{"id":3113,"date":"2007-05-03T13:00:25","date_gmt":"2007-05-03T20:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3113"},"modified":"2021-01-15T00:50:48","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T07:50:48","slug":"strange-brew-1983","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3113","title":{"rendered":"Strange Brew (1983)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Take off, ya hoser!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Strange-Brew-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Strange-Brew-Poster-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-23038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Strange-Brew-Poster-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Strange-Brew-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Strange-Brew-Poster.jpg 345w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe beer-loving Mackenzie brothers (Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis) get jobs at the Elsinore Brewery, where they soon discover the nefarious plan of Brewmeister Smith (Max von Sydow) to take over the world.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Canadian Films<\/li>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Max von Sydow Films<\/li>\n<li>Mental Illness<\/li>\n<li>Siblings<\/li>\n<li>World Domination<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary notes, this &#8220;foolish comedy&#8221; (a cult favorite for many) &#8220;drags on forever&#8221;, with only &#8220;a few snickers along the way&#8221;. Its primary worth seems to lie in its good-natured yet merciless portrayal of Canadian stereotypes and sayings &#8212; every other phrase out of these brothers&#8217; mouths is either &#8220;take off!&#8221;, &#8220;eh?&#8221;, &#8220;ya knob!&#8221; or &#8220;ya hoser!&#8221; The plot (more complicated than synopsized above) is convoluted, and relies overly heavily on both slapstick (which, as Peary notes, &#8220;seems out of place&#8221;) and shameless references to other hit films of the year (including <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=48832\"><em>Return of the Jedi<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=7283\"><em>Superman III<\/em><\/a>). <em>Strange Brew<\/em> is notable as the precursor to later &#8220;dumb buddies&#8221; flicks &#8212; such as <em>Bill and Ted&#8217;s Excellent Adventure<\/em> (1989), <em>Wayne&#8217;s World<\/em> (1992), and <em>Dumb and Dumber<\/em> (1994) &#8212; but is this necessarily a worthy achievement? <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A mildly entertaining satire of Canadianisms &#8212; eh, hoser?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Strange-Brew-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Strange-Brew-Still-1024x566.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"354\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-63413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Strange-Brew-Still-1024x566.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Strange-Brew-Still-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Strange-Brew-Still-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Strange-Brew-Still-768x424.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Strange-Brew-Still-1536x848.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Strange-Brew-Still-489x270.png 489w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Strange-Brew-Still-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Strange-Brew-Still.png 1823w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A few amusing moments of juvenile humor<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Strange-Brew-Still2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Strange-Brew-Still2-1024x575.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-63414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Strange-Brew-Still2-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Strange-Brew-Still2-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Strange-Brew-Still2-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Strange-Brew-Still2-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Strange-Brew-Still2-1536x862.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Strange-Brew-Still2-481x270.png 481w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Strange-Brew-Still2.png 1819w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo. While it&#8217;s a guilty cult pleasure for many, it&#8217;s ultimately not must-see viewing. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0086373\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1983\/08\/26\/movies\/strange-brew-men-in-quest-of-beer.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Take off, ya hoser!&#8221; Synopsis: The beer-loving Mackenzie brothers (Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis) get jobs at the Elsinore Brewery, where they soon discover the nefarious plan of Brewmeister Smith (Max von Sydow) to take over the world. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Canadian Films Comedy Max von Sydow Films Mental Illness Siblings World Domination Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: As Peary notes, this &#8220;foolish comedy&#8221; (a cult favorite for many) &#8220;drags on forever&#8221;, with only &#8220;a few snickers along the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3113\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3113"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63416,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3113\/revisions\/63416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}