Steve Martin as well as Leslie Nielsen are best known for their completely absurd comedies. The more insane the idea, the better it seems to be and I must say that I can appreciate their kind of humor. With "The Man With Two Brains", you'll see a movie that has been inspired by horror movies like Frankenstein, but that doesn't mind about the horror genre's conventions of course...
In this movie Steve Martin is a rich and recently widowed brain surgeon called Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr (I guess no-one really knows how to pronounce it, but you can give it a try of course), who has invented a new technique that will make brain surgery a lot easier: the cranial screw-top brain entry. He injures Dolores Benedict in a car accident, but is able to save her life by operating her by using his new technique. She recovers and he falls in love with her. They soon get married, although she doesn't love him (she only wants him for his money), but he still yearns for his previous wife. When he finds out that she was murdered by 'The Elevator Killer', but that her brain was saved by the mysterious Doctor Alfred Necessiter, he starts a platonic relationship with his dead wife's bottled brain.
Of course you can't expect any serious acting or a great story in this movie. This just isn't the kind of movie that needs that. This is an absurd comedy and everything, no matter how strange, can be expected. Even though I liked the movie, I must say that it certainly isn't the best example of this kind of comedies. It had some potential, but I've seen a lot better before and that's why I give it a 6/10. This is only for the die-hard fans of Steve Martin.
In this movie Steve Martin is a rich and recently widowed brain surgeon called Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr (I guess no-one really knows how to pronounce it, but you can give it a try of course), who has invented a new technique that will make brain surgery a lot easier: the cranial screw-top brain entry. He injures Dolores Benedict in a car accident, but is able to save her life by operating her by using his new technique. She recovers and he falls in love with her. They soon get married, although she doesn't love him (she only wants him for his money), but he still yearns for his previous wife. When he finds out that she was murdered by 'The Elevator Killer', but that her brain was saved by the mysterious Doctor Alfred Necessiter, he starts a platonic relationship with his dead wife's bottled brain.
Of course you can't expect any serious acting or a great story in this movie. This just isn't the kind of movie that needs that. This is an absurd comedy and everything, no matter how strange, can be expected. Even though I liked the movie, I must say that it certainly isn't the best example of this kind of comedies. It had some potential, but I've seen a lot better before and that's why I give it a 6/10. This is only for the die-hard fans of Steve Martin.