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Step Brothers

Step Brothers (2008)

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Average Rating: 5.5/10
Reviews Counted: 179
Fresh: 98 | Rotten: 81

The relentless immaturity of the humor is not a total handicap for this film, which features the consistently well-matched talents of Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly.

46

Average Rating: 5.1/10
Critic Reviews: 35
Fresh: 16 | Rotten: 19

The relentless immaturity of the humor is not a total handicap for this film, which features the consistently well-matched talents of Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly.

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Average Rating: 3.6/5
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Movie Info

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby co-stars Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly re-team with that film's director, Adam McKay, to tell the tale of two pampered best friends whose single parents fall in love and decide to marry. McKay and Ferrell share screenwriting credits, and Judd Apatow and Jimmy Miller produce. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

R, 1 hr. 38 min.

Comedy

Will Ferrell, Adam McKay

Dec 2, 2008

$100.5M

Columbia Pictures

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All Critics (182) | Top Critics (36) | Fresh (99) | Rotten (85) | DVD (16)

Unremittingly juvenile and irredeemably funny.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: CNN.com | Comment
CNN.com
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Don't watch it on an airplane, don't check it out on cable, don't walk past the bargain basement bin where it's been sold.

July 28, 2008 Comments (40)
Ebert & Roeper
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There's a good subject for satire here, the extended adolescence of American kids. But satire presupposes maturity, or at least some perspective.

July 25, 2008 Full Review Source: Wall Street Journal | Comment
Wall Street Journal
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The concept is inherently funny, but the plot grows thin and the laughs grow fewer once the premise is established.

July 25, 2008 Full Review Source: USA Today | Comment
USA Today
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A movie of unrelenting idiocy featuring boorish behaviour, unrealistic character development and ludicrous plotting.

July 25, 2008 Full Review Source: Toronto Star | Comments (9)
Toronto Star
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Ferrell, the Hollywood star most notorious for going naked in his movies, shows off only his belly, and that for a teasing second. For most of the rest of the time, you'll be reveling in, or enduring, one more exhibition of grown men playing children.

July 25, 2008 Full Review Source: TIME Magazine | Comment (1)
TIME Magazine
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McKay and co. manage to pull off a strangely heart-warming finale.

July 14, 2011 Full Review Source: Digital Spy | Comment
Digital Spy

Foul-mouthed Ferrell comedy isn't very funny. No kids.

December 19, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comments (3)
Common Sense Media

You know you're in trouble when the cleverest parts of your movie are the ironic T-shirts, worn unironically ... (but) a bonus is deserved by the person who dug up the Pablo Cruise shirt.

December 24, 2009 Full Review Source: Florida Times-Union | Comment
Florida Times-Union

Step Brothers is a rowdy, rambunctious, fitful, against-the-wall comedy. Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, and director writer Adam McKay heave comedy, like spaghetti, against the wall. About half sticks; the other half makes a real mess.

February 1, 2009 Full Review Source: Fayetteville Free Weekly | Comments (2)
Fayetteville Free Weekly

... surpreendente que, em meio a tanta estupidez, o filme seja realmente engraçado e consiga criar dois personagens tăo carismáticos, chegando a incluir, aqui e ali, momentos que, de uma forma sutil, se revelam tocantes.

January 31, 2009 Comment
Cinema em Cena

It's one joke, already predictable, and it gets old fast.

January 19, 2009 Full Review Source: Window to the Movies | Comments (3)
Window to the Movies

...flat-out entertaining...

December 21, 2008 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | Comment (1)
Reel Film Reviews

The two-disc unrated Blu-ray version of Step Brothers comes with more extras than you'd ever expect (or ask for).

December 2, 2008 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | Comment
Apollo Guide

Only occasionally funny and about three times as long as the material justifies, it's boring and just a little bit embarrassing to sit through.

December 2, 2008 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | Comments (8)
Apollo Guide

Both of these basement dwellers should have been sent to their rooms . . . for 98 minutes.

November 29, 2008 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comment
Movie Metropolis

When Step Brothers is funny, it's hilarious. But when it isn't funny, the second hand of your watch sounds peculiarly loud.

October 29, 2008 Full Review | Comment (1)
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
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Audience Reviews for Step Brothers

I dont think ill ever get over this film, makes me laugh uncontrollably, but i wont understand how it got a rating of 55%?!

March 24, 2012
scottgreen96

Super Reviewer

A hilarious film with non-stop laughs. John C. Reilly and Will Ferrell are a perfect comedic duo.

March 1, 2012
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Chris Miele

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