Step Brothers
Step Brothers is a 2008 American comedy film directed by Adam McKay, produced by Jimmy Miller and Judd Apatow, and written by Will Ferrell and McKay from a story by Ferrell, McKay, and John C. Reilly. It follows Brennan (Ferrell) and Dale (Reilly), two grown men who are forced to live together as stepbrothers after their single parents, with whom they still live, marry each other. Richard Jenkins, Mary Steenburgen, Adam Scott, and Kathryn Hahn also star.
Plot
39-year-old Brennan Huff and 40-year-old Dale Doback are man-children still living with their respective parents. Brennan lives with his divorced mother, Nancy, while Dale lives with his widowed father, Robert. Robert and Nancy meet, fall in love, and marry, forcing Brennan and Dale to live together as stepbrothers. Brennan and Dale initially despise each other, and after Brennan defies Dale's orders not to touch his drum set, a brawl erupts between them. They are grounded with no television for a week and are ordered to find jobs within a month or be evicted.
Cast
- Adam McKay
- Adam Scott
- Andrea Savage
- Brian Huskey
- Chris Henchy
- Danielle Schneider
- Gillian Vigman
- Horatio Sanz
- Ian Roberts
- Jake Szymanski
- Jason Davis
- John C. Reilly
- Kathryn Hahn
- Ken Jeong
- Lurie Poston
- Maria Quiban
- Mary Steenburgen
- Matt Walsh
- Phil LaMarr
- Richard Jenkins
- Rob Riggle
- Seth Morris
- Seth Rogen
- Shira Piven
- Travis T. Flory
- Wayne Federman
- Will Ferrell