Beerfest
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: August 25, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
46
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Mixed or average reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews
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6
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12
Negative:
7
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83
Entertainment WeeklyScott Brown
Beerfest panders shamelessly to the 15-year-old in this 30-year-old... without assuming he is a 15-year-old. It's R-rated puerility for actual immature grown-ups. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Random silliness rules the day, but the gags are frequently surprising. Read full review
75
Portland OregonianM. E. Russell
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. Read full review
67
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
The guys of the Broken Lizard comedy troupe (of "Super Troopers" fame) are neither subtle nor especially ingenious. But in the age of gross-out gags and high-concept gimmicks, they throw themselves into the raucous, rude style of '70s film comedy with shameless glee. Read full review
63
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Funnier than you might imagine. Read full review
63
New York PostKyle Smith
Ach, Klaus, das ist funny! But Beerfest goes on too long. Take out 20 minutes of nonfunctioning jokes, and it would have given you a comedy buzz like four tankards of Lowenbrau. Read full review
60
Film ThreatPete Vonder Haar
Granted, you'e going to enjoy it a lot more if you spent a healthy chunk of your late teens/early 20s playing Bullshit and doing keg stands, but it's far from the worst comedy of the year. Read full review
60
EmpireJames Swanwick
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. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyScott Foundas
Beerfest bubbles with the cheeky irreverence of early John Landis and David Zucker. Yet, like just about every other American screen comedy of the moment, it's far too long in the tooth, with a scattershot final half-hour that seems the work of an editor battling a bad hangover. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
Beerfest is one sloppy comedy, but the lads of the comedy troupe Broken Lizard don't know when to say when in their pursuit of the idiotic laugh, and persistence certainly counts for something. Read full review
50
VarietyBrian Lowry
Such fare plays better on DVD, where the best moments can be absorbed in bite-sized bits and the debris easily bypassed. Read full review
50
Wall Street JournalJoanne Kaufman
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.
50
The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
The five comedians known collectively as Broken Lizard have created a frat-house staple for the ages. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Among 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. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
This gets off to a pretty good start, with most of the laughs coming from beefy Kevin Heffernan and nerdy Steve Lemme. But at 111 minutes, the movie is too slackly paced to build up enough momentum; like the characters they play, these guys don't know when to call it a night. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
To enjoy it you almost have to be stoned on marijuana. Read full review
50
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
Mediocre raunchy comedy. Read full review
40
Washington PostStephen Hunter
What's funny to Broken Lizard? Let's try: What's not funny? The answers are, everything and nothing. They'll do anything for a laugh, no matter how puerile, silly or offensive. Read full review
38
USA TodayScott Bowles
Ultimately, Beerfest plays like a party that's gone on too long, when the buzz has worn off and the hangover starts to set in. Read full review
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jennie Punter
Beerfest is safety-by-numbers comedy. A troupe, as opposed to a single comic star like Adam Sandler, shares the comic load and, well, at least the film is funnier than "Click." Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
Beerfest is tedious and, at 112 minutes, too long to sustain a sophomoric, one-joke comedy even for the presumed target audience of older male teens and the college-age crowd. Read full review
25
Boston GlobeTy Burr
Making a comedy that celebrates binge drinking and cretinous behavior isn't a crime against nature. Making one that's as brutally unfunny as Beerfest is. Read full review
25
Miami HeraldPeter Debruge
Sober, this kind of material is an acquired taste at best and downright unbearable in stretches. And yet, the movie has the makings of an instant cult classic, sure to grow funnier among its devoted fans with each successive viewing. Read full review
25
Philadelphia InquirerDavid Hiltbrand
The script is a stupid mix of Teutonic tongue twisters (say hello to Herr Schniedelwichsen), hoary German cliches (from phallic sausages to U-boat spoofs), and bad slapstick. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleToddy Burton
The vulgarity is so over-the-top and the decent jokes too few and far between. Read full review
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