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I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell Trailer Review: D+
Pros: Gross-out humor for the teen in all of us.
Cons: Misogyny; unoriginal plot; guaranteed poop jokes.
Tucker Max, Mr. "I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell," launched his website back in 2002 on a dare. He used the site to write somewhat exaggerated stories about his sexual exploits and nights of drunken debauchery.
A typical TuckerMax.com story involves vomit, anal sex, strippers, or all three combined. Yeah, it’s not really classy stuff – but look at the success of the Girls Gone Wild series, Jackass, or even Old School.
Tucker Max got a lucrative book contract to publish some of his stories in 2006. The result was “I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell.” The book made the New York Times Bestseller list in 2006, 2007 and 2008 (at numbers 26, 26, and 12).
He got sued in 2003 and 2006 for invasion of privacy and libel, relating to stories on his website. Those kinds of charges are extremely hard to prove in court, and the charges were dismissed.
OK, that’s enough background. Let’s talk about the I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell trailer.
0:14 -- A joke about murdering overweight women. “Fat girls aren’t real people.” Nice start.
0:40 -- OK, the plot is three guys going to a strip club, which is pretty unoriginal.
Next minute or so is PG-rated strip club B-roll, which tells teen boys “there will be boobs in this movie, and more in the unrated DVD version.”
1:15: -- A phone call to the unknowing fiance from the strip club. (Wouldn’t he step outside for a smoke before calling her?)
1:30 -- Oops! Tucker’s peeing behind a Dumpster and the cops find him!
1:45 -- Tucker Max’s “porn name” is Scott Peterson. Ouch. Too soon?
2:00 -- Some sort of conflict about jail and a wedding.
That’s about it. The I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell trailer is really more of a teaser, I guess. IMDb says that the plot involves Tucker Max abandoning his friend (who is in trouble with his fiance) to “pursue a hilarious carnal interest.”
OK, what have we learned? I think it’s pretty clear that Tucker Max is offering teen boys the opportunity to see some boobs, puke, and possibly old-person sex.
Call me a prude, but that’s just not my cup of tea. I liked The Hangover, which I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell suspiciously resembles, but The Hangover had a little mystery plot – “we lost the groom!”
The I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell trailer only promises a jerk protagonist and a mediocre plot. I’m sure it will make millions of dollars, but I’m going to skip it.