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Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
During a trip to Germany to scatter their grandfather's ashes, German-American brothers Todd and Jan discover Beerfest, the secret Olympics of downing stout, and want to enter the contest to defend their family's beer-guzzling honor. Their Old Country cousins sneer at the Yanks' chances, prompting the siblings to return to America to prepare for a showdown the following year.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes41%
Metacritic46/100
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do.
642 audience votes
Key crew
- Jay ChandrasekharDirector
- Nathan BarrOriginal Music Composer
- Steve LemmeWriter
- Jay ChandrasekharWriter
- Erik StolhanskeWriter
- Kevin HeffernanWriter
- Paul SoterWriter
Cast
- Erik StolhanskeTodd Wolfhouse / Young Baron Ludwig
- Jay ChandrasekharBarry / Blind Sikh
- Steve LemmeFink / Emcee
- Paul SoterJan Wolfhouse
- M.C. GaineyPriest
- Cloris LeachmanGreat Gam Gam
- Jürgen ProchnowBaron Wolfgang von Wolfhausen
- Will ForteOtto
- Allan GrafSoup Waiter
- Kevin HeffernanLandfill / Gil / Sausage Lady
- Cameron ScherHelmut
- Chris MossGerman Producer
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Themes
prostitutealcoholgermanycompetitionbeertrainingoktoberfest