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Tell Others About This Page By Using This Button "BEERFEST" (2006) (Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske) (R) Alcohol/ Drugs Blood/Gore Disrespectful/ Bad Attitude Frightening/ Tense Scenes Guns/ Weapons Extreme Moderate *Heavy None Moderate Imitative Behavior Jump Scenes Music (Scary/Tense) Music (Inappropriate) Profanity Extreme None Minor Moderate Extreme Sex/ Nudity Smoking Tense Family Scenes Topics To Talk About Violence Extreme Minor *Mild Heavy *Heavy QUICK TAKE: Comedy: A group of Americans trains to take on the champion German team in an underground European drinking tournament known as Beerfest. PLOT: When their grandfather (DONALD SUTHERLAND) dies, American brothers Jan (PAUL SOTER) and Todd Wolfhouse (ERIK STOLHANSKE) are sent by their grandmother, Great Gam Gam (CLORIS LEACHMAN), to spread his ashes at Germany's Oktoberfest. But when they get there, they stumble upon an even greater alcohol event -- Beerfest, an underground drinking tournament where teams from around the world compete to drink the rest under the table. To their shock, they learn that the champions are their distant Wolfhausen cousins -- Otto (WILL FORTE), Hammacher (RALK MOELLER), Schlemmer (GUNTER SCHLIERKAMP), Rolf (NAT FAXON) and Gunter (ERIC CHRISTIAN OLSEN) -- who not only belittle the Americans and besmirch Gam Gam's reputation, but also accuse their late grandfather of stealing the family's secret beer recipe. When those men's grandfather, Baron Wolfgang Von Wolfhausen (JURGEN PROCHNOW), further humiliates them, the American brothers decide they'll return for next year's Beerfest to get their revenge and clear their family's name. Back in the states, they set out to recruit their American drinking team. First up is competitive eater Phil Krundle, a.k.a. Landfill (KEVIN HEFFERMAN), followed by research scientist Charlie "Fink" Finklestein (STEVE LEMME) who might be able to use his lab knowledge to their benefit. They then find Barry Badrinath (JAY CHANDRASEKHAR), one-time drinking champion who now turns cheap tricks on the street. With the aid of Gam Gam and her new caretaker Cherry (MO'NIQUE), the unlikely quintet begin their training that they hope will get them in drinking shape for the next Beerfest. WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT? If they're fans of movies made by the comedy troupe Broken Lizard, they probably will. WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: R For pervasive crude and sexual content, language, nudity and substance abuse. CAST AS ROLE MODELS: Considering the behavior of the main and even minor characters, it's doubtful any parents would consider them as good role models for kids. CAST, CREW, & TECHNICAL INFO HOW OTHERS RATED THIS MOVIE Curious if this title is entertaining, any good, and/or has any artistic merit? Then read OUR TAKE of this film. (Note: The "Our Take" review of this title examines the film's artistic merits and does not take into account any of the possibly objectionable material listed below). OUR WORD TO PARENTS: The following is a brief summary of the content found in this R-rated comedy. Profanity consists of at least 36 "f" words, while other expletives and colorful phrases are also uttered. Sexually related dialogue (some of it explicit, some of it gay-related) is present, as are brief sexually related lyrics. A sexual encounter (with nudity, movement and sounds) is seen from two different viewpoints, while another couple is seen having rear entry intercourse and another shows the woman on top position. Various women's bare breasts are seen in several scenes (and a man's bare butt is viewed in another), lab researchers manually stimulate frogs (with orgasmic results), and a woman suggestively manipulates a sausage. A tremendous amount of beer drinking occurs (including training for beer-drinking contests), as does some brief drug use (pot) and regular smoking, and that and other behavior may be enticing for some kids to imitate. Verbal and visual crude humor is present in various forms and various characters have varying degrees of bad attitudes (although it's all played for laughs). Some comedy-based tense family material is present (including regarding deaths), while slapstick style material also occurs, some people strike others and some deaths (on and off-screen) occur, all played for laughs. Should you still be concerned about the film's appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home, you may want to look more closely at our detailed listings for more specific information regarding the film's content. For those prone to visually induced motion sickness, there's some bouncy camerawork from time to time. ALCOHOL OR DRUG USE All of the following is played for laughs. What seems like an organized crime figure intimidating a businessman in playing quarters turns out to be a priest who guzzles down a beer before presiding over a funeral. The men's grandfather speaks at his own funeral (via a recording on TV) and downs several mugs of beer. We see a great deal of drinking where various drinking contests are occurring and groups of men do drunken cheers. We see a great deal of drinking at Beerfest, including people chugging it, playing quarters and a ping pong drinking game, while others drink while hanging upside down. The German team there defeats another national team in a chugging contest, ending with the last participants having to chug beer from large, glass boots. Todd and Jan take on some Germans in a drinking contest, but lose to them. There's talk that Landfill went ballistic after being laid off at the brewery (for apparently drinking or taking beers on the job) and that someone died, but we never know the details. Barry states that he's better at playing quarters when he's drunk. The guys drink beer to wash down some ram urine they've just consumed. People drink at a party where Landfill punches holes in two cans of beer and then drinks from both simultaneously. A person then tells Fink of some activity that involves smoking pot, then drinking some beer, followed by a shot of liquor (telling him, "It's gonna f*ck you up"). Fink then does that combination and seems okay for a moment, before lowering himself down to the floor (and later is seen passed out). All of the guys (except for Fink) drink in one scene. All five guys drink a new brew from a long-lost recipe they've found. It's so good that Landfill says, "I want to put my d*ck in it" and Fink replies, "I want it to put its d*ck in me." Landfill and Fink chug beer. We see the Germans practicing drinking beer while exercising. After a messenger brings them news, Wolfgang tells his minions to dispose of the man. We then see small hoses in the man's nose and mouth with beer being poured through them. Landfill playfully punches Todd while intoxicated. While intoxicated and seeing things through "beer goggles," Barry has an attractive woman come up to him, and we later see how she really looks (very overweight - and some viewers might not like the joke). Jan has a beer. Landfill has a beer. Todd, Jan, Fink, and Barry drink. Barry talks of a past experience of playing ping-pong in an opium den. Four of the guys puncture beer cans and then drink from the resultant holes. Needing to get Jan back into a similar drunken state so that he can recall the location of Beerfest when he was previously intoxicated, the guys have him drink a great deal of liquor before it finally takes effect. We see a lot of drinking at Beerfest. At Beerfest, we see beer being poured down into several men's mouths from several feet above them. We see a person drinking from a beer bong. The guys encounter Willie Nelson (holding what looks like a joint) in Amsterdam, and the singer wonders if they'll join him since Cheech and Chong dropped out. We then see a title that reads "Coming Soon: Potfest." BLOOD/GORE Todd has a black eye from being punched earlier. There's talk of making fudgesicles from "dogsh*t." In a werewolf spoof, Barry wakes up nude in the woods next to a dead deer that has a bloody neck. After Gam Gam tells them that the Germans are good at chugging since they practice with ram urine (saying if they can drink that, they can drink anything), we see the guys trying to do the same, drinking from large jars containing ram urine. Barry says it's the worst thing he ever drank, but one of the others mockingly says he doubts that (referring to the gay acts Barry apparently performed in the past -- not seen). The guys then drink beer to wash that down. While intoxicated, Barry stands at a urinal and makes sounds like he's going to vomit, but we don't see him do that. Fink talks about Landfill, and mentions the time he farted out an entire plum. Barry talks of a past experience of playing ping-pong in an opium den. He then says someone "shoved a ping pong paddle up my ass," adds that it wasn't the handle end, and then says, "I've been sh*tting pancakes ever since." Gam Gam then chimes in that she's had "all kinds of things shoved up my ass" and that she got over it. Fink vomits upon seeing Landfill's identical twin, Gil (thinking it's a reanimated dead person). Some German men may be drinking ram urine before competing in Beerfest. We see the guys and others standing at urinals (we hear the sound of the act, played to exaggerated effect representing how much beer they've consumed). Fink then collects another man's urine in a shoe to use as a demo about an air bubble problem in the glass boot drinking challenge, and he accidentally flings some on the other guys. Then, as they leave, they pull Jan away before he's finished and we see his urine stream going up into the air as they escort him out. A competitor tells his opponents that the losers "take a paddle up the ass." DISRESPECTFUL/BAD ATTITUDE All of the following is played for laughs. What seems like an organized crime figure intimidating a businessman in playing quarters turns out to be a priest, and this is all occurring before he's to preside over a funeral. Some viewers might not like that portrayal, including having the priest use profanity. Some viewers might not like a joke where a sick man pulls his own plug in a hospital, thus ending his life. There's talk that the men's grandfather stole a beer recipe. The Germans repeatedly make fun of and belittle the American brothers, as well as repeated comments about Gam Gam previously being a "whore" (and other phrases are used to indicate the same thing, such as "slut for money"), but we later learn that was true. Wolfgang throws the men's grandfather's ashes on them, and then tosses the urn aside, breaking it. There's talk that Landfill went ballistic after being laid off at the brewery (for apparently drinking or taking beers on the job) and that someone died, but we never know the details. Landfill refers to Fink as "F*cklestein," hits him in the crotch and pushes him aside. About his fling with Todd's girlfriend in the past, Barry says she just laid there like a cold fish, "taking it like a plastic f*ck-doll" (while making the motion of sex). Todd then angrily replies, "I happened to marry that plastic f*ck-doll." Landfill playfully mocks Fink's explanation of drinking from the glass boot, and does so using a small puppet that he then has touch Fink on his clothed nipples. While intoxicated and seeing things through "beer goggles," Barry has an attractive woman come up to him, and we later see how she really looks (very overweight - and some viewers might not like the joke). A German man comments on Fink having "pubic hair" on his head (meaning his curly hair) and then says that's okay since "you've got a d*ck-face." He then knocks Fink's yarmulke from his head. Wolfgang has various characters killed or tortured (mostly off camera and all played for laughs). FRIGHTENING SCENES None. GUNS/WEAPONS The guys make the motion of a person being shot when referring to what happened to their earlier guide at the hands of Wolfgang's men (not seen). In a comedy action sequence, Landfill battles a woman (Cherry) who's trying to steal their beer recipe (with him pulling a knife and her pulling a handgun). We hear the sound of gunfire off camera (presumably of Wolfgang's minions shooting a woman who disappointed him). IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR Phrases: "Get the f*ck out of here," "What f*cking recipe?" "A f*cking chatty Cathy," "Shut the f*ck up," "F*ck you," "Yeah, f*ck it," "M*therf*cker," "F*cking man-cow," "F*cklestein," "Taking it like a plastic f*ck-doll," "That's f*cked up," "It's gonna f*ck you up," "You handsome m*therf*cker," "I'm not f*cking around," "Get the f*ck out of here," "F*ck-head," "Head-f*ck," "F*cked up," "You're f*cked," "You f*cking p*ssy," "F*cking mental," "Sh*t-stabbers," "I should beat seven shades of sh*t out of you," "Oh sh*t," "Holy sh*t," "Dog-sh*t," "I've been sh*tting pancakes ever since," "Sh*t-faced," "Bullsh*t," "For sh*ts and giggles," "Sure as schnitzel," "Tossers and sheep-shaggers," "Whore," "Slut for money," "Jerking him off," "Toad load weekly," "I want to put my d*ck in it," "I want it to put its d*ck in me," "I'm gonna butter your bread" (sexual), "Holy camel toe," "Sorry about porking your wife," "D*ck-face," "Ball-bag" (scrotum), "Girlfriend" (referring to a man), "Up yours, Johnny Cash," "Bloody," "Piss," "Let's get the bastards," "Blokes," "Why don't you let us put a nipple on that for you?" (said by drinking competitors), "Dude," "Geek," "Nerd," "Brainiac," "Shut the hell up," "You bet your ass I do," "This guy blows," "Don't be a moron," "Sure as hell," "Balls to the wall," "Damn, that's nasty," "Up your nose with a rubber hose," "She's hot as hell," "It's a bitch," "Let's kick some ass," "Crapper," "He was a fat asshole," "Hell yeah," "Let's go get sour on some Krauts," "Can it, college boy," "You plunker," "Loser takes a paddle up the ass," "I'll be damned," "Losers," "Sucks," "Deutsch-bag," "Cheeky bastard," "We're not that drunk" and "Holy crap." All of the alcohol related drinking, contests, and such may be enticing for some kids to imitate (with beer or other beverages). Many men belch in separate scenes after guzzling beer (sometimes to exaggerated effect). Some drunken men punch each other in a playful, macho fashion, while a slap also occurs. Spectators throw what looks like lettuce at Todd and Jan when they lose a drinking contest (the same later occurs to the German team when they lose). We see Landfill in a hotdog-eating contest. We see Fink and other researchers rhythmically stroking the genitalia (not visible) of male frogs to extract and collect semen. Barry breaks a bottle over his head and uses the broken base to chase off Todd, Jan, Landfill, and Fink. There's talk of making fudgesicles from "dogsh*t." About a summer sausage, Gam Gam tells one of the men, "Let me warm it up for you" as she rolls it between her hands (in a visual phallic joke). We see some miscellaneous tattoos. Barry coughs out the phrase "Bullsh*t." A German competitor bites into and crunches the glass from a broken beer mug. Willie Nelson tells a joke where a father tells his boy that if he doesn't stop masturbating, he'll go blind. The boy then says, "Daddy, I'm over here." Some of the guys do exaggerated tongue wagging during the outtakes. JUMP SCENES None. MUSIC (SCARY/TENSE) A tiny bit of comedy-based suspenseful music plays in the film. MUSIC (INAPPROPRIATE) A song has the repeated lyric, "Balls to the wall." Lyrics from a James Brown song include "Get on up...like a sex machine." PROFANITY At least 36 "f" words (2 used with "mother," 2 used sexually as are terms "pork" "boinked" and "shaggers"), 12 "s" words, 8 slang terms using male genitals ("d*ck" and "c*ck"), 1 using female ones ("p*ssy"), 34 asses (25 used with "hole"), 7 hells, 5 damns, 4 craps, 2 S.O.B.s, 10 uses of "Oh my God," 3 each of "G-damn," "God" and "Oh God" and 1 use each of "Jesus" and "Jesus, Mary and Joseph." SEX/NUDITY A man mockingly refers to another man's "ball-bag" and "wrinkled c*ck." At Beerfest, a person slips and accidentally rips off a woman's top, revealing her bare breasts. That causes a chain reaction where more women's shirts are ripped off, revealing their bare breasts. Two other women there are about to kiss, but an accidental dousing of beer spray interrupts them. As a man leads Todd and Jan through the seedy streets, some strange man tries to kiss one of them (and wears something protruding from his crotch area -- but the scene is dimly lit so we couldn't tell what it is). A man states that Oktoberfest is for "tossers and sheep shaggers." There are repeated comments about Gam Gam previously being a "whore" (and other phrases are used to indicate the same thing, such as "slut for money"). Wolfgang tells the young men to go back and get a "blow job" from their grandmother (Gam Gam) on him. We see Fink and other researchers rhythmically stroking the genitalia (not visible) of male frogs to extract and collect semen. One person jokes about him "jerking him off" and "toad load weekly," and we hear the rhythmic sounds of the frogs increasing, with one then sounding frustrated when Fink slows down for a moment to talk about something. We then hear the squishy, wet sound of the frogs climaxing, followed by a view of Fink smoking a cigarette afterwards. We hear that Barry "boinked" Todd's girlfriend in the past. As the guys go to recruit Barry, they find him as a gay male prostitute of sorts, working the streets with others. He comments on different amounts of low dollar amounts for various sexual views and acts involving his penis (and seeing or touching it, etc., while another man there comes on to Fink). Barry then gives a dollar amount for a "BJ," more for an "AJ," and even more for a "ZJ." When one man asks what the latter is, Barry gives some sort of "if you don't know" answer, and then says "I gotta mouth to feed." When Landfill holds up a doll and mockingly flicks his tongue at it before doing some mock pelvic thrusts while holding it to his crotch, Fink tells him, "Yeah, give it a rim job." About his fling with Todd's girlfriend in the past, Barry says she just laid there like a cold fish, "taking it like a plastic f*ck-doll" (while making the motion of sex). Todd then angrily replies, "I happened to marry that plastic f*ck-doll." As Fink manually stimulates a frog for more samples, we see frog semen squirt all over his face. In a werewolf spoof, Barry wakes up nude in the woods next to a dead deer that has a bloody neck. Barry yells out "not again" and then runs off fully nude (we see his full rear nudity). About a summer sausage, Gam Gam tells one of the men, "Let me warm it up for you" as she rolls it between her hands (in a visual phallic joke). She then talks about the reasons the Germans can chug beer so effectively is that they relax their throats, then adds that she can do nine inches or so, and starts the motion to demonstrate that, but is stopped before she can. She then walks out carrying the sausage, saying, "I'll sleep better when I get a little sausage in me." After drinking ram urine, Barry says it's the worst thing he ever drank, but one of the others mockingly says he doubts that (referring to the gay acts Barry apparently performed in the past -- not seen). Landfill playfully mocks Fink's explanation of drinking from the glass boot, and does so using a small puppet that he then has touch Fink on his clothed nipples. All five guys drink a new brew from a long-lost recipe they've found. It's so good that Landfill says, "I want to put my d*ck in it" and Fink replies, "I want it to put its d*ck in me." When they discover the truth about Gam Gam, Todd says, "This means Gam Gam really was a whore." We briefly see one shirtless, muscle-bound man practicing his beer drinking. Lyrics from a James Brown song include "Get on up...like a sex machine." We see some miscellaneous cleavage. While intoxicated and seeing things through "beer goggles," Barry has an attractive woman come up to him, seductively ask, "How about a little sex on the beach? (a double entendre for the drink and the act) and then comments on "a little slap and tickle." His friends try to stop him, but he says, "She's hot as hell." We then see them back in a room where he appears with just a towel around his waist and then in some frilly underwear. As we see her in her small bra and panties, she says, "I'm gonna butter your bread" and we then see him lowering her panties (we follow them down and thus don't see any nudity). When he wakes up the next day in bed, however, the curvy but skinny woman has been replaced by an obese one (the joke being that's who he was with the night before). We then see shots cut back and forth between what he thought he saw last night, and what really happened, including some repeated lines and footage from above, as well as him licking the slim woman's fingers (with her telling him to "suck 'em, lick 'em clean") and then doing the same to the big woman's toes. We then see alternate views of both women having sex on top of him, with movement and orgasmic sounds for both, as well as footage of the slim woman's bare breasts, while the large woman rides him like a bucking bronco and says, "I'm gonna break your d*ck off." We also see Barry with a plastic bag over his head, as well as whipped cream and mustard (or something similar) being applied to him by both women. A person uses the term "Holy camel toe" (but not about seeing that). Barry talks about his past fling with Todd's girlfriend, saying it was a three-way and goes on to describe that. Hearing that Fink was fired, Todd makes some sort of joke about the frogs not getting the "round the world" treatment (while making a gesture for male masturbation). Gam Gam says that she was a whore. We then see a flashback to when she was much younger, having sex on top of a man while facing away from him (clothed, and we see exaggerated movement). Barry talks of a past experience of playing ping-pong in an opium den. He then says someone "shoved a ping pong paddle up my ass," adds that it wasn't the handle end, and then says, "I've been sh*tting pancakes ever since." Gam Gam then chimes in that she's had "all kinds of things shoved up my ass" and that she got over it. A miscellaneous man passionately kisses a woman at Beerfest and pulls her leg up alongside his body. Some women flash their bare breasts. A German man makes a mocking gesture with his hand at his clothed crotch representing male masturbation. Barry apologizes to Todd, "Sorry about porking your wife," with Todd replying, "You can pork my wife anytime." Wolfgang and Cherry do some exaggerated, passionate kissing. We see some scantly clad hookers doing some sexy poses and moves in street windows in Amsterdam. Willie Nelson tells a joke where a father tells his boy that if he doesn't stop masturbating, he'll go blind. The boy then says, "Daddy, I'm over here." During the outtakes, there are gags about some of the above scenes, including more about Barry and a comment about a dollar for touching his toes and more for touching his "d*ck." During the outtakes, we see Landfill (or his identical twin) have rear entry sex with a woman on her hands and knees (we see movement, but no nudity). We also see a previous shot of Barry with a plastic bag over his head (from a sexual encounter). SMOKING Fink smokes once, while a miscellaneous person is seen with a cigar. TENSE FAMILY SCENES All of the following is played for laughs. The men's grandfather speaks at his own funeral (via a recording on TV) and downs several mugs of beer. Wolfgang throws the men's grandfather's ashes on them, and then tosses the urn aside, breaking it. Landfill acts upset when he says his wife left him and took the kids (but the scene is played for comedy when the other guys are surprised he had kids). We see a funeral for a person who drowned in a beer vat, and his wife is there and is upset at the guys (but it's all played for comedy). TOPICS TO TALK ABOUT Drinking lots of alcohol (particularly in drinking games and contests) at its various effects. Oktoberfest. Training and participating as a team. VIOLENCE All of the following is played for laughs. At Beerfest, a chain reaction causes hot, melted cheese to splash onto a man with a mallet who then hits a keg, causing it to spring a leak that douses two women, while another keg swings through the room and smashes into a boy. The tent over the place collapses and some drunken sailors grab Todd and Jan by the feet from under it (while mad at them), but the men get away. Some drunken men punch each other in a playful, macho fashion, while a slap also occurs. After his grandmother's name is sullied, Jan grabs one German man by the neck and has to be restrained. Spectators throw what looks like lettuce at Todd and Jan when they lose a drinking contest (the same later occurs to the German team when they lose). Wolfgang throws the men's grandfather's ashes on them, and then tosses the urn aside, breaking it. Some Germans strike Todd and Jan, with us seeing the POV of a punch coming toward Todd's face. Barry breaks a bottle over his head and uses the broken base to chase off Todd, Jan, Landfill, and Fink. Fink throws some keys that accidentally hit a guy in the crotch. The guys make the motion of a person being shot when referring to what happened to their earlier guide at the hands of Wolfgang's men (not seen). After Todd complains about his black eye fading (and thus losing his motivational symbol for the upcoming contest), Barry punches him in the face. Landfill refers to Fink as "F*cklestein," hits him in the crotch and pushes him aside. Todd punches Barry for talking about his past fling with Todd's girlfriend, and that's followed by some comedy-based struggling among them and others. After a messenger brings them news, Wolfgang tells his minions to dispose of the man. We then see small hoses in the man's nose and mouth with beer being poured through them. Landfill playfully punches Todd while intoxicated. Wolfgang slaps one of his adult grandsons. Barry talks about his past fling with Todd's girlfriend, saying it was a three-way and goes on to describe that, followed by Todd punching Barry. A large German man purposefully smashes the glass on a pinball machine and then grabs something from above a door opening and stomps it on the floor. In a comedy action sequence, Landfill battles a woman (Cherry) who's trying to steal their beer recipe (with him pulling a knife and her pulling a handgun). The two then struggle, with each grabbing the other's throat and then crotch, followed by punching and kicking. Landfill then hits her with a wrench, then a barrel, and bangs her head against a pole. She then pops up and kicks him back into a large vat of beer. He can't swim out of it, and thus tries to drink it down to a breathable level, but can't and drowns (his identical twin later shows up, so the character essentially returns). A widow slaps four of the guys, causing Barry to run into a casket that then tips over and spills the body onto him on the floor (played for comedy). Gam Gam hits Todd on the shoulder with her cane. A German competitor bites into and crunches the glass from a broken beer mug. We hear the sound of gunfire off camera (presumably of Wolfgang's minions shooting a woman who disappointed him). Reviewed August 3, 2006 / Posted August 25, 2006

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