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Step Brothers
I was wondering why Columbia Pictures was having early, midnight screenings of Step Brothers and now I know why. The studio wants word of mouth to get running by the middle of Friday. With content that is made for your typical midnight-showing audience, the first official reports agree that this collaboration is hilarious.
Early Reviews: Step Brothers
So far all the reviews for Step Brothers have been positive. While just about all of them claim that the film takes absurdity to the next level, you should be laughing every step of the way.
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With Step Brothers, Will Ferrell seems to be intentionally setting up a target for critics who have lambasted him reusing a man-child persona in most of his roles. In this movie, Ferrell’s character Brennan is as dumb as his version George W. Bush, as enthusiastic as a Spartan cheerleader, as convinced of his own importance as Ron Burgundy and as obsessed with toys as Buddy the Elf. And, to prove that you shouldn’t fix it if it ain’t broke, Step Brothers is hilarious, an ode to the adolescent that lives within us all but takes human form in Will Ferrell.
Step Brothers is filled with dozens of quotable lines that your local middle-schoolers are sure to be spouting soon. The best has to be when Dale hears Brennan sing for the first time and tells him, with tears in his eyes, “You voice is like a combination between Fergie and Jesus. I can’t even look at you right now.” That’s a pretty good approximation of the Step Brothers tone, in case you haven’t caught any of Ferrell and McKay’s efforts before—irreverent, silly, and a little bit emotional at its core.
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While your tolerance for “Step Brothers” will rely upon your willingness to find moronic behavior and potty-mouthed dialogue funny, I must admit that the film had me laughing consistently almost the entire way through.
What McKay does do, however, is find the humor in the situation, aided sharply by Ferrell and Reilly, both of whom bring outrageously funny new shades to characters they could probably play in their sleep by now. Even Steenburgen and Jenkins get the chance to score some laughs.
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Step Brothers
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