starpulse.com - 7/21/2008
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Ferrell and Reilly step down with 'Brothers'...
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Step Brothers Reviews - “Great”
Movie Moron —
... and wished they hadn’t…Not to wax too serious here (since this is, after all, a movie in which two nearly middle-aged men beat each other over the heads with blunt instruments on their front lawn), but ticking away…is a fairly astute commentary on how we define such abstract concepts as “growing up” and “making something of yourself,” whether it’s a wife and 2.5 kids, a six-pack of rock-hard abs, or a seven-figure bank account.”
AP -
“There’s no odd-couple tension, no witty banter, just a ...
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cinematical.com 7/25/2008 — Anyone with more than a passing interest in Judd Apatow's career will note how there's a curious call-back to one of Apatow's earlier works in this most recent of his productions, with the credits for Step Brothers in the exact same scrawled, ...
The Children Of Darfur Agree With Roger Ebert's Review Of Step Brothers —
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From Roger Ebert's Step Brothers review (via Vulture ): Sometimes I think I am living in a nightmare. All about me, standards are collapsing, manners are evaporating, people show no respect for themselves. I am not a moralistic nut. I'm proud of the X-rated movie I once wrote. I like vulgarity if it's funny or serves a purpose. But what is going on here? The children of Darfur agree. Said ...
‘Step Brothers’ Review Makes Us Worried About Roger Ebert —
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It's been a rough week for Roger Ebert. First, he left the show he's worked on for 33 years. Now the new Will Ferrell comedy, Step Brothers , seems to have triggered a bout of existential torment for the jovial uncle of American film criticism. In the midst of a miserable review of Step Brothers , Ebert issues a sudden and desperate cri de coeur:
Sometimes I think I am ...
‘Step Brothers’ Is For Fans of Ferrell, Reilly and Raunch [Movie Review] —
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A lot of noise was made prior to the release of Will Ferrell’s Semi-Pro earlier this year. Well, the publicity made an awful lot of noise, but it seemed that audiences didn’t really hear that noise. Similarly, John C. Reilly had his own bout with box office failure (even in the midst of a Golden Globe nod) with Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story .
Some speculated that both films lost ...
Review: ‘Step Brothers’ —
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Scott:
Need help to reestablish yourself as a comedy king? Hire Judd Apatow to help write/produce your movie. As the reigning golden boy for Hollywood comedy movies, Judd lent himself to ‘Step Brothers’ and along with Will Ferrell, John C Reilly and Adam McKay, created comic gold platinum.
There isn’t a lot of story in ‘Step Brothers’ but you don’t ...
Step Brothers: Film Review —
Slant Magazine
There's something brilliantly stupid (or stupidly brilliant) about the sight of Ferrell and Reilly in vintage '80s t-shirts smacking each other around like steroidal kids, though it's the little things that make their complementary performances thrive. by Nick Schager
Step Brothers —
Rolling Stone Movie Reviews
Starring:
Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Mary Steenburgen, Richard Jenkins,
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Review:
Starting at infantile and regressing hysterically from there,
Step Brothers flies on the comic chemistry of Will Ferrell
and John C. Reilly. ...
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