"Step Brothers" is a story of two men, Brennan Huff and Dale Doback are unemployed and who live with their parents. The movie goes through their eventual climb to success, but not without major laughs at their expense. Brennan is thirty nine years old and Dale is forty. One day, by chance their parents meet and soon after get married. Thus, Brennan and Dale find themselves step-brothers. Of course, they immediately hate each other and play pranks on each other constantly. That is, until one day Brennan's younger, very successful jerk of a brother comes to visit and Dale punches him in the face. Soon after Brennan finds he has alot in common with Dale and they become best friends.
My favorite scene in the entire is the ending scene in which Dr. Doback urges his sons to follow their dreams and they get on stage. Brennan then breaks into a karaoke version of "Por Ti Volare" accompanied by Dale on the drums. The music is actually amazing, even though its used for comedic effect. The song fits the scene perfectly, as a montage of the plot line being resolved and falling into place is shown as Brennan sings. I personally liked how despite being funny, the scene still manages to be rather touching as the two "losers" become something and their dream is realized. Something the director could have worked on at the end of this scene would be to maybe allow John C. Riley to drag on the drum solo just a little bit longer. Other then that, I didn't see anything else with room for improvement in this scene.
"Step Brothers" is truly a hilarious film, although for older audiences definitely. It's obviously not for everyone, but most should find lots of laughs in this comedy.
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