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| Step Brothers (Single-Disc Unrated Edition) | 
| Director: Adam Mckay
Actors: Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Richard Jenkins, Mary Steenburgen, Ian Roberts
Studio: SONY PICTURES
Category: DVD
List Price: $28.96
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (59 reviews)
Sales Rank: 75
Format: Anamorphic, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD
Running Time: 203 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 28128
UPC: 043396281288
EAN: 0043396281288
ASIN: B001G5T6GW
Release Date: December 2, 2008
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
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Product Description
Brennan Huff, a sporadically employed thirty-nine-year-old who lives with his mother, Nancy. Dale Doback, a terminally unemployed forty-year-old who lives with his father, Robert. When Robert and Nancy marry and move in together, Brennan and Dale are forced to live with each other as step brothers. As their narcissism and downright aggressive laziness threaten to tear the family apart, these two middle-aged, immature, overgrown boys will orchestrate an insane, elaborate plan to bring their parents back together. To pull it off, they must form an unlikely bond that maybe, just maybe, will finally get them out of the house.
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Crude, juvenile, and proud of it, Step Brothers stars Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly as two 40-year-old men, both living at home and leading the lives of 13-year-old boys, who are thrown together when their single parents (Mary Steenburgen, Parenthood, and Richard Jenkins, Six Feet Under) get married. Brennan (Ferrell) and Dale (Reilly) start out hating each other as only teenage boys can--but things get even worse for their long-suffering parents when they become best friends. Step Brothers gets most of its mileage from very lowbrow humor, but hidden among the farts and masturbation jokes is the suggestion that while these guys may be emotionally arrested, so are Brennan's hotshot business executive brother (Adam Scott, Tell Me You Love Me) and his high-fiving frat-boy pals, just in a way that's condoned because it makes money. Also crucial is that Ferrell and Reilly capture adolescence in all its gruesome glory--the awkward insecurity but also the egomaniacal, arrogant self-centeredness. Mind you, this isn't the American version of The 400 Blows or anything--one of the movie's setpieces features Brennan tea-bagging Dale's drum set (and if you don't know what tea-bagging is... well, you will after seeing this movie). All in all, Step Brothers combines the adolescent humor of producer Judd Apatow (Superbad, Knocked Up) and the comic chemistry of Ferrell and Reilly (who previously costarred in Talladega Nights)--fans of either will find plenty to enjoy. --Bret Fetzer
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 Horrible from Start to Finish January 7, 2009
What was this, I could not believe how dumb and immature this movie was. I would not recommend it to anyone.
 movie purchase January 6, 2009
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I got it for my grandson & he was excited to get it I'm sure he loved it as it was something on his list.
Ferrell's movies are like a sugary energy drink January 6, 2009
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Will Ferrell is a funny guy. I wouldn't kick him outta bed for eating crackers(HUH?).
Okay, scratch that comment. But when watching any of his movies, you will often get a warm, fuzzy feeling in your brain(and your loins).
Uhhh, I meant to say there is often a mild rush of euphoria as you watch his childish tirades, uncouth mannerisms, and misplaced arrogance.
It gets to the point where you wish you could get down his pants(sheesh!)
Errr, I mean at some point your attention span inevitably starts to crash.
Ferrell and Reilly play the characters they should be in real life--two stupid, lazy, unemployed 40-yr-olds mooching off their parents.
Much of the humor here rides solely on the use of profantity. A cluster of F-bombs is fun and all, but it gets redundant. Plus it gets old. And repetitive.
But this does have some genuine laughable moments. Like when the step bros become best friends and pee together(and cross streams), look at nudy mags, or watch Steven Seagal movies. Funny stuff.
But their antics often get extremely childish and unbelievable. Plus, size matters! This gets too lengthy for comfort, and its only 98 minutes long. Plus I hate how nearly all comedies lately feel the need for a detached, preposterous climax that eludes any sense of logic.
All-in-all not a total waste of time, especially for the ignorant masses who will most likely squeal in exuberant delight. 2.5 stars.
to watch or not to watch January 6, 2009
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This movie was nonsense ten times over. Pretty funny in some parts and then just downright dumb in others. Depends on your mood whether you will like it or not.
Our society is in trouble if people are rating this a 5 star movie January 5, 2009
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
To give this movie 5 stars is saying it's a classic right up there with some of the other great 5 star comedies of Duck Soup, Blazing Saddles, Trading Places, Airplane, Caddyshack, and the like. I am sorry, but this is not even in the same league as Talladaga Nights, which at best is a solid 4 star romp. This movie was just trying to hard to be funny, yet it was annoying and obnoxious...and a comedy script was not even present, it just left like Will Ferrell and John C Reilly were just improving most of the movie. Its worrisome to see so many 5 star reviews and the reviewers where all over 13 years of age...yikes!
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