Ok, so maybe you don't absolutely have to have a Y chromosome and be 14 years old (or have the mind of a 14-year-old) to appreciate the freshmanic humor that is Beerfest. But, oh, does it help.
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08/25/06
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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.
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.... [More]
Starring: Erik Stolhanske, Paul Soter, Will Forte, Ralf Mueller
Director: Jay Chandrasekhar
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Reviews for Beerfest
Beerfest plays like a party that's gone on too long, when the buzz has worn off and the hangover starts to set in.
08/25/06
The Broken Lizard comedy troupe's fourth feature is funnier than you might imagine.
08/25/06
A movie that feels as if it was conceived, executed, edited and ultimately released by people in an advanced state of gassy inebriation.
08/25/06
Top CriticBeerfest is an excuse to get happily dumb and decadent, which would be great if the movie was actually funny.
08/25/06
Fans of Broken Lizard will appreciate the obnoxiousness, but all the audacity is less "transgressive" of social norms than conventional.
08/25/06
If you like to drink Pabst Blue Ribbon beer, you'll probably like this movie. If you're a cognac person, the scene where the great-grandmother performs a sex act on a sausage may not be refined enough for your tastes.
08/25/06
Because it's basically sketch comedy, it suffers from that unevenness that comes from trying to string a bunch of sketches together to form a cohesive whole. It is also ribald, outrageous, shameless, and oddly warmhearted.
08/25/06
It's fun-dumb and definitely not everyone's cup of tea -- I don't want to oversell it -- but Broken Lizard keeps it interesting by refusing to color inside the lines, creating their own silly little universe.
08/25/06
It's amusing on occasion, but also garbled, repetitious and potentially offensive.
08/25/06
Top CriticThis movie will be as essential to the DKE house as a Sharpie for writing jokes on a passed-out brother; it's pure guy humor.
08/25/06
Top CriticAmong the cast, Chandrasekhar is easily the funniest of the Lizards, though in fairness, each has his moments. The movie does, too; just expect them to shrink exponentially depending on your level of sobriety.
08/25/06
Still, while Beerfest is chaotic and lame, the truth is, it never pretends to be anything else.
08/25/06
Thanks to Broken Lizard, beer drinkers finally have a movie to call their own%u2026 and it kicks ***.
08/25/06
Beerfest features more beer consumed on screen than any movie since Strange Brew, while simultaneously offering less in the way of redeeming social value than Freddy Got Fingered.
08/25/06
Good for a few giggles, some of that stuff. But you'll probably have more laughs over a couple cold ones at the neighborhood bar than you will at Beerfest.
08/25/06
Ultimately, the film's target demographic is the same people that engage in these drinking games and incessantly quote Old School. To them, it is a classic on a par with The Wedding Crashers. All others should opt out for a cold one.
08/25/06
Broken Lizard fans might enjoy this idiocy, but there isn't enough here to attract any new audiences for the troupe's silly antics.
08/25/06
Watching endless scenes of sport drinking gets tiresome and by the time the film reaches the final competition, you might feel too bloated to laugh.
08/25/06
Top CriticScene by scene it's funny enough, but it goes exactly where you expect it to go, which makes the last third a lot less funny than the first two-thirds.
08/25/06
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