Strange Brew
1983, PG, 90 min.
D: Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis; with Thomas and Rick Moranis.

You remember the McKenzie Brothers from SCTV, Bob and Doug, those beer-guzzling Canadian slackers who broke out of their TV-sketch format to star in this feature-length movie written and directed by their alter egos Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis. Well, break open another six-pack as the Alamo brings back this funny movie about a couple of Canadians who sit around and drink a lot.

This article appears in May 5 • 2000.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.