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Brain Donors

Brain Donors

Comedy · 1992

Three manic idiots—a lawyer, a cab driver and a handyman—team up to run a ballet company to fulfil the will of a millionaire. Stooge-like antics result as the trio try to outwit the rich widow and her scheming big-shot lawyer, who also wants to run the ballet.

Movie details

Brain Donors

“Three bozos. One ballet company. Tutu many laughs!”

1992 Comedy 1h 20m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.9 / 10

4.8K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

50 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

44 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.1 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

Three manic idiots—a lawyer, a cab driver and a handyman—team up to run a ballet company to fulfil the will of a millionaire. Stooge-like antics result as the trio try to outwit the rich widow and her scheming big-shot lawyer, who also wants to run the ballet.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Brain Donors?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Dennis Dugan

Written by

Pat Proft

Mel Smith

Mel Smith

Rocco Melonchek

Bob Nelson

Bob Nelson

Jacques

John Turturro

John Turturro

Roland T. Flakfizer

Teri Copley

Teri Copley

Tina

George De La Pena

George De La Pena

Roberto Volare

John Savident

John Savident

Edmund Lazlo

S

Spike Alexander

Alan Grant

Court is in session

Put Brain Donors on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“It owes the canon nothing.”

The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.

The prosecution The Big-Idea Head

“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”

It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.