I don’t know about you, but I can’t get enough of the collaboration between Ferrell and McKay. Like most McKay fans, my love for the director began with the now-classic comedy flick, Anchorman. Later, I found myself laughing quite hard at Talladega Nights, but not nearly as much as I’d hoped — though I was very excited to see John C. Reilly join the crew. My friends and I couldn’t help but wonder what the next film would be about — would it be another “RB” (Ron Burgundy/Ricky Bobby) flick, thus making a trilogy of films?
We were thoroughly excited, and surprised to see that the latest epic from the dynamic trio was slated to be about reluctantly-united stepbrothers who hated each others guts. The premise, and the cast seemed too good to be true, and the vulgarity present throughout the “red band” trailer was oh-so-amazing. Childish, sure. Irreverent? Absolutely. But, hey, that’s exactly how I like my comedies, so sue me.
In my mind, there’s no doubting it. This is hands down, Will Ferrell’s best film since Anchorman. And for John C. Reilly, he’s absolutely on fire in this movie, so much so that it’s almost hard to picture him in his more serious, indie roles.
With so many memorable scenes and lines, you will have no shortage of quoting material for years to come.
In my opinion, this ranks up there with the best of the best, Dumb and Dumber, and that’s not a statement I throw around very often. This film has instant classic written all over it.
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