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Title: Beerfest (2006)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| M.C. Gainey | ... | Priest | |
| Paul Soter | ... | Jan Wolfhouse | |
| Erik Stolhanske | ... | Todd Wolfhouse / Young Baron Ludwig | |
| Cloris Leachman | ... | Great Gam Gam | |
| Jürgen Prochnow | ... | Baron Wolfgang von Wolfhausen (as Juergen Prochnow) | |
| Cameron Scher | ... | Helmut | |
| Owain Yeoman | ... | Aussie Sailor #1 | |
| Tom Tate | ... | Aussie Sailor #2 | |
| Allan Graf | ... | Soup Waiter | |
| Chris Moss | ... | German Producer | |
| Bjorn Johnson | ... | Mr. Schniedelwichsen (as Bjørn Johnson) | |
| Kevin Heffernan | ... | Landfill / Gil / Sausage Lady | |
| Jay Chandrasekhar | ... | Barry / Blind Sikh | |
| Steve Lemme | ... | Fink / Emcee | |
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Collin Thornton | ... | Little Boy |
After the death of their grandfather Johann von Wolfhause, the brothers Jan and Todd Wolfhouse travel to Munich to fulfill a family tradition, spreading the ashes of Johann during the Oktoberfest. Their contact brings them to a secret beer competition, the Beerfest", where they are offended by Baron Wolfgang von Wolfhausen and the German branch of their family that accuse their great-grandmother of being a prostitute and their grandfather of stealing an old recipe of the best beer in Germany. Jan and Todd returns to USA humiliated and decide to organize a beer team to dispute the next Beerfest. They join Landfill, Barry and Fink and train long the year to participate in the competition. When they find the lost recipe hidden in a dummy, they feel that their German relatives told the truth. But the team is ready for the tough dispute. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Many critics are heavily scolding this movie as a stupid, drunken frat-boy romp filled to the brim with crude humor and bad taste. I'd tend to agree with them, aside from this one addition -- it's absolutely hilarious.
From the truly side-splitting opening scene with Grand-papa to the final confrontation before the credits roll, you'll be entertained. The acting and gags are right on the mark for the admittedly low-brow appeal that this movie is shooting for. In that regard, it's no surprise that BeerFest won't get any Oscar nods. But to those of us who appreciate the suds and debauchery of five cartoonish characters embroiled in "a super secret international beer drinking contest to take on the Germans for national pride", this is an instant classic.
To be fair, BeerFest utilizes a much feebler narrative than some of it's gross-out contemporaries, such as Van Wilder, but definitely has a much stronger vision than something like Harold & Kumar go to White Castle. Within this genre, the latter is a fine movie as well -- BeerFest simply stays on track a little better, instead of being a slapdash montage of funny scenes. That said, BeerFest really triumphs by giving us characters so lampoon, you are able to sit back and enjoy two hours of gaseous gaffs without too much mental investment. And that's a good thing every now and then, right? If not, I feel very sad for your sedate, austere funny-bone.
For the rest of us, a toast. Raise your mugs for BeerFest, the drunken orgy of comedy that will keep you laughing!