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."

Full Review | Apr 26, 2022

This is a silly, goofy, innocent comic classic.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 24, 2020

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

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 21, 2018

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.

Full Review | Aug 17, 2016

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

Full Review | Original Score: B | Aug 30, 2013

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

Full Review | Apr 2, 2010

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | May 13, 2008

Clunky booze comedy based on popular Canadian air heads.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 22, 2008

The plotline (derived from Hamlet) soon goes flat.

Full Review | Feb 9, 2006

There's tons of weird stuff here.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 6, 2005

"Hamlet" done by Canadian drunks! Absolute genius!

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Mar 5, 2005

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

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 30, 2004

Just odd enough to skate by; you remember the singular tone of the film long after the gags have faded.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 18, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 23, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 15, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 12, 2003

Brilliant. Stupid...but brilliant.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | May 27, 2003

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

Full Review | Mar 10, 2003

Strange Brew, incidental and faintly funny as it may be, was the start of a legacy much longer and significant than itself.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Oct 29, 2002

I laughed so hard the bullet flew out of my nose.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 30, 2002