science fiction comedy

The Man with Two Brains is a 1983 American science fiction comedy film directed by Carl Reiner and starring Steve Martin and Kathleen Turner.

a 1983 American science fiction black comedy film directed by Carl Reiner and starring Steve Martin and Kathleen Turner

The Man with Two Brains is a 1983 American science fiction black comedy film directed by Carl Reiner and starring Steve Martin and Kathleen Turner.

science fiction

This film combines elements of brain science, emotional intelligence and science fiction.

The narrator , a communist double agent,

The narrator, a communist double agent, is a 'man of two minds', a half-French, half-Vietnamese army captain who arranges to come to America after the Fall of Saigon, and while building a new life with other Vietnamese refugees in Los Angeles is secretly reporting back to his communist superiors in Vietnam.

a comedy movie starring Steve Martin as a neurosurgeon who has perfected brain transplant operations through a screw-open skull

The Man with Two Brains is a comedy movie starring Steve Martin as a neurosurgeon who has perfected brain transplant operations through a screw-open skull.

a comedy film released in 1983 and directed by Carl Reiner

The Man with Two Brains is a comedy film released in 1983 and directed by Carl Reiner.

a classic comedy film that has stood the test of time

Overall, The Man with Two Brains is a classic comedy film that has stood the test of time.

a hilarious and absurd film that celebrates the slapstick comedy of the 1980s

The Man with Two Brains is a hilarious and absurd film that celebrates the slapstick comedy of the 1980s.

a 1983 science-fiction comedy starring Steve Martin and Kathleen Turner that spoofs ’50s and ’60s B-movies, of the likes of ‘Donovan’s Brain’ and ‘The Brain That Wouldn’t Die’

The Man With Two Brains’ is a 1983 science-fiction comedy starring Steve Martin and Kathleen Turner that spoofs ’50s and ’60s B-movies, of the likes of ‘Donovan’s Brain’ and ‘The Brain That Wouldn’t Die’.

a 1983 comedy with a runtime of 1 hour and 33 minutes

The Man with Two Brains is a 1983 comedy with a runtime of 1 hour and 33 minutes.

humorously

The story humorously shows a man coping with two parts of two very different brains and personalities.

science fiction/fantasy

This film is considered to be in the science fiction/fantasy genre; however, the science fiction/fantasy genre defies traditional categorization.

a modern day and an Affectionate Parody of Gothic Horror take on

The Man with Two Brains is a modern day take on and an Affectionate Parody of Gothic Horror.

Sci-Fi film

By combining two contrast elements, the director creates what is known as the ‘thinking’s man’ Sci-Fi film.

Gothic fiction

The Man has elements typical of Gothic fiction: horror and romance.

human intelligence

The movie is about human intelligence, and [your brain features]

Nguyen’s spy thriller , narrated by a nameless “man of two faces and two minds”, the son of a French priest and a Vietnamese villager,

Nguyen’s spy thriller, narrated by a nameless “man of two faces and two minds”, the son of a French priest and a Vietnamese villager, established the author as an advocate for displaced people around the world – as well as a masterful storyteller.

action flick

two humans’ minds is techno-babble for an action flick.

cyber-punk

The story corresponds with sci-fi and cyber-punk genres.

bicameral mind

The series explores ideas about the bicameral mind by the psychologist Julian Jaynes, who argued for the existence of two separate minds—one that gives instructions, and another that performs Julian Jaynes.