It's no kin do for unfunny brothers in 'Step Brothers'

nydailynews.com     Jul 24, 2008            

If the idea of watching two grown men act like children - oversize, shouting, stomping, mouth-full-of-Cheez Whiz 12-year-olds - was actually comedy gold, Tom Hanks would be on his fourth "Big" sequel by now and Judge Reinhold would have rode a "Vice Versa" train all the way to retirement. Those things didn't happen, of course, and for good reason: Watching people act like kids is annoying. Now everyone can join in the un-fun with "Step Brothers," Will Ferrell's latest summed-up-in-one-line concept comedy that tests our patience so much more than his previous movies did. Ferrell and John C. Reilly bring a frightening level of believability to two guys who, for no stated reason, never grew up. Ferrell is Brennan, a 39-year-old layabout; Reilly is Dale, a. ... 40-year-old layabout. After Brennan's mom marries Dale's dad , the... [read full story]                    

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