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Beerfest

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Beerfest (2006)

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Reviews Counted: 103

Fresh: 40

Rotten:63

Average Rating: 5/10

Consensus: Beerfest features some laugh-inducing gags, but is too long and the pacing too uneven to form a coherent, functioning comedy.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for pervasive crude and sexual content, language, nudity and substance abuse.

Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release: Aug 25, 2006 Wide

Box Office: $19,037,418

Synopsis: With a title that insures against accusations of false advertising, BEERFEST is a raunchy and genial amalgamation of ANIMAL HOUSE, STRANGE BREW, FIGHT CLUB, and every clichéd sports film ever made. Written by and starring comedy troupe... With a title that insures against accusations of false advertising, BEERFEST is a raunchy and genial amalgamation of ANIMAL HOUSE, STRANGE BREW, FIGHT CLUB, and every clichéd sports film ever made. Written by and starring comedy troupe Broken Lizard (SUPER TROOPERS, CLUB DREAD) and directed by Lizard member Jay Chandrasekhar, the film is unapologetically sophomoric, never missing a chance for a belch, flatulence, bared breasts, or Cloris Leachman doing lewd things with a sausage. After the death of their bar-owning German grandfather (Donald Sutherland), Jan (Paul Soter) and Todd (Erik Stolhanske) Wolfhouse must travel to Munich to scatter his ashes. Fortunately for them, it's Oktoberfest, but the brothers aren't there very long before they embarrass themselves at a public celebration and find themselves at Beerfest, an annual international underground beer-guzzling competition. When they compete, they are disgraced by their German cousins, the Von Wolfhausens--headed by father Jurgen Prochnow--who claim that the Wolfhouses' late grandfather stole a beer recipe from them many years before. Jan and Todd return home to train for next year's competition, incorporating into their team a few old college pals--male prostitute Barry (Chandrasekhar), burly Landfill (Kevin Heffernan), and science nerd Fink (Steve Lemme). For BEERFEST to work, it's imperative that viewers find humor in exaggerated German accents. Cloris Leachman appears to be enjoying throwing all comic caution to the wind, and Prochnow gets to lampoon DAS BOOT in a funny sequence. Big, sloppy, and ridiculous--compliments in this case--all apply to the third Broken Lizard feature, which is sure to burp its way into every fraternity house film library until the world ends. [More]

Starring: Erik Stolhanske, Paul Soter, Will Forte, Ralf Mueller

Starring: Erik Stolhanske, Paul Soter, Will Forte, Ralf Mueller, Eric Christian Olsen, Jürgen Prochnow, Cloris Leachman, Nat Faxon, Gunter Schlierkamp, Donald Sutherland, Willie Nelson, Steve Lemme

Director: Jay Chandrasekhar

Director: Jay Chandrasekhar
Screenwriter: Kevin Heffernan, Erik Stolhanske
Producer: Bill Gerber, Richard Perello
Composer: Nathan Barr
Studio: Warner Bros.

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Release:

Dec 5, 2006

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DVD Features:

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  • Widescreen - 2.35

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  • Dolby Surround 5.1 English

Reviews for Beerfest

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Broad strokes comedy in which fat characters are hot dog eating champions and Germans are a beer-chugging cross between Captain von Trapp, Hitler and Heidi

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
11/10/06
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Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
08/07/08
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review
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The bloated running time (110 minutes!) certainly doesn't do the film any favors...

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
07/10/07
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews
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The Broken Lizard crew amuse each other with enough banal antics (can anything else account for this film running nearly two hours?) that the sober viewer suffers enormous gaps of boredom between good jokes.

Full Review Source: Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) | comment Comment
03/15/07
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
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Five pounds of (funny) stuff in a 12-pound bag.

Full Review Source: DVD Clinic | comment Comment
01/23/07
Scott Weinberg
DVD Clinic
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...aggressively, rampantly, jaw-droppingly dull.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
12/02/06
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com
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Beerfest is a film that appears to have been conceived on the back of a beermat and its trashy direction, nonexistent plot and dismal comic mugging would seem to suggest that preparations progressed no further.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
09/23/06
David Jenkins
Time Out
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It's not for everyone, but this delivers pretty much everything you could be expecting from a film called Beerfest.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
09/23/06
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon
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Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
09/23/06
Xan Brooks
Guardian [UK]
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09/23/06
David Edwards
Daily Mirror [UK]
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Fans of Broken Lizard’s previous work will enjoy this beer-fuddled effort; for anyone else it has its moments, but is best watched through beer-goggles.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
09/23/06
James Swanwick
Empire Magazine
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Full Review Source: JoBlo's Movie Emporium | comment Comment
09/22/06
JoBlo
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Like a bad batch of homebrew - all the ingredients are there for a fun comedy, but it's just a bit off.

Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | comment Comment
09/12/06
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com
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Possibly the most irresponsible movie ever made and also one of the worst.

Full Review Source: Denton Record Chronicle (TX) | comment 1 Comment
09/08/06
Boo Allen
Denton Record Chronicle (TX)
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This tepid celebration of binge drinking goes flat fast.

Full Review Source: Modamag.com | comment Comment
09/08/06
Susan Granger
Modamag.com
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While we'd probably be exaggerating to claim that Beerfest is the least funny film ever made, it's undoubtedly top ten material.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
09/05/06
Paul Arendt
BBC
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If belching and beer games make you laugh, Beerfest should be on your A-list. But don't see it sobe

Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
09/04/06
Michael Szymanski
Hollywood.com
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"Beerfest" doesn't offer much more than a keg of cheap laughs %u2014 but that's something worth drinking to.

Full Review Source: Sympatico.ca | comment Comment
09/02/06
Angela Baldassarre
Sympatico.ca
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When the movie ended, I needed a drink, but not for the reasons that the movie intended.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
09/02/06
Toddy Burton
Austin Chronicle
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"Beerfest" has its moments. But essentially it's all foam and no body.

Full Review Source: Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | comment Comment
09/01/06
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
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