The Greatest Beer Run Ever Poster

The Greatest Beer Run Ever (2022)

R 09/23/2022 Drama, Comedy, War 2h 6m
76%
User
Score
6.8/10
43%
39/100

Friendship has no last call.

Overview

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.

Peter Farrelly

Screenplay

Pete Jones

Screenplay

Brian Hayes Currie

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Zac Efron

Zac Efron

John 'Chickie' Donohue

Russell Crowe

Russell Crowe

Arthur Coates

Kyle Allen

Kyle Allen

Bobby Pappas

Bill Murray

Bill Murray

The Colonel

Jake Picking

Jake Picking

Rick Duggan

Will Ropp

Will Ropp

Kevin McLoone

Archie Renaux

Archie Renaux

Tom Collins

Ruby Ashbourne Serkis

Ruby Ashbourne Serkis

Christine

Will Hochman

Will Hochman

Tommy Minogue

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Media

Chickie's Great Idea

Chickie's Great Idea

Irish Hello

Irish Hello

Chickie Leaves Home

Chickie Leaves Home

Tom Collins Interview

Tom Collins Interview

Christine Donohue Interview

Christine Donohue Interview

Bobby Pappas Interview

Bobby Pappas Interview

Kevin McLoone Interview

Kevin McLoone Interview

Rick Duggan Interview

Rick Duggan Interview

An Inside Look

An Inside Look

Official Trailer

Official Trailer

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Poster
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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on October 8, 2022

This tells the true story of Chickie Donohue (Zac Efron) who decided that he was fed up hearing the continuing reports of bad news from the Vietnam war, and so decided to travel to the war zone - as a civilian - and take the serving friends from his neighbourhood some beer! Using a combination of guile and brass neck, he is soon in situ, where he encounters the cynical journalist Arthur Coates (Russell Crowe) before embarking on his trek to deliver his beer. If it were not fact, it would really beggar belief this - the hand that serendipity plays in ensuring not just his safety, but the manner in which he blags his way around this tortured land, is sometimes just a little too difficult to believe. Efron is never going to be a good versatile actor, but to give him his due he delivers well e...

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A review by Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots

Written on April 23, 2023

**By: Louisa Moore / www.ScreenZealots.com**

What bugs me the most about “The Greatest Beer Run Ever” is director Peter Farrelly’s indecisiveness. He can’t seem to pick a tone and stick with it. The first part is filled with lighthearted moments that make it seem like the film is a tailor-made crowd-pleasing movie. The last half of the film (and the strongest) is firm in its anti-war messaging. Farrelly tries to be too many things to too many people, and the result is a film that feels at odds with itself.

Set in 1967, the film tells the true story of Chickie Donohue (Zac Efron), a man who wants to do something special to show his support for his neighborhood friends serving in Vietnam. He gets the outrageous idea to hand-deliver cans of beer to them on the front lines so the...

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A review by Chandler Danier

Written on December 27, 2023

Unfortunately not funny. Good war footage and engaging fish-out-of-water scenes. Crowe stuff is great. Kind of like Forrest Gump....

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