Stop scrolling Netflix. Tonight you’re watching Step Brothers. Case closed.
Ever find yourself in between binge, trying to decide what to watch? Sometimes you just need a little bit of filler to get you through the week without exerting too much energy, ya know? Well, tonight we’re filling that hole for you, so to speak. Tonight, you oughta be watching Adam McKay’s incredibly stupid and incredibly hilarious comedy Step Brothers.
Dropping in 2008, the film grossed $128 million at the box office and marked the second major collab between McKay, Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly following on from 2006’s Talladega Nights. The story is simple, two immature and unintelligent adults who are forced to live with each other when their parents get married, making them stepbrothers (duh). It’s hilarious, crude and a little heartwarming, all at the same time.
Need more convincing? Check out five reasons why you should watch it below. Spoilers ahead…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CewglxElBK0
Adam Scott makes a great asshole.
You watch Adam Scott on shoes like Parks & Rec and Party Down (which is 100% worth your while if you haven’t seen it) and he always plays a loveable schmuck. In Step Brothers he plays Brennan’s douche brother and he does a great job of making us hate him, while also being pretty funny.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs0uLXodDVA
Sweet revenge.
Call me immature, but is there anything funnier than watching children get hurt? It’s easy to forget that during the end credits a reunited Dale (Reilly) and Brennan (Ferrell) beat on the kids that humiliated them earlier in the film, but it’s fucking great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAfOEwzLqiQ
The job interviews.
The matching tuxedos, the incredibly long fart, Seth Rogen – just when you’re thinking this movie couldn’t get any ridiculous it does. It makes you appreciate just how good these two actors are – their characters are so idiotic, yet somehow seeming relatable to the extent that we have sympathy for them as they’re messing up every opportunity they have.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAfAKsd2P0k
Prestige Worldwide.
Ever done a presentation at work or at uni or school thinking it’s the shit and only to get a terrible response? If you can’t relate to this clip, you’re lucky.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciS914MaDl8
The feels.
Call me a sentimental, soppy lil bish, but you really do get pretty bummed when Nancy (Mary Steenburgen) and Robert (Richard Jenkins). All they want to do is enjoy their retirement and twilight years together, right? That thread is the beating heart of the film and, naturally, their reconnection is one of the best parts for big softies like us.
