Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy

Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy

Shove this up your mind

R 1996 · 88 min · ★ 6.2 · Comedy

A pharmaceutical scientist creates a pill that makes people remember their happiest memory, and although it's successful, it has unfortunate side effects.

Directed by Kelly Makin · Written by Norm Hiscock

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