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Directors
Rick Moranis,
Dave Thomas
Cast
Dave Thomas,
Rick Moranis,
Max von Sydow,
Paul Dooley,
Lynne Griffin,
Angus MacInnes
Genre
Comedy
Brothers Bob and Doug McKenzie try and help the orphan Pam regain the brewery founded by her recently deceased father. To do so, they must stop a mad beer brewer from gaining control of the world and confront two teams of vicious hockey players. Loosely based on Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.”
Washington Post by Rita Kempley
If you've got the time, we've got the brew--lite, zany and slightly intoxicating...It's a loosely constructed movie, rough and raw, but good for more than a few laughs. After you blow away the foam and discount the wandering, nonessential storyline, you'll find a playful, punful little film with salutes to Steven Spielberg and other recent favorite filmmakers. Sound good? Then this, bud, is for you.
TV Guide Magazine
No, there's nothing intelligent here--just a couple of likable fellows trying to stop mad Brewmeister Smith (Max von Sydow) from gaining control of the world.
Washington Post by Gary Arnold
Neither triumph nor fiasco, Strange Brew leaves plenty of room for improvement, but I hope Thomas and Moranis get the chance to demonstrate that they've learned a lot from the mixed assortment of nuttiness in their first movie comedy. [30 Aug 1983, p.B4]
TV Guide Magazine by Staff (Not Credited)
No, there's nothing intelligent here--just a couple of likable fellows trying to stop mad Brewmeister Smith (Max von Sydow) from gaining control of the world.
Miami Herald by Bill Cosford
At several points, Strange Brew is so unhinged that it works -- when it looks as if Hosehead the skunk/dog will be late for Oktoberfest, he jumps into the air and flies there -- but as Bob and Doug seem to concede in the film's opening, they are simply not interesting enough to carry a movie. Neither is anyone else involved, and there you are: small beer. [29 Aug 1983, p.C6]
The New York Times by Janet Maslin
A movie that's barely there. The McKenzies are genial enough, and once in a while they're vaguely funny. But their film is so ephemeral that you may hardly be aware of watching it, even while it's going on.
Time Out
Here Von Sydow's a rival beer manufacturer hoping to take over the world by drugging his brew, but the plotline (derived from Hamlet) soon goes flat.
Time Out by Staff (Not Credited)
Here Von Sydow's a rival beer manufacturer hoping to take over the world by drugging his brew, but the plotline (derived from Hamlet) soon goes flat.
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