Beerfest (2006)
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Critic Consensus: Beerfest features some laugh-inducing gags, but is too long and the pacing too uneven to form a coherent, functioning comedy.
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Cast
as Barry
as Landfill
as Fink
as Jan Wolfhouse
as Todd Wolfhouse
as Otto
as Hammacher
as Gunter
as Cherry
as Baron
as Great Gam Gam
as Rolf
as Schlemmer
as Priest
as Helmut
as Soup Waiter
as German Producer
as Mr. Schniedelwichsen
as Door Bouncer
as Aussie Sailor
as Aussie Sailor
as Herr Referee
as Inga
as Pim Scutney
as Rog Gobshire
as Little Boy
as Krista Krundle
as Naomi
as Young Gam Gam
as Herr Referee
as Karl Schumacher
as Viking Master
as Mexican
as Ulsa
as Bartender Percy McButtons
as Himself
as Schlemmer
as Hustler
as Viking Master
as Little Tough Chick
as Giddy Girl
as Giddy Girl
as Strike Out Kid
as Camera Phone Kid
as "Cops" Girl
as Wiseass Partygoer
as German Messenger
as Dancing Girl
as Todd's Wife
as Ulsa
as Canadian
as Canadian
as Spectator
as Spectator
as Rog's Girl
as Raj Kuma
as Old Vet
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Critic Reviews for Beerfest
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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.
Even in a wacky, stupid comedy like this you have to have some thread of a plot.
I felt oddly respected: Neck-deep in barley and boobs, marinated in urine, Beerfest panders shamelessly to the 15-year-old in this 30-year-old... without assuming he is a 15-year-old.
My best suggestion for people who insist on going to see this immense waste of time? Go drunk.
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.
Beerfest plays like a party that's gone on too long, when the buzz has worn off and the hangover starts to set in.
Audience Reviews for Beerfest
Yeah it's stupid, and that's why I liked it. Any movie where actor Jurgen Prochnow tells a Das Boot in-joke is alright by me. The title of this film alone tells you exactly the kind of film it's going to be. Beerfest will be about a team of ordinary people practicing and preparing for the ultimate drinking competition. Audiences will be subjected to lots of drinking and lots of games. Some may prefer to be actually doing these things instead of watching characters do them, but Beerfest has a lot of fun with its concept. Anyone who has ever had a crazy binge story can relate to this ridiculously over the top yet hilariously charming film. Also keep in mind that this was written by Broken Lizard, the team responsible for Super Troopers and Club Dread. Both of those previous movies were incredibly dumb but someone help you if you didn't find them funny. Beerfest is right in the same league.
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[img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon14.gif[/img] In recent years we've seen dozens of low brow comedies, back in the 90's when they were first arriving into mainstream taste many of them were surprising, shocking but also quite funny. Beerfest makes a fair attempt at achieving this, but from the opening unfolds as an annoying, pointless attempt at lowest common denominator crude humour caught on camera. In fact worse than knowingly low brow, because it actually thinks that it's smart. Honestly explaining the flaws of this film is even easier than the task of watching it the actors have the worst comedic timing imaginable. I ended up begging for something funny to happen. I mean if a film wants to be shamelessly upfront about how witlessly simple minded it is the jokes need to be hilarious and somehow realistic but the plot of Beerfest, just to call it a plot is innappropriate and non existent. It's basically a sequence of unoriginal and unfunny gags that make countless attempts at raunch but end up coming across as urgently vulgar. The excuse for it's existence is for some rudely fun chorkles but it has the nerve to try and engage with us and tug at our heartstrings. That plot device alone takes up absolutely loads of valuable laughing time and extends the whole affair to a whopping and groan inducingly tiresome 110 minutes. The worst part is that the fratboy characters are likable as they need to be, but that alone is not a good enough excuse to enjoy it as a comedy. Personally I don't think it will become the cult adolescent fantasy that it want's to be but as a person who wanted a decent, crazy, madcap, headstrong comedy to kill some of my free time I felt completely bored and very dissapointed. To be frank the actors appeared to be having a much better time in the film then I was having to watch them, the film seemed to have no value whatsoever apart from being their big, uninteresting and stupidly expensive in-joke.
Super Reviewer
Beerfest is a decent comedy with good laughs. Considering that this was directed by the same guys who made Super Troopers, this film is a bit of a letdown. The film does have good comedic moments, but compared to Super Troopers is less memorable. Beerfest though may have its flaws, but it definitely is a decent comedy to watch with friends. Beerfest is good for what it is, there's never anything great at work on-screen. The film has a few good laughs, but it never succeeds at being a standout comedy flick. Beer fest is a worthy comedy to watch, just don't expect anything great to come out of it. The comedy is decent and is decent, but the filmmakers have made far better films than this. Beerfest is really a film to watch with friends. I found the film to be quite amusing, but it lacked a little something to really make it stand out like Broken Lizard's other comedy, Super Troopers. If you're looking a decent comedy, then this is your film. Although not perfect, Beerfest does have a few good laughs. I enjoyed how silly this film was, but I also thought the film had more potential in being a great comedy. If the filmmakers would have spent a little more time with the script, Beerfest would have been a much better film. This is a fun comedy that should have been much better, nonetheless it still manages to be loads of fun and bring on a few a few laughs. Worth watching if you've enjoyed Super Troopers.
Super Reviewer
Beerfest Quotes
| Landfill: | Looks like we got the Brits in round 1. We already kicked their ass in WWII. Cheerio, let's do it again. |
| Cherry: | im gonna break your dick off |
| Cherry: | I'm gonna break your dick off! |
| Pim Scutney: | You're all fur coat and no trousers, you are. |
| Steve 'Fink' Finklestein: | I'm sorry, one more time? |
| Rog Gobshire: | Shove off! We're gonna put the skitters in your Alan Whickers, you plonker! |
| Barry: | [looking to Fink] Do you know what he's saying? |
| Landfill: | Who's Barry Badrinath? |
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