Comedy

Science Fiction

The Man with Two Brains

Aspen Film Society

Warner Bros. Pictures

United States of America

English

Steve Martin

Kathleen Turner

David Warner

Paul Benedict

Richard Brestoff

James Cromwell

George Furth

Peter Hobbs

Earl Boen

Bernie Hern

Francis X. McCarthy

William Traylor

Randi Brooks

Bernard Behrens

Natividad Vacío

David Byrd

Adrian Ricard

Sparky Marcus

Perla Walter

Mya Stark

Don McLeod

Peter Elbling

Kate Sarchet

Wendy Sherman

Tom Spratley

Estelle Reiner

Jeffrey Combs

Jenny Gago

Haunani Minn

Stepfanie Kramer

George Fisher

Merv Griffin

Bob Harks

Sissy Spacek

Bud Molin

William E. McEuen

Carl Reiner

Michael Chapman

Jeannie Epper

Eurlyne Epper

David V. Picker

Mark W. Mansbridge

Bruce A. Gibeson

Kathryn Blondell

Bill Badalato

Joel Goldsmith

Marion Dougherty

Lance Anderson

George Gipe

Ric Sagliani

Dianne Young

E. Thomas Case

Gary McLarty

Ron Frantzvog

Polly Platt

John Robotham

Louie Elias

Joe Dunne

Gary Epper

_**Amusing spoof of mad doctor horror flicks with Steve Martin and Kathleen Turner**_

A brain surgeon and widower in Los Angeles (Steve Martin) unknowingly marries a malevolent gold-digger (Kathleen Turner), but stumbles upon a living female brain in Vienna in which he has an affinity (voiced by Sissy Spacek). David Warner is on hand as a mad doctor in Austria.

“The Man with Two Brains” (1983) is similar in style & humor to “The Jerk” (1979), obviously because it’s by the same director/actor team. It’s a nutty send-up of mad doctor flicks and is quietly amusing, but rarely laugh-out-loud funny.

The film scores pretty well on the feminine front showcasing voluptuous Turner in all her glory, tastefully. Randi Brooks is also on hand as Fran, but her voice is really annoying, lol (the voice of Fran, that is). There’s a little top nudity, but the film somehow eludes the rut of raunch.

I also appreciated the message at the end concerning the uncanny connection of soulmates that is so profound the physical no longer matters (much).    

The movie runs 1 hour, 30 minutes and was shot in Los Angeles and Castle Green Apartments, Pasadena, California.

GRADE: B/B-

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