Directed by:
Adam McKayCinematography:
Oliver WoodComposer:
Jon BrionCast:
Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Mary Steenburgen, Richard Jenkins, Adam Scott, Kathryn Hahn, Lurie Poston, Seth Rogen, Phil LaMarr, Ken Jeong, Rob Riggle (more)VOD (6)
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Will Ferrell plays Brennan Huff, a sporadically employed thirty-nine-year-old who lives with his mother, Nancy (Mary Steenburgen). John C. Reilly plays Dale Doback, a terminally unemployed forty-year-old who lives with his father, Robert (Richard Jenkins). When Robert and Nancy marry and move in together, Brennan and Dale are forced to live with each other as step brothers. As their narcissism and downright aggressive laziness threaten to tear the family apart, these two middle-aged, immature, overgrown boys will orchestrate an insane, elaborate plan to bring their parents back together. To pull it off, they must form an unlikely bond that maybe, just maybe, will finally get them out of the house. (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)
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Adam McKay and Will Ferrel are back together and they're doing great. A great story about two adult slackers who are forced to live under the same roof after their parents get married. From this point on, a game of hijinks, double-crosses and various contrivances that can be a decent trip on the diaphragm begins. At times literally almost trivial humour, but here it worked wonderfully. 80%
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I often complain that these stupid comedies are not made anymore (as I often find them very unfunny, which is probably due to the new generation of actors, where there are no comedians like Will Ferrell) and it is visible that I really miss them, as I occasionally watch older and often forgotten pieces and I have to say that I haven't laughed from my heart like this (my sides hurt) for a long time. It fits perfectly into my taste and I will definitely continue watching, especially those by Adam McKay, who directed small films like Big Short or Don't Look Up. 😄
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A very predictable film, but there's nothing to be done about it. There are scenes here that I liked, and just the idea of J.C. Reilly and Will Ferrell as stepbrothers at their age, living with their parents, is excellent. It's nothing groundbreaking, but here and there I really enjoyed it. It's a shame that the scripts are so uninspired and don't focus on the story and only on situations.
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A classic comedy with Will Ferrell that is actually almost exactly the same as all his previous similar genre films. Occasionally you laugh, but more often it's a kind of awkward humour. As background to lunch or cooking it's probably good, but otherwise it's pretty rubbish...
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I like Will Ferrell most of the time, John C. Reilly only occasionally... But here they're both equal:they're as awkward as most of the film, in which probably only Mary Steenburgen and Richard Jenkins managed to entertain me. Otherwise, it was an unnecessarily roundabout, silly to the point of disgusting spectacle in the style of last year's Holmes & Watson.
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