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Step Brothers
(directed by Adam McKay, 2008)
Oh, dear. Unfortunately, Step Brothers was a little out of step.
I thought that the step mom, played by Mary Steenburgen, was actually funnier than the step brothers.
Mary Steenburgen and Richard Jenkins are getting married -- Mary's moving in with Richard, and she's bringing her son, Will Ferrell, along. Richard Jenkins' son, John C. Reilly, already lives at the house and he'll be sharing a room with Will Ferrell. Will and John -- or actually, I should start using character names for once -- BRENNAN and DALE are both around 40 years old, but they act like 10 year olds. LITERALLY.
This isn't what's wrong with the film, though -- and, also, in my opinion, Step Brothers isn't as bad as some other "comedies" I've seen out there. But it'll sure make you appreciate something like Observe and Report even more.
I dunno how to describe it... it's just a manic mess. There are fart jokes. There are white dog poop jokes. There's an out of control, sex craved sister-in-law who falls heels over head in love with DALE (John C. Reilly). That was kind of funny, but could have been better.
The pacing was certainly a lot better than Sex Drive's, but it made me do something I hate doing...
I fast forwarded through the last ten minutes. I saw and understood what happened, but I was READY TO SHUT THAT THING OFF!
Oh yeah, I remember something that I thought of when I was actually watching the movie -- This is the kind of movie that monkeys should sit down and watch, because Brennan and Dale are a lot like monkeys. By the end of the film, both of them are even hanging out in a tree and wearing Chewbacca masks. Monkeys would like this movie -- for awhile. Then they'd probably fling some poop at the television screen.
(directed by Adam McKay, 2008)
Oh, dear. Unfortunately, Step Brothers was a little out of step.
I thought that the step mom, played by Mary Steenburgen, was actually funnier than the step brothers.
Mary Steenburgen and Richard Jenkins are getting married -- Mary's moving in with Richard, and she's bringing her son, Will Ferrell, along. Richard Jenkins' son, John C. Reilly, already lives at the house and he'll be sharing a room with Will Ferrell. Will and John -- or actually, I should start using character names for once -- BRENNAN and DALE are both around 40 years old, but they act like 10 year olds. LITERALLY.
This isn't what's wrong with the film, though -- and, also, in my opinion, Step Brothers isn't as bad as some other "comedies" I've seen out there. But it'll sure make you appreciate something like Observe and Report even more.
I dunno how to describe it... it's just a manic mess. There are fart jokes. There are white dog poop jokes. There's an out of control, sex craved sister-in-law who falls heels over head in love with DALE (John C. Reilly). That was kind of funny, but could have been better.
The pacing was certainly a lot better than Sex Drive's, but it made me do something I hate doing...
I fast forwarded through the last ten minutes. I saw and understood what happened, but I was READY TO SHUT THAT THING OFF!
Oh yeah, I remember something that I thought of when I was actually watching the movie -- This is the kind of movie that monkeys should sit down and watch, because Brennan and Dale are a lot like monkeys. By the end of the film, both of them are even hanging out in a tree and wearing Chewbacca masks. Monkeys would like this movie -- for awhile. Then they'd probably fling some poop at the television screen.