Strange Brew Review

This "strange brew" of Canadiana was released in 1983, and features the infamous McKenzie brothers. What started out as a popular SCTV skit quickly snowballed into a variety of comedic CD releases, and of course, a movie entitled "Strange Brew".

The plot isn't even worth recapping because it's rather inane, but here's a brief summary: Bob and Doug go on an adventure in search of beer, and somehow wind up working at a beer factory. And that's... pretty much it.

If you like movies in the style of Naked Gun or UHF, then you might just enjoy this film from the 80s. It's not up to the quality of UHF, and just as juvenile as Naked Gun. It's more entertaining than Canadian Bacon, but that's not saying much. The movie tries to move at the speed of a laugh-a-second, but unfortunately it's not that funny. Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis are the redeeming grace of this movie, somehow able to pull humor out of situations where no humor should exist.

Still, it's worth seeing once, if that's saying anything. I enjoyed it for what it was, and never had high expectations for it.