Step Brothers Inspiration

Since I have watched Step Brothers, now I want to do all the things shown on the film, from making a music video, to going to job interviews in tuxedos. Its all there. I'm just waiting for random, ordinary people to do this and post it on youtube for the world to see.

Will Ferrell: Quality vs. Quantity

So, the question is, how do two of the funniest people on the planet make one of the most frustrating films to come out in quite awhile? Well, the simple answer is over-confidence, but the right answer is a little more complex.

Step Brothers has the talent and the premise to be a legendary comedy, right up there with 40 Year Old Virgin and Stripes, but unfortunately, it lacks the heart, direction, and depth of those far superior films. Dale and Brennan don't exist. Never at any point do either of them even come close to vaguely representing real human beings. They're beyond caricatures. They're excuses for Ferrell and Reilly to goof around. Step Brothers would be more accurately titled Will Ferrell's New Project because the film itself is less a movie and more an excuse to try out new gags. Anchorman's Ron Burgandy is a real person. So is Buddy from Elf and even Frank from Old School. They remind us of people we know and possess characteristics we do. That's why they'll be fondly remembered. Unlike Dale and Brennan.

Step Brothers Movie Review

Brennan Huff (Ferrell) is a sporadically unemployed thirty-nine-year-old who lives with his divorcee mother, Nancy . Dale Doback (Reilly) is a terminally unemployed forty-year-old who lives with his widower father, Robert. 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. 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. At a sales party for helicopters, the Catalina Wine Mixer (arranged by Brennan), the family meets again just as the band quits due to a heckler. Robert realizes that the boys are miserable and tells them to be themselves again and go for their dream.

Step Brothers movie Trailer.

Step Brothers

Brennan Huff and Dale Doback are both about 40 when Brennan's mom and Dale's dad marry. The sons still live with the parents so they must now share a room. Initial antipathy threatens the household's peace and the parents' relationship. Dad lays down the law: both slackers have a week to find a job. Out of the job search and their love of music comes a pact that leads to friendship but more domestic disarray compounded by the boys' sleepwalking. Hovering nearby are Brennan's successful brother and his lonely wife: the brother wants to help sell his step-father's house, the wife wants Dale's attention, and the newlyweds want to retire and sail the seven seas. Can harmony come from the discord?