
Dr. Rex Martin is a leading neurosurgeon specializing in the cerebral misfunctions that cause mental illnesses, whose expertise is called up by an old school chum, Jim Reston, who is now part of the mega-corporation Eunice. Reston needs Dr. Martin's help in extracting crucial data from the mind of John Halsey, once a top mathematician at Eunice, now a paranoid at the local asylum. Can Dr. Martin help both Halsey and his friend, or is he getting caught up in a corporate nightm... (Full plot summary below)
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Dr. Rex Martin is a leading neurosurgeon specializing in the cerebral misfunctions that cause mental illnesses, whose expertise is called up by an old school chum, Jim Reston, who is now part of the mega-corporation Eunice. Reston needs Dr. Martin's help in extracting crucial data from the mind of John Halsey, once a top mathematician at Eunice, now a paranoid at the local asylum. Can Dr. Martin help both Halsey and his friend, or is he getting caught up in a corporate nightmare from which he may never escape?
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| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleA string of slapstick sequences at the end of Brain Donors...finally unleashes its potential for subversive hilarity. But the wait is long and not altogether compensated by Turturro's smooth delivery. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzI felt cheated by its wearisome ploy of not decifering what was a dream and what was reality. |
| eFilmCritic.comBrian MckayOnly the two Bills [Pullman and Paxton] keep this one from flat-lining |
| The New York TimesJanet MaslinBrain Donors is a short, reasonably snappy attempt at nothing less than a present-day Marx Brothers comedy, |
| DVDTalk.comScott WeinbergHeck, I could sit through a movie a whole lot worse than this one just to see a pair of my favorite actors banter back and forth. |
| Miami HeraldRene RodriguezTurturro-Nelson-Smith come across as nothing more than three strangers with an out of synch, watered-down routine that flounders as a pale imitation of their hallowed predecessors. |
| Los Angeles TimesMichael WilmingtonIt's hard to remember when actors have stepped into such a no-win situation and mustered up such panache: Turturro may be on a sinking ship, but he manages to drown brilliantly. |
| Washington PostRichard HarringtonProducers David and Jerry Zucker have shown with "Airplane," "The Naked Gun" and "Top Secret" that they are inspired film parodists. Brain Donors suggests that they are clumsy plagiarists. |
| User ReviewAndy LAgain this is the wrong film. Get the PJ one and thats great.. so very funny! |
| User ReviewRichard Pthe peter jackson one has a great biti in with a lawn mower, must be one of the best bits of the film |