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Beer (1985)

Beer poster
Directed by
Patrick Kelly
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 20m
Rated
R
Rating
4.4 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A comedy that makes fun of the television commercial industry. It follows a group of people trying to sell a brand of beer through an ad campaign.

satiricalfast-pacedwryplayfuldatedlight-heartedcynical

What happens

Beer (also known as The Selling of America) is a 1985 American comedy film produced by Orion Pictures that satirizes the advertising industry, specifically the TV commercial industry. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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