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.
: 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. The Man with Two Brains
: Reviewers from The New York Times and The Digital Bits praise Martin for his "ingeniously dopey presence" and impeccable physical comedy, often compared to the work of Charlie Chaplin. Critics generally view the film as a "hit-or-miss"
: 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. Michael Hfuhruhurr, a world-famous brain surgeon who marries
(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
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