Step Brothers

I gave this advice to Adam Sandler and Mike Myers earlier this summer and now I am going to give it again to Will Farrell. Stop making movies that require to you act like a complete moron. Don’t get me wrong, I laughed and laughed at this movie. But at the same time it kind of made me sad too. Watch Stranger Than Fiction and you will know exactly what I am talking about. Contrary to popular believe Will Farrell is an extremely talented and complex actor who is above f-bomb humor, fart jokes and yelling for no apparent reason. I want to see better from him, simply because I know he can do better.

To the movie itself, it was really funny. I laughed a lot, maybe for all the wrong reasons. I mean, of course it’s funny to see a grown man get beat up by a bunch of elementary children or see two grown men build bunk beds in the room they share; but is that truly comedy or just cheap laughs. Will Farrell and John C. Riley (there’s a talent that is going to waste in a movie like this—look him up on imdb.com and you’ll know what I am talking about) suddenly become step brothers when their single parents meet at a medical convention and marry. Will Farrell and his mother must move in with John C. Riley and his father. And for some reason, despite the house looking like it’s 7,000+ square feet, they are forced to share a room together. At first, they completely hate one another and go on streak of torturing each other. Suddenly, they are united over their common hatred for Farrell’s up-tight, over achieving brother. They then set out on a quest to be the biggest rock band in the world. And so on and so forth.

The movie served its purpose. It made me laugh. Other than that, I am looking for more from both Will Farrell and John C. Riley next time around. Another film like this from either of them will be very disappointing.
Missy Cinema Score: B-