Whats so funny about Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly whacking each other in the head?
Everything. By Stephanie Zacharek Jul. 25, 2008 | In the mid-’60s I lived next door to twin boys of around 10 who were dressed by their mother in neat crimson jackets with gold buttons; their trim little striped bowties and military-style crew cuts gave them an air of conservative dignity. But the minute their mom’s back was turned, these tiny menfolk would start clobbering the crap out of each other, like minisavages vying for some kind of primal supremacy. In “Step Brothers,” Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly — minus the jackets and bowties, of course — are a little like those twins. Brennan (Ferrell) and Dale (Reilly) are unemployed 40-ish guys who still live at home, Brennan with his mother, Nancy (Mary Steenburgen), and Dale with his father, Robert (Richard Jenkins). When Nancy and Robert marry, they merge their families, “Brady Bunch” style. Brennan and Dale can’t stand each other, but they do have several things in common other than their joblessness. For one thing, both have a
