REVIEW: Step Brothers (15)

In many people�s eyes, Will Ferrell can do no wrong. Since armament students across the globe with a seemingly infinite arsenal of quotes from comedy pip Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, the funny man has really had nothing to prove.


But his lacklustre execution in Step Brothers confirms Ferrell has been coasting on his former success for far too long.


Nancy (Mary Steenburgen) and Robert (Richard Jenkins) get married after a whirlwind love affair and begin to plan their dream trip around the world.


The couple decide to affect in unitedly, which forces their adult sons Brennan (Ferrell) and Dale (John C Reilly) to share a room after they refuse to move out of the family home.


The pair take an insistent dislike to each other and engage in a battle to end all family disputes involving bike attacks and heads organism forced through walls.


But when their parents give them one month to discover jobs and move knocked out, the pair form an alliance and realise they have more than in common than they first thought...


The beauty of Ferrell�s films is it is enlighten how much free improvisational reign he is apt over the majority of scenes, specially when conductor Adam McKay is at the helm.


However, instead of using the low-concept estimate to give the quote-a-matic actor a golden chance to shine, McKay insists on toilet humour and slapstick for almost the entire length of the film.


This film would ideally be suited to a younger audience if it weren�t for the unsportsmanlike language (which isn�t tied used creatively) and Ferrell brandishing his testicles (he claimed it was a prosthetic in a recent interview; hopefully that�s true).


Without any material plot driving the film, Ferrell and Reilly operate in a series of sketches, most of which are