Take a trip to where the experts roost like rotten tomatoes or something and you’ll see that it didn’t get a very good score. However, speak with any layman who saw the film and you’ll get quite a different answer.

We really aren’t under any delusion when we watched this movie. We loved it. Hell, we made an unofficial fan site about it, but obviously this wasn’t Citizen Kane or something. If we wanted that, we would have watched Citizen Kane.

No, Beer League was good for a different reason in that it attempted, and partially succeeded, in breathing life into the dying genre known as comedy. Name a good recent comedy movie with a straight face. You’d be hard pressed.

Beer League might not have been well-received by the critics we honor as “experts” but for what it tried to do and how it genuinely made us laugh at times – yes, it was worth every penny. If you want to see for yourself, then fire up Netflix or check out the RedBox. Some television services that we know off-hand like cable-tv.com/cable-packages/ have movie channels that have carried the film as well.

Don’t take our word for it. Decide for yourself.

If you have ever seen the movie Beer League, then you would know that this movie centers around Artie Devanzo a guy who is the town drunk and has no job or a girlfriend. He spends alot of his time at Ed’s Bar and Swill. Artie has decided to play baseball for Ed’s Bar and Swill against his arch enemy Dennis Mangenelli who has a league named Mangenelli Fitness. Well, in their first game against each other the teams become involved in a big fight against each other.I found some more information here. When the towns police chief puts and end to the fight by claiming that who ever wins the season will be the one team that gets to remain in the league, and the team that loses will be completely out of the league for good. This movie seems to center around a loser nobody who steps up to the plate and finally tries to achieve something in his life. Although his team fails anyways, he is still considered a winner,and he will surely make himself so buy stealing the winners trophy. The producer Artie Lange who actually stared as the main character seem to portray the character quit with great wit and humor. Beer League made a maximum of $475,000 dollars and was not met with a very popular reception.

The nice touch to the costumes in the film is the sloppiness of the costumes’ appearance. This might seem like a rather odd positive point to the costumes. How could a sloppy and decidedly less than professional look present something appealing on screen? The reason is the goal of the costume is to help get the characters across as believable. It is this believability that has you rooting for them as well as laughing at their humorous moments. Would they really be funny if they did not look the part?

Costuming tries to have a psychological effect on audiences. It can often do so without the audience even noticing. Such is the case with Beer League where mundane furniture delivers decidedly excellent results.

The costume choice for Artie DeVanzo is perfect. The audience gets a real sense of the mess of a man he is at the start of this rated R film.You can find a quick rundown here He is a looser in life and love who still lives at home. The character is a drunk and a slob who just can’t get it together. That is until the potential for love and happiness walks into his life. There is not much of a difference in the costumes from the opening of the film the close for Artie. However, they do clean him up a bit throughout his journey of true love.

Artie’s love interest is usually portrayed in sexy clothes. The costume choices for his friends have been perfectly picked to convey a hard working class of guys that are just making it. The viewer gets a real picture of the life of a working-class group of men who just want to win the big game and finally have a moment of glory.

They put it all on the line and came together in the end for the big game. However, they do not win and had to quite the beer league forever. Although, Artie’s character refused to let their rivals lay a hand on the winning trophy. So, he stole it and headed back to the Jersey Shore with it.

The setting for this film was New Jersey. There were several filming sites all in New Jersey that include: Bayonne, Lyndhurst, Rutherford, Wood-Ridge, North Arlington and Seaside Heights. Lange is a New Jersey native and wanted to create an off colored adult comedy film that took place in his home state. Many scenes were in bars, ball field and such. This was to set the mood for the viewers of his namesake character’s life.

Later on in the film, Artie hooks up with an old flame of his named Linda and after an encounter, she finds herself regretting but Artie wants to pursue a meaningful relationship.

Before the big game against Mangelli’s, Ed’s Bar and Swill pitcher collapses and dies during practice. During the funeral, the whole team drinks heavily and becomes too drunk to play. At the game, team Mangelli gets a 10 run lead on Ed’s. After a big rally heavily lead by Artie, the team still loses to Mangelli’s but Artie does not hand over the game trophy. Instead he steals the trophy and heads for the Jersey Shore with his new girlfriend Linda.

Just in time, love enters Artie’s life and transforms him on a personal level, as well as improving his softball skills too! His life is looking up, and so are the odds of winning the coveted league trophy.Is this new to you? Catch up here This troubled group will have to work really hard, and overcome lots of obstacles, in order to hold that trophy in their hands. Plus, Artie will have to deal with new love and the relationship problems that go with it.

The main characters are all charmingly flawed, and the humor may be crude but it is totally hysterical. The actors all do a great job with the character they are playing, making this well written low-budget movie thoroughly entertaining and enjoyable to watch.

Artie is the main character who doesn’t seem to ever be able to hold down a job or a relationship, but ends up finding an old girlfriend by the name of Linda Salvo who ends up changing the way he looks at things, to his friend’s dismay. Throughout the movie Artie is seen playing many games of ball, but still is in the romantic relationship with Linda, although at times it seems very sketchy. The high point of the movie is when he loses the game but steals the trophy and takes off to a completely different area of country.

Beer League was far from a box office hit as it was only released in a select few theaters in the Cleveland, New York, New Jersey, and Philidelphia areas. It aired for only two weeks and grossed a total of $472,185, most of which came in during the opening weekend. Critical reception was mixed, but the film did receive it’s fair share of positive reviews and is considered by many fans to be a cult classic. Beer League was released on DVD in January of 2007.
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