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 enlarge | Director: Adam Mckay
Actors: Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Mary Steenburgen, Richard Jenkins, Wayne Federman
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
List Price: $39.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  58 reviews
Sales Rank: 348
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), Cantonese (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Korean (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: Unrated
Media: Blu-ray
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 98
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: 26112
UPC: 043396261129
EAN: 0043396261129
ASIN: B001G5T6GC
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: December 2, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Columbia Pictures Step Brothers (Blu-ray)
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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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 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!
Crude is not the problem... January 5, 2009
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I liked Superbad and Knocked Up, loved Forgetting Sarah Marshall, 40-Year-Old Virgin was okay, Talladega Nights was funny...so the fact that Step Brothers is crude is not the problem I have with it. And the fact that it is dumb is not the big issue either. There is just not one single character to like in this movie. They are all selfish jerks and/or selfish idiots. The parents were stupid, unlike Kathy Bates and Terry Bradshaw in Failure to Launch which was tonally quite different but had the same grown-man-who-won't-move-out thing going on... For what it's worth I couldn't sit through Anchorman but thought Blades of Glory was kind of funny. If your likes and dislikes match mine, then Step Brothers is one to skip.
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