Strange Brew
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Movie Reviews of Strange Brew
Movie Review: No commentary, none needed
Summary: 5 Stars
Sure, it'd be nice to have some commentary from the boys on this DVD, but this is one of those films that doesn't need it. Five stars for the flick all by its lonesome.
Our heroes go through their usual schtick in the flick, a couple of hosers who dork their way through a TV bit about the "Great White North" then think up a goofy scheme to get a free case of beer. They ultimately are sent to the brewery itself, which turns out to be a nearly deserted, spooky castle-like place, eh, with a very nice lady but a very mysterious and suspicious old guy played by Max Von Sydow. They luck into a pair of jobs at the brewery, one per hoser, and stumble across some pretty sinister shenanigans.
Take off, it is NOT stupid. Well, okay, it is kinda. But it's done with such style and charm that you can't help but love it. Heck, I don't even like beer or hockey and I think it's hilarious. Even has the voice of Mel Blanc as Mr. McKenzie, the dad. Perfect for these living cartoons.
For you viewers who collect films like "Dumb and Dumber" or similar shows, you've GOT to have this one. It's like the original, okay? No realism whatsoever and it doesn't matter. The laughs go straight to your heart. Even has a pretty nifty theme song. I'm outta here, I gotta go watch it again......
Movie Review: The McKenzie's Score a Hat Trick
Summary: 5 Stars
Strange Brew follows the adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie played by Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas respectively. The pair was created for the brilliant SCTV television show and the duo seamless took them to the big screen. The movie's plot revolves around an evil brewmeister (played deliciously by Max Von Sydow) who is concocting a potion that will allow him to control the minds of the people who drink it. The brothers unwittingly stumble onto the plan and with the help of the daughter of the late brewery owner and former hockey player, they foil the plans. Through it all Mr. Moranis and Mr. Thomas are absolutely hysterical. The film is actually the forerunner of such films like Wayne's World, The Coneheads and other Saturday Night Live films that took character sketches from the small screen to the movie screen. The big difference is that Strange Brew is well made, well written and still almost twenty years later, down right hilarious.Movie Review: It's Hamlet, eh
Summary: 5 Stars
I remember laughing hysterically with this movie when I was but a teenager, and when I bought and viewed it recently (some twenty years later) I could still say all the lines! This is a moron movie but not the cheezy slapstick too common in so many of today's alleged comedies; Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas play such rich characters that I would say their performance ranks up there with Laurel and Hardy. It's genuinely funny and it stands the test of time. Plus, it's the story of Shakespeare's _Hamlet_, except instead of taking place in Elsinore castle in Denmark, it takes place in Elsinore brewery in Canada. Plus, the hockey and Star Wars references are lots of fun. OK, there's lots of beer in the film, but its humor comes from its characters, not the beer, you hosers. And, I heard that, like, if you buy this DVD and there's a mouse in the case, that you get free DVDs for life.Movie Review: A Comedic Canadian Gem!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have seen this movie many, many times. Each time it is as wonderful as the first! It is a basic story about two guys that love drinking beer and have to stop an evil maniac. This evil maniac just happens to be a brewmaster at a beer brewery. Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis, the McKenzie Brothers in the movie, started off with their comedy sketch on SCTV called "The Great White North" in which they used phrases like "Eh" and "Hoser" all the time. This movie is full of witty comedy and funny phrases like "If I didn't have puke breath right now, I'd kiss you." Totally hilarious. Our two heroes find themselves in all kinds of situations involving beer: their favorite thing in the world. They even get trapped inside of a large beer vat and have to drink their way out! Give this movie a try if you like good, in- your-face comedy, with just a splash of goofiness and stupidity!Movie Review: Watch this movie, eh.
Summary: 5 Stars
Ah Strange Brew. I have seen this movie countless times. I have never seen a more stupid movie. However, it works so well, that I love it. It's one of the original two clueless dudes movie. Imagine Jay and Silent Bob, make them live in Canada, remove the crude sex humor and replace it with Canada-speak, switch marijuana with beer, and add a scene involving a magic pinball machine. Maybe that helps. Basically, it's a movie about Canada and two heroes that are more clueless than George W. Bush. Toss in a visit to the insane asylum and Star Wars on Ice, a flying dog... well if you're still reading you're doing something wrong. Order this movie on DVD at once, then buy a VHS copy and watch it until the DVD comes in. That probably didn't help at all, but it might set the mood for the movie.