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Article: Ferrell and Reilly buddy up again in so-so 'Step Brothers'?
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- New Haven Register
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- July 24, 2008
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By Harris McCabe Special to the Register
"Step Brothers" is full of the kind of bawdy, often nonsensical
humor that has made Will Ferrell such a star. And while it should
please his fans, it is ultimately uneven and pales in comparison to
his best work.
Ferrell stars as Brennan, a 40-year-old man in a state of
arrested development. He still lives with his mother (Mary
Steenburgen), and spends his days watching television and eating
cereal. Ferrell's "Talladega Nights" co-star John C. Reilly plays
Dale, who is enjoying a similarly indolent existence. When Dale's
father (Richard Jenkins) meets and marries Brennan's mother,
however, it disrupts the status quo.
Initially Dale and Brennan hate ...