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-Will
Ferrell
-John
C.
Reilly
While
nearly
all
Will
Ferrell's
films
are
enjoyable
on
some
level,
they
tend
to
fire
on
all
cylinders
when
Adam
McKay
is
involved.
McKay
co-wrote
and
directed
ANCHORMAN:
THE
LEGEND
OF
RON
BURGUNDY
and
TALLADEGA
NIGHTS:
THE
BALLAD
OF
RICKY
BOBBY,
two
of
Ferrell's
most
popular
and
consummately
hilarious
films.
McKay
reteamed
with
not
only
Ferrell
for
STEP
BROTHERS,
but
also
Ferrell's
co-star
in
TALLADEGA
NIGHTS,
John
C.
Reilly
(who
has
steadily
proven
himself
to
be
one
of
Hollywood's
most
versatile
actors);
and
though
STEP
BROTHERS
may
be
the
most
threadbare
of
the
three
movies
on
which
the
duo
have
collaborated,
it's
arguably
their
best.
The
plot
is
about
as
simple
as
they
come:
Brennan
Huff
(Ferrell)
and
Dale
Doback
(Reilly)
are
deadbeat
man-children
thrown
together
when
the
single
parents
with
whom
they
live
marry.
The
two
initially
despise
one
another,
but
become
fast
friends
over
a
shared
love
of
ninjas,
COPS,
porno
mags,
and
the
comforts
of
living
in
the
fantasy
world
of a
prolonged
adolescence.
What
makes
STEPBROTHERS
so
much
fun,
however,
has
nothing
to
do
with
story
or
script;
rather,
it's
McKay's
foresight
to
step
back
and
let
Ferrell
and
Reilly
run
wild.
The
duo
kick
and
punch,
fart
and
burp,
laugh
and
cry,
yet
somehow
elevate
such
banalities
to a
level
of
grotesque
poetry,
hitting
upon
what
feels
like
an
entirely
new
comedic
language.
When
the
pair
act
like
children,
they
are
not
presenting
themselves
as
immature
adults,
but
are
literally
acting
like
children,
meticulously
duplicating
everything
from
the
fears
and
concerns
to
the
speech
patterns
and
awkward
physicality
of
children.
It
sounds
simple
enough,
but
it
requires
a
dexterity
and
sense
of
timing
and
delivery
that
is
actually
quite
amazing.
In
the
end,
STEP
BROTHERS
is
really
nothing
more
than
an
absurd
comedy;
then
again,
isn't
that
what
they
called
WAITING
FOR
GODOT?
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