‘The Greatest Beer Run Ever’ Falls Short (Review)
Peter Farrelly's follow-up to his mawkish Best Picture winner 'Green Book' is a more interesting film, but I'm not sure 'The Greatest Beer Run Ever' is a good movie.
Actually, I'm quite positive that it isn't, but it is an inherently watchable one.
That has everything to do with Zac Efron, who makes a rather unlikeable character surprisingly sympathetic. He plays John "Chickie" Donohue, a merchant Marine in 1967 New York City who concocts a rather ridiculous plan while out shittalking at the bar with his buddies.
Zac Efron brings his buddy a PBR in 'The Greatest Beer Run Ever' (Apple TV+)
From the Five Boroughs to Da Nang
If this wasn't based on a true story, you'd be forgiven for thinking the plot was absurd. Chickie makes a plan to go to Vietnam and deliver cans of Pabs...