Strange Brew

The plotline (derived from Hamlet) soon goes flat.

The price of a ticket could buy enough beer for an experience at least as memorable as this one.

[A] funny movie about a couple of Canadians who sit around and drink a lot.

This very silly but sweet-natured and sometimes hilarious '80s curio deserves a bigger cult. I defy anyone to deny the ring of Shakespearean poetry in a line like "Gee, you're real nice. If I didn't have puke breath, I'd kiss you."

This is a silly, goofy, innocent comic classic.

Classic '80s send-up of Canada; lots of beer drinking.

Overall, I'm not sure anyone picking up Strange Brew cold right now without any prior exposure to the characters would even be able to tell what they're looking at. I still find it entertaining, and I love Rick Moranis in the film in particular.

Frankly, I was sold the moment the MGM lion gave out an inebriated belch.

Their take on the Bard is as imaginative as any other cinematic adaptation, plus a good deal funnier

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.