Chris Moss, Cloris Leachman, Erik Stolhanske

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 ...( read more  read more... )-- "Beerfest," the secret Olympics of beer drinking. The brothers receive a less than warm welcome from their German cousins, the Von Wolfhausens, who humiliate Todd and Jan, slander their relatives, and finally cast them out of the event. Vowing to return in a year to defend their country and their family's honor, the Wolfhouse boys assemble a ragtag dream team of beer drinkers and gamers: Barry Badrinath, the consummate skills player with a dark past; Phil Krundle (aka Landfill), a one-man chugging machine; and Charlie "Fink" Finklestein, the lab tech with a PhD in All Things Beer. This Magnificent Five train relentlessly, using their hearts, minds and livers to drink faster, smarter and harder than they ever have before. But first they must battle their own demons, as well as a bunch of big, blond, German jerks who want to destroy the team before they can even make it back to Munich.

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76% liked it

71,875 ratings

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39% liked it

103 critics

R, 1 hr. 52 min.

Directed by: Jay Chandrasekhar

Release Date: August 25, 2006

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DVD Release Date: December 5, 2006

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  • September 18, 2008
    Just doesn't do it for me, probably Broken Lizard's second best work after Super Troopers. Has some memorable moments.
  • September 1, 2008
    Instead of a chick flick, this movie is a guy movie - with drinking, burping, bare breasts, stupid characters, etc.

    I found the beer (and humour) tasteless. Pass on this movie.
  • August 25, 2008
    silly humor
  • August 23, 2008
    Pure and unadulterated Yankee garbage. Dumb, vulgar, insulting, prejudicial and utterly idiotic. The obtuse morons who wrote this piece of crap should buy a plane ticket and visit Germany before even referring to such country. Instead, they film in New Mexico with blonde chicks w...( read more)ith big tits and imbeciles faking accents and pretending to be from other countries and call it a film. Go USA!

    As for the beer, I love it as much as the next guy (and frankly, I wish I was pissed when I watched this) but it's not enough to make a film, even this kind in which Americans seem to specialize. The finale, the promise of a sequel called Potfest, is simply the promise that the next time it's the Netherlands and the Dutch who'll be the subject of these cretins' preconceptions. Fucking ridiculous.
  • March 3, 2008
    Hilarious...I find that anything directed by Jay Chandrasekhar is usually pretty damn good.
  • November 1, 2009
    Absolutely hilarious
  • October 27, 2009
    funny is all i can say
  • October 23, 2009
    I love this movie and watch it all the time. No it's not perfect, but the Germans are way too hilarious!!!
  • October 11, 2009
    It should be documented that my rating is only for the chicks because the movie sucked!
  • October 5, 2009
    Watch it once and then be done with it.

Critic Reviews


August 25, 2006
Kyle Smith, New York Post

This movie will be as essential to the DKE house as a Sharpie for writing jokes on a passed-out brother; it's pure guy humor. full review

August 25, 2006
Ty Burr, Boston Globe

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. full review

August 25, 2006
Pete Hammond, Maxim

You'll laugh your Heineken off! Check your brain at the door for this hilarious and unapologetically raunchy yukfest. full review

August 23, 2006
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

Both filthier and funnier than Broken Lizard's prior efforts, Beerfest is still decidedly hit-or-miss. full review

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Comments


  • fortalecgirl
    August 19, 2009
    i love this movie!!!!!!It was so damn funny in some parts!!!
  • FruityClaudia
    January 29, 2008
    The movie was funny, but a bit sad that there was no dutchman in this movie. BTW, heineken is dutch, and we can drink a lot..
  • flirtybitch22
    April 7, 2007
    This movie was GREAT I never laughed and cried at the same time it was hilarious
  • jackass001
    March 24, 2007
    Das Boot Das Boot Das Boot
  • LittleBuda
    November 6, 2006
    thismovie kicked ass!!! it was one of the only times i cheered for america!! lol but the canadians lost with no points in the movie...BULL hahahaha
  • adeledelight
    September 28, 2006
    A great, funny movie. About time broken lizard came out with another movie. If you like Super Troopers, your gonna love this one.
    P.S You are gonna feel like a beer afterwards...lol
  • hoody9001
    September 20, 2006
    beer ruls drink alot more be some drunk lazy basterds
  • MuseLuver
    September 18, 2006
    I love it how it's the Union Jack (Great Britain/UK) on England's jumpers and not the St. George's cross... it's stuff like this that made Beerfest a joke, and not haha.... just became painful come 1/2 way through
  • prodriguezuk
    September 11, 2006
    The only reason that U.S.A won that contest is because Scotland or Ireland weren't in it. The English can't drink for shit.
  • jussweet1
    August 28, 2006
    hi hav u people every tried drinking a great beer well it,s BECKS A GREAT TASTING BEER so why not give it a shot and in trinida we BECKS CHIC are sending a messsage 2 everyone we carry BECKS dark, light, regular and non a/c so if u wanna have the best beerfest drink BECKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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