Cast: Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Mary Steenburgen, Richard Jenkins, Adam Scott
Director: Adam McKay
Genre: Comedy
"You're my boy, Blue! You're my boy..."
"I wanna say something. I'm gonna put it out there; if you like it, you can take it, if you don't, send it right back. I want to be on you..."
"What does that do? Does that blow your mind? That just happened!..."
This film, as in the ones listed above still has the classic one liners that fans will remember walking out of the theatre, "You have the voice of an angel. I mean, it's like Fergie meets Jesus." but it lacks the brilliance that came with them. Stepbrothers was a funny movie but in no way stands up with Anchorman or Talladega Nights.
Honestly, after a while, watching watching middle-aged men act like 12-year-olds gets a little old. Don't get me wrong, a lot of the jokes were hilarious and their improvisational skills were visibly showcased at their best at times, but after a while you are like "enough is enough already!" Most of Ferrells movies are basically 90-minutes long SNL sketches, but they've never felt like it before now. I found the lack of a story and the excessive amounts of improv, without the development of characters, distracting at times. Adam McKay, (the genius behind Anchorman and Talladega), just shoves out an extravagant amount of repetitious material in this comedy that leaves audiences feeling a little disappointed.
Because I was expecting so much more from this comedy, I might be taking it a little hard on this review. Actually, I think this may be the first bad review I've had on my blog. With that being said, it probably is the best comedy that I have seen this whole summer...and honestly...that isn't saying much.
2 comments:
I feel ya, Akil. Some bits were funny, some bits were disturbing (in the normal way that these kinds of movies are....and some in a whole other level of so), but overall, I didn't recommend for anyone to run out and catch this one right away. I still need to see TDK....hopefully I'll get to this weekend! Hope your week is going well!!
I still want to see it! I love these two guys!
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