The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Chickie wants to support his friends fighting in Vietnam, so he does something wild—personally bring them American beer. What starts as a well-meaning journey quickly changes Chickie’s life and perspective. Based on a true story.
- Released:
- Runtime: 120 minutes
- Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
- Stars: Zac Efron, Russell Crowe, Bill Murray, Kyle Allen, Jake Picking, Will Ropp, Archie Renaux, Ruby Ashbourne Serkis, Will Hochman, Christopher Reed Brown, Joe Adler, MacGregor Arney, Hal Cumpston, Kristin Carey, Paul Adelstein, Matt Cook, Shirleyann Kaladjian, Kevin Tran
- Director: Peter Farrelly
Comments
- ivobg - 28 May 2024
Entertaining enough
I've had no expectations, didn't watched any trailers, just knew it's a story about some guy crossing ocean to bring beer to his friends in Vietnam.
The movie did not started very well for my taste, and I thought it's going to be some silly stuff, caught myself checking my phone.
But after he reached Vietnam, I couldn't move my eyes off the screen anymore.
It's entertaining enough, and it had a good soundtrack and camera work, directed very well. The acting wasn't bad, "Chickie" managed to make me feel the war atmosphere. At some point it was unpredictable how it's going to end, especially with some twists and turns, and that's the beauty of cinematography - no matter based on a true story or not.
But at the end it managed to deliver the message, and got me into thinking about many thinks in life that we have for granted. No war is good, even if it's a war to save the world.
To me this is one of the better movies in recent years, without show offs and material values, simply executed with heart and soul, that's why it deserves a good word.
I'll definitely recommend it to my friends. Giving it 8/10 just because it managed to surprise me and kept me entertained for 2 hours. - helgekoenig - 8 November 2023
Enjoyable one-time watch
This is the story about an ignorant and patriotic American that this, the best he can do to support his friends deployed to Vietnam, is by delivering them beer. During his journey he get a harsh lesson that war is truly horrible, everyone has an agenda and that his blind trust in his government and TV news must be reevaluated.
Sadly, our buffoonish protagonist has a very shallow character development. The horrors of war are very PG and feel a bit sanctioned.
Overall, an enjoyable one-time watch, albeit a very American one. As I could not imagine someone outside the USA would try something like that.
