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List Price: $19.94 | | Label: Sony Pictures
Salesrank: 8054
Released: December 2, 2008 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Genre: Comedy
Rating: R
Release Date: 2-DEC-2008
Media Type: DVD
Description of Step Brothers (Single-Disc Rated Edition):
Crude, juvenile, and proud of it, Step Brothers stars Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly as two 40-year-old men, both living at home and leading the lives of 13-year-old boys, who are thrown together when their single parents (Mary Steenburgen, Parenthood, and Richard Jenkins, Six Feet Under) get married. Brennan (Ferrell) and Dale (Reilly) start out hating each other as only teenage boys can--but things get even worse for their long-suffering parents when they become best friends. Step Brothers gets most of its mileage from very lowbrow humor, but hidden among the farts and masturbation jokes is the suggestion that while these guys may be emotionally arrested, so are Brennan's hotshot business executive brother (Adam Scott, Tell Me You Love Me) and his high-fiving frat-boy pals, just in a way that's condoned because it makes money. Also crucial is that Ferrell and Reilly capture adolescence in all its gruesome glory--the awkward insecurity but also the egomaniacal, arrogant self-centeredness. Mind you, this isn't the American version of The 400 Blows or anything--one of the movie's setpieces features Brennan tea-bagging Dale's drum set (and if you don't know what tea-bagging is... well, you will after seeing this movie). All in all, Step Brothers combines the adolescent humor of producer Judd Apatow (Superbad, Knocked Up) and the comic chemistry of Ferrell and Reilly (who previously costarred in Talladega Nights)--fans of either will find plenty to enjoy. --Bret Fetzer
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Step Brothers (Single-Disc Rated Edition) Reviews:
Worth a few chuckles, but pretty stupid, inept, lazy comedy here 
2009-12-29 - Will Ferrell has done better comedy than this subpar effort. Personally, I like his brand of humor and his gags and facial expressions and over-the-top manners are usually right on the mark. However, Step Brothers is such a hapless, lame form of comedy, going to the most juvenile desperations and gimmicks to get laughs, that it becomes tiresome and forgettable after awhile. We have basically Will Ferrell and John C. Reiley as two forty-year old men who live at home together and are forced to step brothers when their mom and dad get together and marry. This does sound like a funny premise, right? And, for awhile, there are moments when this is a funny movie. But, after about twenty minutes of the film it is clear which direction this film is taking, as the potty jokes, overuse of profanity, crudeness, and general stupidity surface. I don't mind some crudeness or even profanity it is well-timed, but, in Step Brothers, they hit you over the head with it so much that it loses its effect. I'm not asking for a lot of cleverness, but you might think they could have put together a better effort. It must be nice to write a script as lazily put together as this, and have your two stars act like jackasses for two hours, and get paid. The movie seems to run as if it is all improvisation, because much of it is mindless, mistimed or awkward. Then, they throw in the fake Hollywood happier ever after ending to top it all off.
Don't get me wrong. There are a few laughs, and I suppose Will Ferrell is good enough for a rental. But, this film might have been better served being a skit on Saturday Night Live, because two hours is way too long. Watch it once, and then forget it.
never watched it 
2009-12-28 - i ordered this dvd bc i lost it at the library, so i never got to watch it. maybe one day i will..
Funny like falling face first into vomit.... 
2009-12-07 - Someone else's vomit, that is. Sad to see a talented guy like Reilly wasted in a septic tank like this. Ferrell I just don't get the appeal of. The guy never seems to be quite *there* in anything he does, especially this. It's like he's doing a (bad) impression of a comedian on American Idol.
HILARIOUS! 
2009-11-25 - THIS MOVIE IS HILARIOUS! WILL FARREL IS ONE OF THE FUNNIEST ACTORS BY FAR! WILL AND JOHN ARE THE GREATEST COMEDY TAG TEAM EVER! A DEFINATE MUST SEE.
Hilarious
2009-11-19 - Let me start off by saying this is not an intelligent comedy, nor is it completely slapstick and absurd. It has just the right balance of over the top and clever humor. If you're a fan of Will Ferel then I have to recommend this movie. If you hate his comedies then I'm sure this movie isn't for you. If you had a brother or sister live at home until they were 30 then I'm sure you can relate to this film in some way; I know that I can. Definitely worth picking up
