Bierfest (2006)

Bierfest: Directed by Jay Chandrasekhar. With M.C. Gainey, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske, Cloris Leachman. Two brothers travel to Germany for Oktoberfest, only to stumble upon a secret, centuries-old competition described as a “Fight Club” with beer games.

“From the first few minutes on u0026quot;Beerfestu0026quot; heads straight into debauchery without making any excuses for it. However, this movie is closer to classic National Lampoon movies such as u0026quot;Animal Houseu0026quot; or u0026quot;European Vacationu0026quot; than to the vulgar sex-comedies that have been so popular ever since u0026quot;American Pieu0026quot;. Make no mistake, u0026quot;Beerfestu0026quot; is full of nudity, dick jokes and all kinds of deliberate lowbrow humor. The difference to aforementioned sex-comedies is that u0026quot;Beerfestu0026quot;u0026#39;s stupidity is much more self-aware and also aimed at an audience that understands this and can laugh about it from one step away. Or to make it sound less pretentious: this comedy has a lot of heart. When Germans are merely primitive giants in this movie itu0026#39;s clear that this is a comedic stereotype that must not be taken seriously by any means. The Germans and the depiction of German traditions is really the highlight of this movie.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eLike Broken Lizardu0026#39;s previous theatrical adventure u0026quot;State Troopersu0026quot; this one is mindless, silly fun with a great cast, but all in all u0026quot;Beerfestu0026quot; is the better movie. Not a classic, but very enjoyable.”