Strange Brew

Name: Strange Brew
Released: 1983-8-26
Cast: Mel Blanc, Dave Thomas, Rick Moranis, Max von Sydow, Paul Dooley

Strange Brew

PG
1h 30m
1983

76%

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SCTV alum Rick Moranis ("The Little Shop of Horrors," "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids") and Dave Thomas portray the classic Canadian beer-guzzling duo, the MacKenzie Brothers, as they try to stop a mad beer brewer from gaining control of the world. Co-starring Oscar and Golden Globe-nominee Max von Sydow ("The Exorcist") and Paul Dooley ("Breaking Away," "Runaway Bride"). Outrageous fun loosely based on Shakespeare's "Hamlet."

Director:

Dave Thomas, Rick Moranis

Producer:

Louis M. Silverstein

Writer:

Steve de Jarnatt, Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas

Cast:

Mel Blanc, Dave Thomas, Rick Moranis, Max von Sydow, Paul Dooley, Lynne Griffin, Angus MacInnes, Tom Harvey, Douglas Campbell, Brian McConnachie

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

76%

Critics Consensus: Though lowbrow in intent and outcome, Strange Brew effectively mines laughs from its unique premise and likeable stars.

Reviews

Less Hat, Moorhead

M.V. Moorhead

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."

April 26, 2022

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TheIndependentCritic.com

Richard Propes

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.

June 22, 2017

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