Movie Review

Beerfest

Two German-Americans put together a drinking team to compete in an underground drinking tournament in Germany. Also, avenging their grandfather from some family slight.

Really, the "plot" is irrelevant. Sight gags, drinking gags, general slapstick. Totally sophomoric, and that may be giving it too much credit. You'll laugh, you'll groan.

It's bad enough that it comes around to being good enough to watch. Once. It lacks the staying power that other cult movies have (Animal House, Caddyshack, etc.)

But if you're sitting around after a few drinks, and looking for a silly way to kill some time on HBO, this will work. That's pretty much how the five of us came across it, Saturday night.

3 stars