
Release Date
July 25, 2008
DVD Release Date
December 2, 2008 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Adam McKay
Writer
Will Ferrell, Adam McKay
Cast
Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Richard Jenkins, Mary Steenburgen, Adam Scott, Katherine Hahn
Studio
Running Time
95 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for crude and sexual content, and pervasive language
Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly, who last teamed in the box-office smash "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby," now star in "Step Brothers," directed by Adam McKay ("Talladega Nights"). In "Step Brothers," Ferrell plays Brennan Huff, a sporadically employed thirty-nine-year-old who lives with his mother, Nancy (Mary Steenburgen). Reilly plays Dale Doback, a terminally unemployed forty-year-old who lives with his father, Robert (Richard Jenkins). When Robert and Nancy marry and move in together,... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
Whereas 2008 has lacked strength in dramas, there have been a slew of hilarious comedies this year, including In Bruges, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Pineapple Express, Zack and Miri Make a Porno and Role Models.
Amidst all of these films, I completely forgot about Step Brothers... though after watching it, I now know why.
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