Will Ferrell and
John C. Reilly's last comedic team up was
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. It was a brilliant comedy when compared with most of the other comedies out there but not near the quality of the greatest comedy move of all time
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.
Ferrell made another comedy hit with
Jon Heder called
Blades of Glory, this was superior to
Talladega Nights but not close to
Anchorman. Tonight I saw the best movie
Ferrell has done since
Anchorman, the bizarrely hilarious
Step Brothers.

The plot is simple, as it should be for a comedy such as this-
Mary Steenburgen and the excellent
Richard Jenkins play
Nancy Huff and
Dr. Robert Doback who quickly meet and get married. Naturally
Nancy moves in with
Robert and brings her son
Brennan to live with
Robert and his own son
Dale. The bizarre angle here is that
Brennan and
Dale are played by
Ferrell and
Reilly, two 40-year-old lazy jobless morons, and from there - the hilarity ensues.
From the early moment when I observed
Ferrell putting his hand down his pants to fondle himself while watching an aerobics instructor on the TV, I was worried in case that the movie was going to go from one puerile toilet-joke to another , filled with the adolescent humour that I suppose wouldn't be out of place considering
Ferrell and
Reilly were playing two grown men who just never grew up, but it wasn't. It was bright and refreshing comedy (with only some sporadic and indeed well placed toilet humour).

I don't want to ruin a single gag for anyone. Although they are plenty of them, each is a gem in it's own right and my simple words wouldn't do them justice as it's a very visual movie. I will say it's unfortunate that you have to wait until the credits start rolling to get the biggest laugh of the whole movie, a completely unexpected battle scene where our two "heroes" take on a mighty army that once defeated them. Before it was over, I had stuffed the cuff of my jacket into my mouth to prevent my screams of laughter from someone thinking I was in agony. In truth, I was - the agony of laughter, I thought I was going to be sick.
Colonel Creedon Rating:
****
4 comments:
Just watched Step Brothers recently too! It was hilarious. I enjoyed the show though the storyline is really simple:)
Yeah that Ang Lee scene at the end had me in stitches.
You disrespect the Woo, you disrespect me.
Semi Pro was dissapointing as well, but again, it too is better than some of the suff that gets greenlit as comedy.
I think Ferrell's doing too much, he's working on something else besides Anchorman 2 now I think.
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