Following a cultishly beloved stint on television, as well as the underrated and unsuccessful 1996 feature film Brain Candy, Canada's Kids In The Hall disbanded in the mid-'90s. Individual Kids have enjoyed scattered success since then, particularly NewsRadio's Dave Foley, but most seem relegated to journeyman careers in failed television shows and thankless supporting roles. In 2000, the troupe reunited for a tour, documented for posterity in Same Guys, New Dresses. Filmed in a style that hovers between low-end cinéma vérité and high-end home movie, the result alternates footage of the troupe onstage with backstage scenes of the gang trying on makeup, running through lines, and bickering with the innate familiarity of an old married couple. Ideally, each aspect of Dresses should build on the other: The behind-the-scenes footage should help illuminate the troupe's comedy, while the comedy should reflect the messy dynamic that went into its creation. Instead, just the opposite happens. The almost perversely mundane backstage footage seems to have little to do with the broad onstage mugging, while the performance footage drains what little nervous documentary energy the film possesses. Directed by Foley, Dresses affords fans—and make no mistake, it's largely for fans only—an unusually intimate look at the troupe, but with the exception of high-strung, high-maintenance Scott Thompson, who steals the film by default, none of the Kids registers as a human being. On the DVD's commentary track, Foley discusses the hundreds of hours of footage available to him, which makes it all the more remarkable that Dresses still seems padded at 86 minutes. The DVD also boasts commentary from the likes of Andy Richter, Mike Myers, and Jason Priestley, each of whom contributes little more than unabashed praise for the Kids as artists and men. The sole exception is Matt Stone and Trey Parker's inspired bit, in which the South Park creators breathlessly pretend that a particularly banal behind-the-scenes sequence is their favorite Kids In The Hall skit. Same Guys, New Dresses aspires to be both an insightful look into the artistic process and a showcase for one of the most gifted comedy troupes of recent years. Consequently, it's a little of both and not enough of either.