Stepbrothers: Ice Ice Baby

Official Site: www.stepbrothers-movie.com
Director: Adam Mckay
Writer: Will Ferrel, and Adam Mckay
Producer: Judd Apatow, and Jimmy Miller

Starring: Will Ferrel as Brennan Huff, John C. Reilly as Dale Doback, Mary Steenburgen as Nancy Huff, and Richard Jenkins as Dr. Robert Doback(IMDb). Rated-R, 95min.

Robert Doback and Nancy Huff met at a conference, fell in love, married, and created an instant family which included two 39 year old adolescent men, Dale and Brennan. The two did not have a friendly relationship at first, and that created a disorderly household, but when they began relating on friendly a term, the disorder they created in the house did not subside. Being frustrated, their parents decided to take an active role in molding their teenage men into adults, and they arranged job interviews which led these teenage men to discover what their destiny in life was. Oh Boy!

This film was funny, but not incredibly funny. The sort of humor that we see in all of Will Ferrel's films is certainly not in short supply. Off beat and down right strange, Farrell along With Riley both have a way of acting that makes very simple jokes funny. Telling someone you are going to punch them in the face is not necessarily funny, but the way Ferrel delivers the line transforms it into something funny. Those two are great together in these silly films, where they can create laughter, but not hardcore laughter.

The story was not bad at all, and certain elements of the film culminate at the end of the movie quite nicely. It seems one of the morals of the story is, you can grow up but don't forget about the kid inside. In any event, this is a delightfully silly film that will please Will Ferrel fans who enjoy watching him work With John C. Riley, who was great as well. Certainly, this is not groundbreaking comedy, but it is above average, and it features perhaps the worst on screen kiss in the history of films, and that kiss was hilarious. According Metacritic.com this film received mixed reviews, and RottenTomatoes indicated a positive review with 58 fresh tomatoes and 52 rotten ones thus far. This film was entertaining. I will grade it a C+. Stay tuned, Movieporium.blogspot.com.