You may have tricked yourself into thinking you sat and laughed through that whole "Dinner Table Baby Jesus Scene" in Talladega... but the truth is - no one did.
Everyone just wished they were.
So
it is with a great sense of honour that I can announce that this latest
re-teaming of Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly and director Adam McKay is a
complete and unabashed return to form.
Step Brothers
follows Ferrell & Reilly as Brennan Huff and Dale Doback, two
terminally unemployed 40 year old men who still live with their
respective single parents.
However, when Robert (Richard
Jenkins) and Nancy (Mary Steenburgen) decide to marry and move in
together, Brennan and Dale are forced to live with each other as step
brothers. But as their out of control lifestyles start to cause havoc,
the two enemies must team up in order to save their parents marriage.
This
team's brand of humour and blatant improvisation skills are at an all
time high here. However, unlike their previous fews efforts (where it
seems whatever was said automatically made it into the film) each and
every line here - improvised or scripted - is pure gold.
Brennan
and Dale's downright aggressive laziness (which threatens to tear the
new family apart), immaturity (the guys are like eight year olds) are
performed to child like perfection by this great on screen comedy duo.
The
sheer energy of Ferrell & Reilly often borders the line of comedic
brilliance and downright annoyance, with their ability to simply throw
totally random and unrelated words or phrases into the fray (my
favourite comes from Ferrell during a botched "Business Meeting" in
which he claims he "... Put liquid paper on a bee... and it died")
making for such an amazingly humerous and absurd 90 minutes of film
making.
The supporting cast supply plenty of laughs too
(Brennan's perfect brother and his singing family are a real highlight)
with Jenkins and Steenburgen (who looks amazing - to think it was
almost 20 years ago she was in Back To The Future III) playing the 'Martin' to the boys 'Lewis' with great success.
Step Brothers
is yet another cult classic string for Ferrell to add to his comedy bow
and it is by no means the stinker that we were all expecting.
It
delivers consistent laughs all the way to the closing credits - as this
could well mark the triumphant return of Will Ferrell as the "King Of
Comedy".
Now, if only he can keep this level of quality idiocy up for the mooted Anchorman 2... DVD EXTRAS
While watchin the feature, if you're a big fan of Ferrell, you
really get a little excited by the prospect of the extras that will be
on offer. Let's face it, if all that improv made it into the film -
just imagine how much was left out.
A truck load it seems.
The
Step Brothers 2 Disc Unrated Edition is easily one of the best comedy
packages I have encountered in a very, very long time. There is almost
enough cutting room floor material here to make a second movie (which
is was they ended up doing with the left overs from the first Anchorman).
Included
on this monster release are BOTH Theatrical &
Extended Versions of the film, a making of, commentaries and the
music video to "Boats N Hoes".
But the real winner here is the
deleted and extended scenes. Unlike most DVD Deleted Scenes - these
weren't exlcuded because they were boring, slowed the film down, or are
just a waste of time - the only legitimate reason they were cut was for
the pure fact there are numerous TOTALLY different versions of the same
scene.
All of which are as funny and entertaining as each other.
The
highlight is the various takes from the "Job Interview" portions of the
film. It looks as if the cameras were just left to run - and each take
is unique.
A must have for any fan of Ferrell - and easily the most comprehensive and enjoyable DVD release of the year.
Conclusion:
Movie 80% Extras: 100%
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