find it? You have to see the movie find out.Professionally done, it's a basic film with good solid production values, and a parable at the end for all to enjoy.Give it a shot.

I hadn't seen this movie in quite a few years I guess. I had actually forgotten just how incredibly funny Kathleen Turner is. Of course, ten years or so can make a huge difference in the way I appreciate anything so I was more than psyched when a friend bought this movie at Ross the other day. The whole farce and its perfect cast are worth it even if the underlying opinions of the writer aren't immediately understood. Years ago I caught an old recording on the radio about the Lobotomy demonstrations performed back in the 50's by the "innovator" in Psychiatric medicine that invented it. Obviously, Herr Fuhrer (even if it IS Steve Martin) is a parody based very loosely on doctors of that time. Screw-top brain surgery is pretty innovative for sure, which feeds the enormous but self-deluded ego who falls in love with the most manipulative and evil, but very beautiful Dolores of the great speaking voice and fabulous fashion sense- she even knows what costume to wear for each particular mind game she easily works on him. There couldn't be a more perfectly matched couple as far as how equally selfish and driven they both are. Only one problem with the the brain surgeon- he can only ultimately be tied down by a woman who also tells him he is always right and of course,everything else he wants to hear. He grows tired of feeling used and never getting laid as much as he thought he would. Falls in love with a female brain that fits all his needs but must have a body to put it in or all is lost for the Fuhrer in his quest for love. Well, obviously the mean wifey dies and the perfectly docile brain is switched in- food and body issues included but somehow he isn't interested in her body being perfect so long as the brain IS. I secretly hope she gives him a hernia while the dumbass tries to pick her up the second time. Nothing beats a great Steve Martin comedy!

This film was just strange, it never really tried to be a comedy that is sentimental or semi serious. From the strange name that Steve Martin's character has to a hooker who does not mind being injected with a solution that kills the brain last this film is just strange and very funny. The story is about a very skilled brain surgeon who has developed a revolutionary new way to perform a surgery. Basically a screw on lid type maneuver. Well he is going through a bit of a rough patch at the moment as his wife is dead and he can not get over it, even dressing up a Barbie doll to look like her. Well another woman is having difficulty in her relationship. She basically has wed an older gentleman in order to get all his money. Well she forces him into a heart attack as well as his dog, but proceeds to get hit by Martin's character who now performs his famous technique on her and promptly falls in love. During the course of the film he ends up falling in love with a brain in a jar that is a lot more pleasant than his wife is. Granted this film is a bit dated now as a lot of people these days would wonder who the heck Merv Griffon is. However, for the most part this comedy works and is one of Martin's better comedies ranking right up there with "The Jerk" and "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels". It is a shame he has not really starred in anything recently that I would care to see. The guy used to be in great comedies all the time, and this coming from a person who is not all that into comedies.