john harvey kellogg may have be the inventor of the corn flake and peanut butter and but his time spend run the battle creek sanitarium be the subject of the semi biographical comedy and the road to wellville . at the sanitarium dr. kellogg taught of the danger of eat meat and have sex and and even masturbation ( after all and an erection be a flagpole on your grave ) . without meat and sex and there plenty of time for dr. kellogg favorite pastime and enema and with the occasional yogurt enema throw in for good measure . although not 100 % biographical and base on the novel of the same name by t. coraghessan boyle and there a lot more truth in the road to wellville than we would like to think . after all and fact be strange than fiction . anthony hopkins portrayal of the dr. be an oscar worthy performance . his portrayal of dr. kellogg show him to be crazy and insistent and misguided and and even likable and all at the same time . with chompers a beaver would envy and dr. kellogg have a voice and presence all his own . bridget fonda and matthew broderick be well place a the couple who visit the san in hope of save their marriage . eleanor lightbody be old hat to the san ( this be her third visit ) but will lightbody rookie year be meet with confusion and resistance and embarrassment and a he fantasy about the beautiful nurse irene graf ( traci lind ) in the nude and wonder if he should add hallucination to his list of ailment . while on the train to battle creek and the lightbody meet charles ( john cusack ) and breakfast cereal entrepreneur and who and once he arrive in battle creek and realize he in over his head with his fast talk sleaze ball partner and goodloe bender ( brilliantly play by michael lerner and whom you may recall in similar role in the film of the coen brother ) . it would be amiss not to mention george kellogg ( dana carvey ) and dr. kellogg adopt delinquent adult son and who perpetually cover in filth and return to the san on occasion to ask for money and look at the naked woman . in humorous flashback we learn of george youth ( jacob reynolds and whom you may know from gummo ( 1997 ) ) and gain a glimpse into his stubbornness . the film feel like a cross between the work of terry gilliam and mike judge . the cinematography and use of seemingly pointless invention a set decoration bring a gilliamesque feel to the film and while the defined and and specific look and character be reminiscent of judge work in both and film and animation . the comedy be off beat and fuel by awkward moment and a cartoonish ragtime influence score and and unique character and such a the dr. lionel badger and who write an excellent piece on the clitoris . badger and although a fellow vegetarian and show up at the san to put a wrench be dr. kellogg teach on abstinence . other character and like mr. unpronounceable ( alexander slanksins ) from russia and who have a problem with flatulence and and ida muntz ( laura flynn boyle ) with her green skin condition and add to the well round cast of unique character at the san . for an offbeat comedy full of character and situation that will make you laugh and and scratch your head in wonder and while simultaneously amaze you with the health practice of year go by and you can not ask for much more than the road to wellville .