In 1967, New Yorker John Donohue had the crazy idea of ??bringing beers to the front lines for his friends who were fighting in Vietnam. “The Greatest Beer Run Ever” with Zac Efron and Russell Crowe is a cinematic monument to his project.
It is the will that counts. Rarely have these words been more apt than in relation to New Yorker John “Chickie” Donohue, who in November 1967 embarked on a four-month trip to bring beer to friends from his neighborhood to the Vietnam front. His odyssey should open his eyes – about a war, the pictures of which he only knew from the television.
With “The Greatest Beer Run Ever” – available to stream on Apple TV – director Peter Farrelly cinematically stages this incredible trip with Zac Efron. Farrelly had already proven in 2018 with the tragic comedy “Green Book” that he knows how to combine humor with serious topics, but the 65-year-old seems to have found his master in the scenery of the Vietnam War. Like Donohue’s project, “The Greatest Beer Run Ever” is full of good intentions, but rarely manages to convince.
A detailed review of “The Greatest Beer Run Ever” by Ronny Rüsch and Axel Max – now in a new episode of the ntv podcast “Oscars
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