Drunkenness, breast and gratuitous homoerotic jokes makes this comedy a frat boy's wet-dream. The only thing missing was the explosions and this movie would have met all of Mookee's qualification for the greatest film ever, even surpassing Team America and 'Crap- ageddon' (Armageddon).

The studio credits had barely hit the screen when the dead thud of some drunk guy hitting the ground as he was trying to find his seat in the darkened theater. Directly followed by the fall was the distinctive sound of a long "psssst" of an opening beer bottle; ignites the loud laughs and a few frat' cheers as we all enter into coveted cahoots to watch a movie we all hoped was as debased as it could be. Beerfest not only delivered; it was one of the greatest times I have ever had with an audience at a film. (well second to the first Harry Potter, and well before Ultraviolet hmm... come to think of it maybe thats just me. )

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Back to Beerfest ,The movie opens with a hilarious drunken send up of a dying man's a funeral and last wish, inventive and full of sight gags, as if that wasn't funny enough too prime the pump of this party keg. When the dying man's two grandsons: Jan and Tod Wolfhouse played by Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske respectively... (They are also the part of the five man comedy team Broken Lizard; who both wrote, acted, directed and produced Beerfest as well as Super Troopers.) ...head back to Germany to scatter the ashes of their departed and beloved grandfather.

The Octoberfest sequence kicks off this movie in a way that the 16 year old in me was cheering. The entire chain of event that ensued as the brothers accidentally pull down the entire Octoberfest was so funny with its domino-ing breastfest exposer scene; will be as classic as the parade revenge scene of Animal House; or the catholic school scene in Kentucky Fried Movie, a thing of future prepubescent legend.

Now I was sitting by a friend, of a friend's Mom during movie. I had met her for the first time that night just before. When the breast started swinging from the afore mentioned scene I was sheepish, afraid to laugh, scared it wouldn't be p.c. (F' PC!). Amongst the loud laughter of the crowd; Mom's was included... so WTF, I let 'er rip, no worries and my roller-coaster ride was on.

Saved by a family friend they wind up at the secret Beerfest and learn of their cousins the von Wolfhaus and the shady past of their grandfather and their great-grand mother Gam Gam played by Cloris Leachman. Leachman played a very similar role as Malcolm's slavic grandmother on the Malcolm in the Middle series. Here she wasn't as mean but she was just as funny.

Where Accepted fell a tad shy of the unabashed brassiness you need to pull off this broad type of gutter humor. Beerfest went full force at Mach 7 and crashed right through the barrier of bad taste to land in the rarified air of comedy cultdom; for that I raise my stein.

Again when Accepted introduced the stereotypical WASPy villains to the equation it seemed tamed and watered down; But the von Wolfhaus, the german cousins, the Beerfest champions, were so over the top and broader than life that the laughs just rolled out like a classic SNL skit with Hans and Franz, or Dieter and his monkey, the euro-humor was spot on. Beerfest is a gag a minute as the two brothers are sent packing back to America after a disgraceful introduction to the secret world. Assaulted, embarrassed and dishonored the boys vow to put together the ultimate American beer swigging team that will bring down their German cousins and restore their family and our American honor as beer drinking finest. Add to that the coveted secret formula and you have a movie.

Like the classic Doc Savage pulp books of my youth the brother assemble a crack team of experts who all currently have spotty lives at best: a disgraced disgruntle beer-factory worker, Landfill played by Kevin Heffernan who in addition with his other Broken Lizard troupe wrote this movie; a scientific frog masturbator, Dr. Steve "Fink" Finklestein played Steve Lemme who also produced the film; ex-college chum who is now a low "rentboy", Barry, played by Jay Chandrasekhar who also directed this movie and the cult fav Super Troopers: these guy rounds out the brothers dream team (as well as the rest of Broken Lizard). As they train it is obvious that there is no way they are going to be in shape for the next years Beerfest. Threw twist, turns, trials, training and a tragic lost (a plot twist that is both unbelievable and rewarding at the same time) they find themselves ready. Armed with sagely advice from Gam Gam the boys make their way back to Beerfest for America!

I am going to stop now because there is so much more I can say but just knowing your going to enjoy this one makes me giddy just thinking about it. You might have to see it a second time to hear all of the jokes over the laughing crowd but at-least its more deserving than the multiple times any of us have seen the later Star Wars prequels.

And trust me on this the crowd went wild for Beerfest its the American dream a great comedy with no redeeming social value other than making you laughs. Oh yeah in case I didn't say it enough; go see this one, its a winner worthy of the ten bucks ya gotta pay. And while ya out there have a pint on me. To those of you that have seen it already...

Das Booooot! Rules!

As a postscript to those who know me...and those that don't LOL I am not a beer drinker, so much so that I really detest even the smell alone; but for this movie I would heft a pint of meaty Guinness and down one with the team. Beerfest kicks much ass! TDO

We'll hold you to that...
And maybe I'll get everyone I know to go see it with you, one at a time, so you have to chug multiple beers. That would be worth the price of admission alone. :)

You better do it soon the offer expires when the movie leaves the theater. LOL

What?!?
Why does it expire when the movie leaves the theater? I would think it could be just as enjoyable in the comfort of a living room...

Because I hate beer and if we go out to the movie I will be part of the team. Thats the way the beer keg rolls down the hill. LOL