SnoopyStyle
Roritor Pharmaceuticals is in financial trouble. It's losing money and budgets are getting cut. A group of scientists in the Depression Project has discovered a possible antidepressant. The drug is rushed into production before testing is complete and named Gleemonex. The problem is that the drug eventually puts the patients in a coma of their happiest moment.The Kids in the Hall delivers a somewhat chaotic script. The movie is held together by the guys themselves doing small great bits with various characters. The story is easy enough. The laughs are intermittent but are big when they come. It's a lot of weird silly characters. For fans of the skit show, the off-center humor is familiar and comforting.
gilrosenberg
Sadly comedians find themselves in a difficult climate these days as they have to watch what they say for fear of invoking the wrath of the general public. This brilliant satirical comedy is so on target; it is a must see. Sure the gay scenes, as well as the cancer boy clip will bother people, but the movie is so prescient for those times where SSRI's were marketed and advertised as life changing & comfortably numbing solution for life. In the late 80's and 90's so called anti- depressants were the cure all solve all drugs. Now since the early 2000's the same tactics are used to sell anti-psychotics and re-purpose them as the cure all for what ills society.Lets face it if Sam Kinoson, Joan Rivers, Jerry Lewis, Lenny Bruce, Gilbert Gotfried, Dice Clay and Marty Allen were starting out in their careers they would not have a chance. For example Jerry Lewis and Marty Allen were really taking on the personas of retarded persons (now called developmentally challenged) which would be considered taboo these days. Just watch how Roger Ebert overreacted in his 1996 review-now on Youtube. Many of the themes in this movie and the work of Kids in the Hall can be seen in Arrested Development. How dare someone be offensive to anyone!
belair82g
"i realized that i would never be happy and i am much happier because of it". I remember when I first watched the film many years ago (on VHS) I didn't think much of it and years later I gave it another go because I am a Kids in the Hall fan. It turns out there are many who prefer the movie who have given it a second or more viewings. The movie is silly (which is one thing I love) and also quite brilliant. I have to say it has earned the title of being a cult classic and is up there with the Monty Python movies. Much of the dialogue itself is funny and the characters just add so much humour to the screen. The only real problem I have with the movie is the DVD. The DVD lacks completely of special features (and is now out of print). Where is the trailer? (which is totally worth seeing over and over again). Where are the deleted scenes? (There happens to be several deleted scenes). What about the alternate ending (Which is worth watching). Maybe the movie could have been funnier if some of the removed scenes had made it's way into the movie. But still the movie is fine the way it is but again the DVD should feature the removed content in order to appreciate this movie even more. I've seen the work print of the movie and of course the movie itself and yet the trailer has moments that is in neither. What is that all about? Anyway I think the Kids have done a great job here and this movie is perfect for a good laugh but it makes me sad and depressed to see all the missing content from the DVD. Then again watching this movie is a great cure for depression.
RaiderJack
As this is the only full-length movie of one of the smartest comedy ensembles ever, this is indeed a classic already and worth every second. It is amazing the wealth of characters The Kids in the Hall are capable of drawing upon which further fuels a very well-written satire on society's eagerness to address and cure any and every thing via a pill - notwithstanding the side effects. To be sure, some of the routines may be uncomfortable, especially because they end up being so funny (most notably Cancer Boy) but sometimes this is the only way - either confront a particular societal flaw with a harsh unfunny reality or, in this case, make them laugh so hard they are bound to see the absurdity in a given situation and thus be able to move toward rectifying it. For KITH fans, this is a must; for those of you who enjoy cutting edge comedy, you will not be disappointed!!!!!!
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