Step Brothers

Step Brothers (Rated) (2008)

  • 55% of critics liked it
    (181 reviews)

  • 68% of users liked it
    (322,048 ratings)

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby co-stars Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly re-team with that film's director, Adam McKay, to tell the tale of two pampered best friends whose single parents fall in love and decide to marry. McKay and Ferrell share screenwriting credits, and Judd Apatow… More

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R,
Directed By
Written By
Will Ferrell, Adam McKay
Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Jul 25, 2008 Wide
Columbia Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Tom Charity, CNN.com

    Unremittingly juvenile and irredeemably funny.

  • Tom Huddlestone, Time Out

    Despite some obvious flaws, 'Step Brothers' remains a hugely enjoyable, well-constructed slice of lowbrow Saturday night entertainment, leaving Ferrell's position as the reigning king of US comedy secure for a while longer.

  • Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

    Don't watch it on an airplane, don't check it out on cable, don't walk past the bargain basement bin where it's been sold.

  • Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

    Brideshead Revisited, it turns out, deserves a revisit.

  • Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

    There's a good subject for satire here, the extended adolescence of American kids. But satire presupposes maturity, or at least some perspective.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Matthew Samuel M


    There isn't much to be appreciated in this film. It's pointless. It accomplishes nothing.

  • Lucas M


    Step Brothers present a silly humor, but the talents of Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly with an interesting story, become a high point to McKay's movie.

  • Tyler R


    Is this movie overrated? Hell yes. A lot of people I know call this one of the funniest movies of all time but I can easily name 10 funnier films than this, like Caddyshack, Dumb and Dumber or even Abduction. (Abduction wasn't suppose to be a comedy, but there were so many… More

  • Scott G


    I dont think ill ever get over this film, makes me laugh uncontrollably, but i wont understand how it got a rating of 55%?!

  • Chris M


    A hilarious film with non-stop laughs. John C. Reilly and Will Ferrell are a perfect comedic duo.

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