Sunday, June 26, 2011

Stepbrothers

"Shut your mouth.  Sh-sh-shut your mouth."  Priceless film about two boys (actually, grown men, but that's a minor detail, no?) who live at home with their single parent until (you guessed it) mom and dad meet, have sex, fall in love, and get married (hence the film's title).  What's so engaging about the film is how Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly manage to confuse you as to their age - at times, you forget that these men are 40, and believe that they are actually 7 or 8 - or younger!  Hell, these guys get bullied by LITTLE KIDS.  Not that they don't completely deserve it - both men are really very sweet individuals - but for much of the film, they act like little asshole toddlers (like the ones that always run wild in stores or airplanes while their parents sit around, not giving a rat's ass what their little runt is doing).  But I digress.
Destined to become a cult classic (much like Spinal Tap or Monty Python and the Holy Grail), Stepbrothers is extremely entertaining, and what it lacks in refinement, it makes up for in comedy.  Just don't attempt to convert your beds into bunk beds.

Rating: 92/100

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