Strange Brew

1983 "Something funny is brewing at Elsinore Castle..."
6.6| 1h30m| PG| en
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Something is rotten at the Elsinore Brewery. Bob and Doug McKenzie (as seen on SCTV) help the orphan Pam regain the brewery founded by her recently-deceased father. But to do so, they must confront the suspicious Brewmeister Smith and two teams of vicious hockey players.

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Karry Best movie of this year hands down!
Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.
BeSummers Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.
Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
chewmonga Great movie, a true classic. Hockey, beer, sausages, and a flying dog. What's not to love.
Woodyanders Lovable beer-swilling hosers Bob (likable Rick Moranis) and Doug McKenzie (the equally engaging Dave Thomas) have to stop the evil Brewmeister Smith (smoothly played with lip-smacking wicked relish by Max Von Sydow) from succeeding with his diabolical plan to take over the world with drugged mind-controlling beer. Writers/directors Thomas and Moranis amiably mine an amusing line in hysterically silly and harmless good-natured humor, with the best and most inspired jokes sweetly poking fun at movie clichés and conventions. Moreover, Thomas and Moranis display an utterly winning easy'n'breezy natural chemistry as our endearingly lunkheaded protagonists. The rest of the game cast has a ball with the zany material: Lynne Griffin contributes a charming turn as the bubbly, yet feisty Pam Elsinore, Paul Dooley does well as the smarmy Claude Elsinore, and Angus MacInnes makes a favorable impression as friendly and heroic hockey player Jean LaRose. Favorite gags: A lawyer beats up a bunch of pesky reporters with fancy karate moves and the McKenzie Brothers dog Hosehead flies to the rescue at the end. Charles Fox's dynamic score hits the spirited melodramatic spot. Steven Poster's sharp cinematography provides a neat polished look. An enjoyably dumb hoot.
Htom_Sirveaux Once in a while, a comedy comes along that is so funny and so ridiculous at the same time that it's automatically destined for cult status. In 1983, "Strange Brew" was that comedy.Spinning off from Canada's comedy variety show "SCTV," "Strange Brew" follows the escapades of Bob and Doug McKenzie (Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas) following a failed venture at making a hysterically intentionally cheesy movie. In their unending quest for beer that follows, they eventually get a job at a brewery, where they drink beer, woo the young new owner, drink more beer, discover a plot for world domination orchestrated by Max von Sydow (yes, THAT Max von Sydow), and drink more beer. What follows is a cornucopia of hilarity that can only be explained if you watch it.Decades after its release, "Strange Brew" continues to induce guffaws in young and old people alike. It's the perfect screwball comedy to watch with a bunch of friends. So's all you hosers grab yourselves a beer and doughnut and enjoy the movie, eh!
Aaron1375 This movie starts out rather typical of a comedy. Well sort of as the two heroes of the movie are introducing you to their movie which is like the film "Omega Man"...their words to describe it not mine. Then the film breaks and they are chased out of the movie theater by angry movie goers looking to get their money back. Well then the film shifts to them getting a job at a brewery, but not all is what it seems with said brewery. Which is a bit of a problem with the film as the plot gets a bit to dark and twisted for a movie that is about two rather dimwitted brothers whom I believe got their start on the old Canadian sketch show SCTV. Basically like a movie about two characters like "Wayne's World" and so on and so forth. Though this one is better than a lot of the Saturday Night Live character movies that have been put out. Despite the strange plot and such the movie is okay, just needed maybe a bit simpler plot and the focus near the end of the movie needed to be on the two brothers rather than the dude with the mustache (I think he had a mustache) that kind of stole the show from the two guys that were the only really funny things in the movie. Which makes sense seeing as how they are the stars for the most part. Let me see if I can explain myself better, the movie is kind of like a serious flick with a diabolical plot with two idiots installed and interacting in said movie with their wonder dog.