'The Greatest Beer Run Ever' ... 👍 or 👎 or 🍻?

September 30, 2022

New Apple TV+ movie The Greatest Beer Run Ever hooked me with its title alone. Based on a true story about a guy who delivered some brewskis to U.S. soldiers fighting in the Vietnam War, it sounds like an upbeat comedy about a minor hero.

It's directed by Peter Farrelly, one-half of the team that graced the world with Dumb and Dumber and There's Something About Mary. (I'll never forget that "we got a bleeder!" scene.)

Farrelly moved on from that sort of gross-out comedy, going on to win the Best Picture Oscar for Green Book. So I'm looking forward to The Greatest Beer Run Ever, even if Cult of Mac reviewer Scout Tafoya didn't enjoy it. Scout didn't care much for the movie's light touch when it comes to the politics of war and America's place on the world stage.

The thing is, sometimes I don't want a movie that hits me over the head with depressing facts. Sometimes I just want an entertaining diversion that gets my mind off the current state of affairs in the real world.

That and a cold beer sound like a perfect Friday night to me.

Cheers!

-- Lewis Wallace, managing editor

With new movie The Greatest Beer Run Ever, Apple TV+ seems anxious to pick up some easy awards from industry insiders who prefer heartwarming tales of friendship and broad gestures over strong ideas and nuance.

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