X out of 10

I wasn’t expecting Citizen Kane, but I guess I expected the guys who did Super Troopers to create a movie that was… I don’t know… funny. Instead, they created a movie that was just plain horrible: horrible script, horrible acting, and horrible execution.

The Broken Lizard guys took a concept that could have been hilarious—come on, a beer-drinking competition is practically a gimme in the raunchy buddy comedy genre—and completely wasted it, resorting to pee and fart jokes, base ethnic stereotypes, and generally over-the-top, absurd humor. This movie could have been this generation’s Animal House; instead, save for a scant few worthwhile scenes, Beerfest is a disappointing failure.

X = 1.2

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