

A brain surgeon marries a femme fatale, causing his life to turn upside down. Things go more awry when he falls in love with a talking brain.
Acting
Steve Martin's physical comedy at absolute peak unhinged
Writing
Carl Reiner & Martin's wordplay: 'Hfuhruhurr' is just the start

Director
Carl Reiner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The brain-in-a-jar effects were so simple—just a rubber prop with lightbulbs—that Martin improvised most of his 'conversations' with it on the spot.
This was Martin and Reiner's third collaboration; they were chasing the anarchic energy of The Jerk but with actual plot structure, creating a weird hybrid that critics mostly shrugged at but became a cult VHS staple.
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