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Skip to Content. The lead characters are intended to be the most over-the-top parody of beer-guzzling, not-that-bright Canadian bumpkins. The other characters are too one-dimensional to be viewed as positive role models. Comedic slapstick violence. Joke referencing prison rape. Bullets are placed up the nostrils of one of the lead characters to stop his bloody nose while in a courtroom; when he sneezes, the bullets are fired and ricochet around the room. A car chase culminates in the lead characters' van losing control and falling into a lake, where they are presumed dead. Characters shoot dart guns. Hockey violence. Kung fu violence. My left nut! Beer is the center of the McKenzie Brothers' lives. Jokes about driving drunk. Cigarette smoking. Parents and caregivers: Set limits for violence and more with Plus. As the title implies, beer plays a big part in this movie. In one scene, they even fill their dog's water dish with beer. The brothers call each other names like "hoser," "hosehead," and "knob"-- these and catchphrases such as "Take off, eh! Join now. Add your rating. This leads Bob and Doug to Strange Brew Brewery, where the owner of the brewery has recently died Strange Brew mysterious circumstances, and the late brewer's wife married the brewer's brother immediately after the funeral. There's a deceptive brilliance to this goofy movie. Sure, there's plenty of slapstick humor, memorable catchphrases such as "Take off, hoser! And the bad guy in the midst of all this silliness is Max von Sydow -- best known for playing extremely solemn characters in Ingmar Bergman films. The Strange Brew characters themselves, Bob and Doug McKenzie, were created as a deliberate mockery of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's demand for more "Canadian content" on SCTV a must-watch for all students of comedy, sketch comedy writers, and improv enthusiasts. For many children of the s, the jokes and one-liners in Strange Brew are as memorable as anything in Caddyshack and This is Spinal Tap. Families can talk about stereotyping. How is Strange Brew satire, as opposed to the typical stereotyping in movies and TV that's used to get cheap laughs at the expense of various ethnic groups and minorities? The storyline to S trange Brew loosely Strange Brew Hamlet. There have been numerous Strange Brew based on Shakespeare plays and placed in modern settings. Why do you think filmmakers look to Shakespeare as a guide to telling their stories? What do you think the Strange Brew would be in taking characters successful on sketch comedy shows and making feature-length films about them? Common Sense Media's unbiased ratings are created by expert reviewers and Strange Brew influenced by the product's creators or by any of our funders, affiliates, or partners. See how we rate. Streaming options powered by JustWatch. Common Sense Media, a nonprofit organization, earns a small affiliate fee from Amazon Strange Brew iTunes when you use our links to make a purchase. Thank you for your support. Our ratings are based on child development best practices. Strange Brew display the minimum age for which content is developmentally appropriate. The star rating reflects Strange Brew quality. Strange Brew how we rate. Parents' Ultimate Guide to Support our work! Strange Brew. Classic '80s send-up of Canada; lots of beer drinking. PG 90 minutes. Rate movie. Watch or buy. Parents say No reviews yet Add your rating. Kids say No reviews yet Add your rating. Get it now Searching for streaming and purchasing options Common Sense is a nonprofit organization. Your purchase helps us remain independent and ad-free. Get it now on Searching for streaming and purchasing options X of Y Official trailer. A lot or a little? The parents' guide to what's in this movie. Positive Messages. No positive messages. Lots of stereotypes. The brothers accidentally walk in on their parents having sex; no Strange Brew. Wondering if Strange Brew is OK for your kids? Stay up to date on new reviews. Get full reviews, ratings, and advice delivered weekly to your Strange Brew. User Strange Brew Parents say Kids say. There aren't any reviews yet. Be the first to review this title. What's the story? Continue reading Show less. Is it any good? Talk to your Strange Brew about Our editors recommend. This Is Spinal Tap. Hilarious, ribald, drug-filled rock Strange Brew. Back to School. Classic '80s comedy has lots of profanity, innuendo. For kids who love goofy tales. Brothers and Sisters. Misfits and Underdogs. About these links Strange Brew Sense Media, a nonprofit organization, earns a small affiliate fee from Amazon or iTunes when you use our links to make a purchase. Read more. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Print. Personalize your media recommendations. How old is your kid? Have an account? Sign in. Informizely customer feedback surveys. Buy Strange Brew - Microsoft Store

Rick Moranis 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. Outrageous fun loosely based on Shakespeare's "Hamlet. Parental guidance. Strange Brew. Movies Strange Brew. Watch your purchase on Strange Brew Anywhere supported devices. SD SD selected. Once you select Rent you'll have 14 days to start watching the movie and 24 hours to Strange Brew it. Can't play on this device. Check system requirements. Available on HoloLens. Mobile device. Xbox Cast and crew. Dave Thomas Director, Writer. Max Von Sydow Brewmeister Smith. Paul Dooley Claude Elsinore. Brian McConnachie Ted. Tom Harvey Inspector. Lynne Griffith Pam Elsinore. Douglas Campbell Henry Green. Directors Dave Thomas Rick Moranis. Studio Warner Bros. Subtitles English CC. Released Strange Brew Age rating Parental guidance. Duration 1 h 30 min. Genres Comedy. Writers Dave Thomas Rick Moranis. Size 1. Additional terms Terms of transaction. Windows Windows 8, Windows 8. Rated 4. To rate and review, sign in. Sign in. No one's rated or reviewed this product yet. Strange Brew Movie Review Loosely based on elements of Shakespeare 's Hamletmost of the film was shot in TorontoScarboroughStrange Brew and Hamilton, Ontario. Parts were also filmed in Prince George, British Columbia. Two unemployed brothers, Bob and Doug McKenzie Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas Strange Brew, place a live mouse in Strange Brew beer bottle in an attempt to blackmail the local beer store into giving them free Elsinore beer, but are told to take up the matter with management at the Elsinore brewery. The brothers are given jobs on the bottling Strange Brew inspecting for mice in the bottles. Meanwhile, the evil Brewmeister Smith Max von Sydow is perfecting a secret plan to take over the world by placing a mind-control drug in Elsinore Strange Brew which, while rendering the consumer docile, also makes Strange Brew or her attack others Strange Brew certain musical tones are played. Smith tests this adulterated beer on patients of the neighbouring Royal Canadian Institute for the Mentally Insane, which is connected to the brewery by tunnels. Bob and Doug learn that the brewery's former owner, John Elsinore, has recently died under mysterious circumstances and his daughter Pam Lynne Griffin has been given full control Strange Brew the Elsinore brewery. Strange Brew exploring the massive brewery, Strange Brew find a shuttered cafeteria containing an old Galactic Border Patrol video game, which supernaturally reveals that Brewmeister Smith murdered John Elsinore and that Pam's bumbling Uncle Claude Paul Dooley was deeply involved. Bob recognizes a brewery employee as one-time hockey great Jean "Rosie" LeRose Angus MacInneswho suffered a career-ending nervous breakdown and has fallen under Smith's Strange Brew. Eventually, Bob and Doug wander into the Brewmeister's operations room while he is away, and Doug takes a floppy disk containing a video of John Elsinore's murder thinking it is a " new wave EP " and not realizing the importance of its contents. Smith and Claude tranquilize the brothers and arrange to frame them for murder, Strange Brew Pam and her father's friend, Henry Green Douglas Campbellin beer kegs in Strange Brew back of their sabotaged van, and instruct the brothers to deliver the kegs to a party. Unable to stop, the brothers crash the van into Lake Ontario. All survive Pam with apparent memory lossand the brothers are arrested. The brothers' antics at their trial cause the judge to declare them insane and Strange Brew them under Brewmeister Smith's care at the asylum. Rosie soon finds them and helps them escape, and they find and rescue Pam. Having figured out Brewmeister's plan, Rosie foments an uprising among the Strange Brew mental-patient test subjects. The brothers separate for the first time in their lives. Doug and a group of asylum inmates help Strange Brew Claude, while Rosie and another group overpower Brewmeister Smith. The spirit of John Elsinore, possessing the brewery's electrical system, electrocutes Smith when he is shoved against his light-up world map. Meanwhile, Smith has locked Pam and Bob in a brewery tank and is filling it with beer; they escape this possible death when Bob consumes all the beer, expanding to a cartoonish size. John Elsinore's ghost warns them that Smith has already shipped tainted beer to Oktoberfest and urges them to prevent Strange Brew beer from being consumed. The police accompany the brothers back to their house to retrieve their dog, Hosehead, Strange Brew invade the party. Enticed by promises of free beer and sausages, Hosehead leaps into the air and flies over the city like Superman. He crashes into the tent at the celebration and, mistaken for a skunk, frightens people away from the tainted beer. Bob and Doug are allowed to haul away the contaminated beer, apparently to try to drink it all. The movie ends with an over-the-credits commentary by Bob and Doug about the movie and select crew members as their names scroll by in the credits. Andrew Alexander, executive producer for SCTV, reminded them that he had exclusive contracts with the two men and that if they wrote a script, he would sue them. Moranis and Thomas hired Steve De Strange Brew to write the first draft. Moranis' and Thomas' agents sent the script to various Hollywood studios, and a few days later they had a deal with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer based not on the script but on record sales, "the breakout potential, and the fact that it was being advertised on a television Strange Brew, Thomas remembers. After working on the first 50 pages, Moranis took a look at Strange Brew Thomas had done and they then worked together rewriting it. However, they were not sure just how much they could legally change and did most of the changes in the first third of the script, including the addition of Bob and Doug's science fiction film, Mutants of A. Thomas remembers that the script was "far more bizarre and conceptual in the beginning Originally, Moranis and Thomas were not going to direct or write the film but ended up doing both Strange Brew the guidance of executive producer Jack Grossberg, who had produced films by Mel Brooks and Woody Allen. The filmmakers had the promise of the Molson Brewery, but once the brewery found out that there was a joke in the film about putting a mouse in a beer bottle, they distanced themselves from the film. The filmmakers were also banned from filming in a Brewers Retail store, and from using the name "Brewers Retail". Filming also took place at the Old Fort Brewing Co. The ambulances used briefly were on loan from Metropolitan Toronto Ambulance. The price of Strange Brew ticket Strange Brew buy enough beer for an experience at least as memorable Strange Brew this one. Most of the album consisted of comedy sketches and film dialogue, while the music Strange Brew was usually accompanied by the characters' commentary. The main title Strange Brew was performed by Thomas' brother, Ian Thomas. The album was only available for a short time and currently remains out of print. This was the last album released Strange Brew the duo. As with the soundtrack album, the motion picture score was released for a short time and remains out of print. The album runs approximately 63 minutes and was composed and conducted by Charles Fox. The book featured pictures of the characters, stills from Strange Brewcomics, Strange Brew and much of the characters' humor. The book also included a joke library card with the names of numerous Canadian celebrities who had checked it out. The book was only available for a brief period and is currently out of print. A sequel to the film, entitled Home Brewwas planned for production Strange Brewbut financing fell through at the last minute. Principal photography was to begin on July 19, in Toronto. At one point, Todd McFarlane was to step in as executive producer to revive financing for the film, but never followed through. The Strange Brew, according to a Maple Palm Dave Thomas' production company release, would feature Bob and Doug, now working as garbage men, being convinced by a fast- talking insurance salesman Aykroyd to get into the microbrewing business. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Strange Brew other uses, see Strange Brew disambiguation. Theatrical release poster by John Solie. Release date. Running time. Main article: Strange Brew soundtrack. The Globe and Mail. Retrieved Rotten Tomatoes. Strange Brew New York Times. Washington Strange Brew. Archived from the original on Bob and Doug McKenzie. Rick Moranis Strange Brew Thomas. Strange Brew. McFarlane Action Figures Hoser. William Shakespeare 's Hamlet. Dumbshow Induction Quiddity Substitution. Sources Criticism. Moscow Art Theatre — Richard Burton Hamletmachine Dogg's Hamlet Fortinbras Rockabye Hamlet Hamlet, Revenge! Last Action Hero Hamlet Sons of Anarchy. Films directed by Dave Thomas. 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