Man With Two Brains — The
: Kathleen Turner is noted for wittily spoofing her own serious role from Body Heat , while David Warner provides a perfectly deadpan performance as a fellow mad scientist.
Necessiter (David Warner). And so on. The movie uses the basic approach established by Brooks in “Young Frankenstein”: Sight gags, Roger Ebert The Man with Two Brains (1983) - IMDb The Man with Two Brains
: Martin stars as Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr, a world-famous brain surgeon who marries a calculating femme fatale (Kathleen Turner) but falls in love with a telepathic disembodied brain in a jar. : Kathleen Turner is noted for wittily spoofing
Critics generally view the film as a "hit-or-miss" but ultimately rewarding experience. Rotten Tomatoes gives it an 80% critic score, noting that while it is "spastically uneven," it remains close enough to peak Steve Martin to be thoroughly enjoyable. The movie uses the basic approach established by
(1983) is widely regarded as one of Steve Martin’s funniest and most "unhinged" early comedies, serving as a zany parody of 1950s mad scientist and sci-fi B-movies. Critical Consensus
