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I'm not sure where to start on this one. I usually know what to expect when I go to see a Will Ferrell movie, but this one completely surprised me, it was unexpectedly bad. It is almost as if they didn't even try with this one, they just threw some funny scenes into the movie and hoped it would be enough to keep people entertained. For me it was not.
The story is about a woman, Nancy Huff (Mary Steenburgen) who has a 39 year old son, Brennan (Ferrell) still living at home. During a medical conference Nancy meets Dr. Robert Doback (Richard Jenkins) and she soon discovers that he also has a middle aged son Dale (John C. Reilly) still living at home. They fall in love (overnight it seems) and soon after get married and move in with each other. This is when Dale and Brennan meet and at first hate each other, a few fist fights, name calling, and a violated drum set later they find a person they both hate more than they do each other, Brennans younger brother Derek (Adam Scott). This mutual hatred causes them to form a bond and find other mutual interests they share.
Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly are hilarious on-screen together, but for me there was not enough funny scenes to make it worth sitting through the rest of the movie. Talladega Nights to me was a much better Ferrell / Reilly movie overall as there was enough other entertaining factors to fill the gaps.
The movie is given a well deserved R rating, for vulgar language and slight nudity (brief shots of Hustler magazines and some of male genitalia)
Overall I give this movie a 3.5 out of 10.
The story is about a woman, Nancy Huff (Mary Steenburgen) who has a 39 year old son, Brennan (Ferrell) still living at home. During a medical conference Nancy meets Dr. Robert Doback (Richard Jenkins) and she soon discovers that he also has a middle aged son Dale (John C. Reilly) still living at home. They fall in love (overnight it seems) and soon after get married and move in with each other. This is when Dale and Brennan meet and at first hate each other, a few fist fights, name calling, and a violated drum set later they find a person they both hate more than they do each other, Brennans younger brother Derek (Adam Scott). This mutual hatred causes them to form a bond and find other mutual interests they share.
Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly are hilarious on-screen together, but for me there was not enough funny scenes to make it worth sitting through the rest of the movie. Talladega Nights to me was a much better Ferrell / Reilly movie overall as there was enough other entertaining factors to fill the gaps.
The movie is given a well deserved R rating, for vulgar language and slight nudity (brief shots of Hustler magazines and some of male genitalia)
Overall I give this movie a 3.5 out of 10.
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