Almost Midnights: Brain Candy

The country hits cloud nine when obsessed scientist Chris Cooper (Kevin McDonald) invents Gleemonex, a happiness drug. Soon everybody is taking the little orange pill. But Cooper gets a heavy dose of the blues when he discovers that early test subjects have slipped into comas. Can Cooper stop the people’s happy habit-before it’s too late?

“A twisted comedy for twisted times.” — Newsweek

Runtime
1h 29m
Year
1996
Director
Kelly Makin
Format
DCP
Country
Canada/U.S.
First Showing
December 6, 2025