Step Brothers (2008)
Average Rating: 5.5/10
Reviews Counted: 181
Fresh: 100 | 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.
Average Rating: 5.3/10
Critic Reviews: 41
Fresh: 22 | 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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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
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Cast
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Will Ferrell
Brennan Huff -
John C. Reilly
Dale Doback -
Mary Steenburgen
Nancy Huff -
Richard Jenkins
Dr. Robert Doback -
Adam Scott
Derek -
Kathryn Hahn
Alice -
Andrea Savage
Denise -
Lurie Poston
Tommy -
Elizabeth Yozamp
Tiffany -
Logan Manus
Chris Gardoki -
Travis Flory
Redheaded Kid -
Lili McKay
7-year-old girl -
Shira Piven
Nurse -
Seth Morris
Doctor -
Wayne Federman
Blind Man -
Maria Quiban
TV Anchor -
Danielle Schneider
Receptionist -
Gillian Vigman
Pam Gringe -
Brian Huskey
Interviewer -
Seth Rogen
Sporting Goods Manager -
Brian Henchy
Interviewer -
Chris Henchy
First homebuyer -
Mary Catherine Hamelin
First homebuyer -
Ian Roberts
Male Therapist -
Erica Vittana Phillips
Second homebuyer -
Phil LaMarr
second homebuyer -
Rob Riggle
Randy -
Jason Davis
TJ -
Paula Killen
Rental Agent -
Ken Jeong
Employment Agent -
Horatio Sanz
Lead Singer -
Kyle Felts
Wine Mixer Heckler -
Jake Szymanski
Caterer -
Matt Walsh
Drunk Corporate Guy -
Dmitri Schuyler-Linch
6-year-old Derek -
Bryce Hurless
9-year-old Brennan -
Brent White
Therapy Patient
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All Critics (184) | Top Critics (42) | Fresh (101) | Rotten (85) | DVD (16)
Unremittingly juvenile and irredeemably funny.
Despite some obvious flaws, 'Step Brothers' remains a hugely enjoyable, well-constructed slice of lowbrow Saturday night entertainment, leaving Ferrell's position as the reigning king of US comedy secure for a while longer.
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.
Brideshead Revisited, it turns out, deserves a revisit.
There's a good subject for satire here, the extended adolescence of American kids. But satire presupposes maturity, or at least some perspective.
The concept is inherently funny, but the plot grows thin and the laughs grow fewer once the premise is established.
Step Brothers is unashamedly dumb, unoriginal and downright offensively childish. But aren't these the very same reasons why people like these movies?
McKay and co. manage to pull off a strangely heart-warming finale.
Foul-mouthed Ferrell comedy isn't very funny. No kids.
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.
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.
... surpreendente que, em meio a tanta estupidez, o filme seja realmente engraçado e consiga criar dois personagens tão carismáticos, chegando a incluir, aqui e ali, momentos que, de uma forma sutil, se revelam tocantes.
It's one joke, already predictable, and it gets old fast.
...flat-out entertaining...
The two-disc unrated Blu-ray version of Step Brothers comes with more extras than you'd ever expect (or ask for).
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.
Both of these basement dwellers should have been sent to their rooms . . . for 98 minutes.
Audience Reviews for Step Brothers
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- Brennan Huff: Hey Derek, Sprechen ze dick!!!
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- Dale Doback: I am warning you, if you touch my drums, I will stab you in the neck with a knife.
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- Brennan Huff: Hey Derek, you know what's good for shoulder pain?
- Derek: What?
- Brennan Huff: If you lick my butt-hole.
- Dale Doback: Snap!
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- Dale Doback: OK on the count of three name your favourite dinosaur, don't even think about it just do it. 1, 2, 3
- Brennan Huff: Philosoraptor.
- Dale Doback: Philosoraptor.
- Brennan Huff: Favourite non-pornographic magazine to masturbate to.
- Dale Doback: Good Housekeeping.
- Brennan Huff: Good Housekeeping.
- Brennan Huff: If you were a chick who's the one guy you'd sleep with?
- Dale Doback: John Stamos.
- Brennan Huff: John Stamos.
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- Dale Doback: Dad please shut up
- Brennan Huff: PLEASE SHUT UP!
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- Brennan Huff: I'm gonna fill, a pillow case, full of bars of soap, and beat the shit out of you!
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