Step Brothers
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: July 25, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
Positive:
13
Mixed:
15
Negative:
5
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88
New York PostKyle Smith
There is too much funny here for a movie (even though it continues into the closing credits). Step Brothers should be a TV show. Read full review
80
Village VoiceScott Foundas
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 just beneath Step Brothers' freely associative surface is a fairly astute commentary on how we define such abstract concepts as "growing up" and "making something of yourself." Read full review
80
Washington PostStephen Hunter
So childish it seems to arrive in diapers, and that's not bad; it's good. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Step Brothers is a Judd Apatow production and it's the closest that the Apatow factory has come to spitting out a dumb-and-dumber high-concept comedy. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
While Ferrell and Reilly are great together, hatching harebrained schemes that have no basis in reality, part of the unexpected treat of Step Brothers is watching Jenkins and Steenburgen sink to such blithely immature levels of rude and crude comedy. Read full review
75
PremiereJenni Miller
Step Brothers is a hard R, for good reason. While it's somewhat sweeter, if you will, than a typical Apatow flick, the ludicrous situations call for equally ludicrous behavior and statements. Read full review
70
SalonStephanie Zacharek
Stupid, crude and hilarious, Step Brothers works by sneaking past our better judgment. Read full review
67
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
Step Brothers at its best is a smarter "Dumb and Dumber." Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
Stupid, predictable and fairly funny. Read full review
63
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Starting at infantile and regressing hysterically from there, Step Brothers flies on the comic chemistry of Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly. Read full review
63
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not credited)
The inspired pairing of "Talledega's" Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly, two actors smart enough to play dumb and make it work. Read full review
63
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
It's a testament to their performances -- and the spirit of this surprisingly raunchy, decidedly R-rated comedy -- that by the end credits, you've grown to like them a little bit. You just wouldn't want to live with them. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTy Burr
Take the kids at your peril. Mismarketing aside, Step Brothers is crudely funny, which means that sometimes it's crudely hilarious and more often it's just crude. Read full review
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