"Uh, we're the good guys and they're the bad guys..."
When their beloved grandfather, Johann (Sutherland), dies, brothers Jan (Soter) and Todd (Stolhanske) are sent to Germany to put his ashes in the family burial ground. They arrive in Germany in time for Oktober Fest, and they discover the secret underground Beerfest for hardcore beer drinkers... the penalty for telling others about Beerfest is death. After the German victory, the brothers learn they are related to the German team... but there is bad blood between the families: they accuse the brothers great grandmother, Great Gam Gam (Leachman) of being a whore and a thief.
The brothers return to the states bent on revenge. They want to put a team together to take on the Germans at Beerfest. They recruit 3 old friends: drinking machine turned competitive eater Landfill (Heffernan), science / alcohol whiz Fink (Lemme), and drinking games expert Barry (Chandrasekhar), and begin training for Beerfest. With only a year to train, can they really beat the Germans and defend the family honor?
After the mediocre reception of their previous film Club Dread, the Broken Lizard Comedy Troupe really stepped it up with this film... The writing is better and there is a consistent storyline. Yes, there is still a unnecessary amount of nudity and some of the jokes fall flat, but overall this story works.
The German team adds to the fun with their over the top performance. The combination of Will Forte, Nat Faxon, Eric Christian Olsen, Ralf Moeller, and Gunter Schlierkamp is comedy gold... specifically the performances of Forte, Faxon, and Olsen (Forte and Faxon have appeared in other Broken Lizard films). Cloris Leachman is a riot as Great Gam Gam, but not on screen enough.
Super Troopers is still better, but this is a fine return to form!
The brothers return to the states bent on revenge. They want to put a team together to take on the Germans at Beerfest. They recruit 3 old friends: drinking machine turned competitive eater Landfill (Heffernan), science / alcohol whiz Fink (Lemme), and drinking games expert Barry (Chandrasekhar), and begin training for Beerfest. With only a year to train, can they really beat the Germans and defend the family honor?
After the mediocre reception of their previous film Club Dread, the Broken Lizard Comedy Troupe really stepped it up with this film... The writing is better and there is a consistent storyline. Yes, there is still a unnecessary amount of nudity and some of the jokes fall flat, but overall this story works.
The German team adds to the fun with their over the top performance. The combination of Will Forte, Nat Faxon, Eric Christian Olsen, Ralf Moeller, and Gunter Schlierkamp is comedy gold... specifically the performances of Forte, Faxon, and Olsen (Forte and Faxon have appeared in other Broken Lizard films). Cloris Leachman is a riot as Great Gam Gam, but not on screen enough.
Super Troopers is still better, but this is a fine return to form!
Beerfest (2006) 110 minutes
Rating: R for for pervasive crude and sexual content, language, nudity and substance abuse.
Director: Jay Chandrasekhar
Starring: Jay Chandrasekhar as Barry
Kevin Heffernan as Landfill
Steve Lemme as Fink
Paul Soter as Jan Wolfhouse
Erik Stolhanske as Todd Wolfhouse
Cloris Leachman as Great Gam Gam
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