Step Brothers

Step Brothers




Last week I created my definitive list of all time greatest comedies(See Videocast below). A list that took me twenty nine years to decide upon. A list that has just been smashed in two by the film I watched at the weekend; Step Brothers.

The plot seems flimsy at first sight and wasn't the real draw for me. There just wasn't much else on at the cinema this week.

It centres around two forty year olds Brennan and Dale (Will Ferrell and John C Reilly) with the maturity level of eight year olds. As the title suggests their parents get married making them both Step Brothers. The two instantly hate each other and can't stand the fact that they have to share a house, never mind the same room.

As the plot progresses the two man-kids find that they have a lot in common (most prominent a hatred of Brennan's successful brother Derek, Adam Scott) and they change from enemies into best buddies. Just in time for the father to give them an ultimatum; Grow up and move out or simply get out.

Step Brothers is one of those rare events; A consistently funny comedy. Every single joke hits the mark. There are no moments where the audience sigh sympathetically at the screen. All that can be heard are people coughing up their popcorn in fits of hysterics.

It's in the subplots that the real belly laughs come out. Like Derek the do-gooders wife coming onto Dale whenever they're alone, practically raping him in the men's toilets. Or when the two buffoons go sleep walking around the house spouting gibberish and trying to cook pillows. It's all out hilarity, all guns blazing.

Will Ferrell and John C Reilly previously teamed up for Talledega Nights which, while not being that bad, wasn't really that good either. This film has one golden name attached that has changed both men's fortune. That name is Judd Apatow. The man can do no wrong.

Oh, and don't leave straight away. There are some post credits laughs too.

Verdict 10 /10
Hilarious.