Beerfest Critic Reviews
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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 the full review
Random silliness rules the day, but the gags are frequently surprising.Read the full review
Such fare plays better on DVD, where the best moments can be absorbed in bite-sized bits and the debris easily bypassed.Read the full review
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.Read the full review
To enjoy it you almost have to be stoned on marijuana.Read the full review
The five comedians known collectively as Broken Lizard have created a frat-house staple for the ages.Read the full review
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 the full review
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 the full review
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 the full review
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 the full review