Release Date
July 25, 2008
DVD Release Date
December 2, 2008 (Buy on Amazon)
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Running Time
95 minutes
MPAA 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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