Rotten
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.
David Jenkins, Time Out
Beerfest
Prepare for the ultimate chug of war.
2006 · 1h 50m · R
Comedy
Directed by
Jay Chandrasekhar
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Beerfest
Overview
During a trip to Germany to scatter their grandfather's ashes, German-American brothers Todd and Jan discover Beerfest, the secret Olympics of downing stout, and want to enter the contest to defend their family's beer-guzzling honor. Their Old Country cousins sneer at the Yanks' chances, prompting the siblings to return to America to prepare for a showdown the following year.
Director and cast
- Jay Chandrasekhar Director
- Erik Stolhanske as Todd Wolfhouse / Young Baron Ludwig
- Jay Chandrasekhar as Barry / Blind Sikh
- Steve Lemme as Fink / Emcee
- Paul Soter as Jan Wolfhouse
- M.C. Gainey as Priest
- Cloris Leachman as Great Gam Gam
- Jürgen Prochnow as Baron Wolfgang von Wolfhausen
- Will Forte as Otto
- Allan Graf as Soup Waiter
- Kevin Heffernan as Landfill / Gil / Sausage Lady
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
41%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Even in a wacky, stupid comedy like this you have to have some thread of a plot.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Fresh
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.
Scott Brown, Entertainment Weekly
Rotten
My best suggestion for people who insist on going to see this immense waste of time? Go drunk.
Bill Zwecker, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
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.
Joanne Kaufman, Wall Street Journal
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