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By James Verniere Friday, July 25, 2008 - Updated 4m ago Watching “Step Brothers,” this week’s Will Ferrell-Judd Apatow-stamped exercise in R-rated man-child infantilism, I was struck by the realization that Ferrell has the world’s greatest job. Studios pay this guy enormous sums of money to stay in constant touch with his inner idiot, while mere mortals struggle day-in and day-out to keep our secret buffoon in check. Co-writing with director Adam McKay (“Talladega Nights”) and co-star John C. Reilly, Ferrell, after suffering a minor setback this year with the semi-dud “Semi-Pro,” has come up with an anemic knockoff of “Dumb and Dumber.” Meet Brennan Huff (Ferrell) and Dale Doback (Reilly). Brennan is a pudgy 39-year-old slacker who can hardly wait for his long-suffering mother (the lovely Mary Steenburgen) to head for work... [read full story]
