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Brennan Huff (Ferrell) is a sporadically unemployed thirty-nine-year-old who lives with his divorcee mother, Nancy ([[Mary Steenburgen |
Brennan Huff (Ferrell) is a sporadically unemployed thirty-nine-year-old who lives with his divorcee mother, Nancy ([[Mary Steenburgen]]). Dale Doback (Reilly) is a terminally [[Unemployment|unemployed]] forty-year-old who lives with his widower father, Robert ([[Richard Jenkins]]). When Robert and Nancy get married and move in together, Brennan and Dale are forced to live with each other as step brothers. They immediately don't like each other, and Dale warns Brennan not to touch his [[Drum kit|drum set]]. Later, Brennan plays on the drum set as a way to spite Dale. Dale enters the room and notices a chip on one of his drumsticks and confronts Brennan about it. Brennan denies this but Dale doesn't believe him. Brennan then goes and places his [[testicle]]s all over Dales drums and they both get into a huge fight. The fight ends as Dale and Brennan strike each other at the same time with a bat and a golf club. The parents declare that the irresponsible men should find jobs or else they're out of the house. Later on, Brennan's successful but mean-spirited younger brother Derek ([[Adam Scott (actor)|Adam Scott]]) comes to visit with his family. As Brennan and Dale hide in Dale's tree house, Derek comes to mock Brennan and Dale. Angered by Derek, Dale [[Punch (strike)|punches]] Derek in the face. Brennan is in awe that Dale did something to Derek that he always wanted to do. After this occurred, Derek's long-suffering wife Alice ([[Kathryn Hahn]]) finds it arousing that Dale punched Derek, becoming [[Infatuation|infatuated]] with him. Both men eventually realize that they have a lot in common, and become best friends. They take [[job interview]]s at which they perform quite poorly. Walking home, Brennan and Dale decide to start their own company called "Prestige Worldwide" and encounter kids from a local school that beat up Dale on a regular basis. The kids beat up Dale and Brennan and force them to lick white dog excrement. At home, the parents reveal that they are going to retire and allow Derek to sell the house forcing them to find other living arrangements. Dale and Brennan sabotage Derek's plans by dressing as bad neighbors (a [[Ku Klux Klan|Klansman]] and a [[Nazi]]) and pretending Brennan had died in front of the buyers. Soon they create a [[music video]] to promote their singing talents being shot on Robert's boat hence the name of the song "boats and hoes," and show it to the parents, Derek, and others at Derek's birthday party. The video reveals that the boat was crashed into rocks, and a furious Robert spanks them upon arriving home. |
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| Directed by | Adam McKay |
| Written by | Screenplay: Adam McKay Will Ferrell Story: Adam McKay Will Ferrell John C. Reilly |
| Produced by | Jimmy Miller Judd Apatow Adam McKay (exec.) Will Ferrell (exec.) |
| Starring | Will Ferrell John C. Reilly Richard Jenkins Mary Steenburgen Adam Scott Kathryn Hahn Rob Riggle |
| Cinematography | Oliver Wood |
| Edited by | Brent White |
| Music by | Jon Brion |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures Apatow Productions |
Release date | July 25, 2008 |
Running time | Theatrical cut 98 min. Unrated cut 105 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Languages | English Spanish |
| Budget | $65,000,000 |
| Box office | $127,995,355 (worldwide) |
Step Brothers is a 2008 slapstick buddy-comedy film directed by Adam McKay, produced by Judd Apatow and Jimmy Miller, and stars Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly, who last teamed up in Talladega Nights (2006). The screenplay was written by Ferrell and McKay, from a story written by Ferrell, McKay and Reilly. The film was released theatrically on July 25, 2008, and on DVD and Blu-Ray on December 2, 2008.
Plot
Act I
Brennan Huff (Ferrell) is a sporadically unemployed thirty-nine-year-old who lives with his divorcee mother, Nancy (Mary Steenburgen). Dale Doback (Reilly) is a terminally unemployed forty-year-old who lives with his widower father, Robert (Richard Jenkins). When Robert and Nancy get married and move in together, Brennan and Dale are forced to live with each other as step brothers. They immediately don't like each other, and Dale warns Brennan not to touch his drum set. Later, Brennan plays on the drum set as a way to spite Dale. Dale enters the room and notices a chip on one of his drumsticks and confronts Brennan about it. Brennan denies this but Dale doesn't believe him. Brennan then goes and places his testicles all over Dales drums and they both get into a huge fight. The fight ends as Dale and Brennan strike each other at the same time with a bat and a golf club. The parents declare that the irresponsible men should find jobs or else they're out of the house. Later on, Brennan's successful but mean-spirited younger brother Derek (Adam Scott) comes to visit with his family. As Brennan and Dale hide in Dale's tree house, Derek comes to mock Brennan and Dale. Angered by Derek, Dale punches Derek in the face. Brennan is in awe that Dale did something to Derek that he always wanted to do. After this occurred, Derek's long-suffering wife Alice (Kathryn Hahn) finds it arousing that Dale punched Derek, becoming infatuated with him. Both men eventually realize that they have a lot in common, and become best friends. They take job interviews at which they perform quite poorly. Walking home, Brennan and Dale decide to start their own company called "Prestige Worldwide" and encounter kids from a local school that beat up Dale on a regular basis. The kids beat up Dale and Brennan and force them to lick white dog excrement. At home, the parents reveal that they are going to retire and allow Derek to sell the house forcing them to find other living arrangements. Dale and Brennan sabotage Derek's plans by dressing as bad neighbors (a Klansman and a Nazi) and pretending Brennan had died in front of the buyers. Soon they create a music video to promote their singing talents being shot on Robert's boat hence the name of the song "boats and hoes," and show it to the parents, Derek, and others at Derek's birthday party. The video reveals that the boat was crashed into rocks, and a furious Robert spanks them upon arriving home.
Act II
During Christmas time, the boys sleepwalk and attack Robert after he wakes them up. Angered by this, Robert forces himself to divorce Nancy and put all the blame on them. Dale and Brennan blame each other for the divorce and go back to hating each other. They go their separate ways as they both get apartments. Brennan starts working for Derek and Dale becomes a caterer. Brennan decides he wants to arrange Derek's sales party, The Catalina Wine Mixer. Derek lets him do it but only with his rude co-worker Randy (Rob Riggle) watching over him. At the party, the family meets again just as the band singer (Horatio Sanz) quits due to a heckler. Robert realizes that the boys are miserable and tells them to be themselves again and go for their dream. Brennan and Dale go on stage as Prestige Worldwide and with Brennan's singing of the song Por Ti Volare, the parents and Derek have a change of character. Robert and Nancy fall in love again after realizing why they fell in love in the first place, Dale breaks off his relationship with Alice after she fantasizes him as a centaur and herself as a woman in the woods, and Derek regains the love for his brother after bringing up a memory of them when they were little and Brennan helped him fly a kite for the first time. Since this, Dale and Brennan have become a successful karaoke duo. Brennan is now in a relationship with his therapist Denise (Andrea Savage). Derek and his children are now nicer and more respectful and Derek is in the process of learning to become less of an egotistical jerk. Robert and Nancy get married again and move back into the house with a new tree house made from the destroyed boat just for Dale and Brennan although Derek and his kids also go to enjoy it, and in the tree house are Hustler magazines, crossbows, pirate hats (which when Brennan wears one makes his girlfriend aroused), and Chewbacca masks, though only one is movie quality.
Cast
- Will Ferrell as Brennan Huff
- John C. Reilly as Dale Doback
- Richard Jenkins as Robert Doback
- Mary Steenburgen as Nancy Huff-Doback
- Adam Scott as Derek Huff
- Kathryn Hahn as Alice Huff
- Andrea Savage as Denise
- Rob Riggle as Randy
- Lurie Poston as Tommy Huff
- Travis T. Flory as Redheaded Kid
- Ken Jeong as Employment Agent
- Wayne Federman as Don (Blind Man)
- Seth Rogen (cameo) as Sporting Goods Store Manager
- Horatio Sanz (cameo) as Singer at the Catalina Wine Mixer
Reception
The film has received mixed reviews. As of January 2009, the film has a 55% rotten rating based on reviews from critics at the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. At the website MetaCritic, which utilizes a normalized rating system, the film earned a mixed rating of 51/100 based on 33 reviews.
Step Brothers, as of January 2009, has grossed $100,468,793 domestically, and an additional $27 million internationally.[1]
DVD release
The film was released in a single-disc rated edition and unrated edition and a 2-disc unrated edition on December 2, 2008.
References
External links
- Official site
- Step Brothers at IMDb
- Step Brothers at AllMovie
- Step Brothers at Box Office Mojo
- Step Brothers at Rotten Tomatoes
- Scoring Session Photo Gallery ScoringSessions.com
- Step Brothers Trailer playnetworks.net
- Step Brothers Film Review godisinthetvzine.co.uk