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'Beerfest': Like a keg party, it seems funnier toward the end
by David Germain

"Beerfest" is like tapping a keg that's had a bumpy ride to the party: The first pints keep coming up pure foam, with so much undrinkable froth you begin to wonder why you bothered showing up. Gradually, things settle down, you start to get an inch or two of tasty amber in the glass beneath that thick white lather. Eventually, though the tap still sputters through the evening, you get some really nice pours, rich glasses of lager with just a crew cut of a lathered head. Read the full review

TO SUM UP
When American brothers Todd and Jan Wolfhouse travel to Germany to spread their grandfather's ashes at Oktoberfest, they stumble upon a super-secret, centuries old, underground beer games competition — the secret Olympics of beer drinking. They assemble a ragtag dream team of beer drinkers and train relentlessly to compete.

FILM FACTS ...

Warner Bros. Pictures

'Beerfest'

Director: Jay Chandrasekhar
Starring: Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske, Steve Lemme, Kevin Heffernan, Jay Chandrasekhar
Run time: 112 minutes
Release date: August 25, 2006
Rating: R for pervasive crude and sexual content, language, nudity and substance abuse.
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READ THE REVIEW

The Associated Press: C+
"As the movie progresses and the gang's beer training grows sillier, Broken Lizard pulls out some hearty laughs here and there."