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''Step Brothers'' is a 2008 American buddy slapstick comedy film starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly. The screenplay was written by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, from a story written by them with Reilly. It was produced by Jimmy Miller and Judd Apatow, and directed by McKay. The film was released on July 25, 2008, two years after the same group of men wrote, produced, and starred in another comedy, ''Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby''. ==Plot== 39-year-old Brennan Huff (Will Ferrell) and 40-year-old Dale Doback (John C. Reilly) are two unemployed, middle-aged, spoiled, offensive, and self-centered men who still live with (and are reliant on) their parents. They have no intention of moving out or finding jobs and behave childishly. When Brennan's mother Nancy (Mary Steenburgen) and Dale's father Robert (Richard Jenkins) marry, Brennan and Dale are forced to live with each other as step brothers. Despite strong warnings from Dale not to touch his drum set, Brennan proceeds to play it during Dale's absence. When Dale notices a chip on the drumstick, he accuses Brennan of touching his drum set, which Brennan vehemently denies. The argument soon turns into a full-out brawl on the front lawn with their parents receiving urgent calls during work about the fight, which they hurry home to witness. Their parents punish them, and warn them to find jobs within a month or they will be forced out of the house. When Brennan's successful younger brother Derek (Adam Scott), an arrogant and rude helicopter leasing agent, comes to visit with his oddly perfect family, he mocks their unsuccessful lives and entices Dale to punch him in the face, to which Dale unexpectedly complies. Brennan is awed that Dale was able to stand up to Derek since Derek embarrassed Brennan at a talent show years prior. Meanwhile, Derek's wife Alice (Kathryn Hahn), who is also resentful of Derek, finds Dale's courage a turn on, thus beginning a sexual affair between the two. Brennan and Dale also use the incident to discover their many shared interests and develop a strong friendship. Brennan and Dale are unsuccessful in obtaining jobs after annoying all of their prospective employers. After the interviews, a local school bully, Chris Gardocki (Logan Manus), and his classmates bully Brennan and Dale. Later, Robert and Nancy reveal their plans to retire and sail the world, and demand that Brennan and Dale attend therapy and find other living arrangements. Consequently, the two sabotage attempts to sell the house by dressing up as a Nazi and a Klansman and Brennan pretending to be a corpse after dying of the alleged asbestos fibers in the house. Dale and Brennan, in their attempts to start an entertainment company, "Prestige Worldwide", release their first music video for their song "Boats 'N Hoes" in front of their family at Derek's birthday party, which shows them accidentally wrecking Robert's boat. Angered to his limits, Robert refuses the investment and spanks Brennan after a heated verbal exchange between the two. Robert later walks out on Christmas Eve to go to the Cheesecake Factory for a drink and, upon his return later that evening, proclaims to Nancy that it was the "happiest he had been in months". The following day, at Christmas dinner, he announces his intentions to divorce Nancy, causing Brennan and Dale to break down. Upon discovering that each blames the other for the divorce, the boys fight again but decide to go their separate ways. Brennan starts working for Derek's helicopter leasing firm and Dale works for a catering company. Brennan, wanting to reunite the broken family, takes the initiative to manage the Catalina Wine Mixer, a prestigious helicopter leasing event, for Derek's company and invites Robert and Nancy. They hire the catering company for which Dale works. The party is apparently a success, until the lead singer of the hired entertainment "Uptown Girl", a Billy Joel cover bands that "strictly does 80s Joel", responds to heckles for older Billy Joel hits with explicit profanity, and is subsequently removed from the event. With the stage empty and Derek faulting Brennan for the singer's mishap, Robert ultimately encourages Brennan and Dale to be their eccentric child-at-heart selves again, sympathizing with their misery in their "adult" lives, as his father had once pep talked him into "growing up", causing him to forget how to be a kid. Inspired by Robert's words, Brennan and Dale take to the stage and perform "Por ti Volare." Derek, amongst others, is so moved by the performance that he and Brennan make amends. Brennan's therapist makes an appearance on a more personal level, and they become a couple. Dale terminates his affair with Alice, stating that she should be faithful in marriage, very much to her dismay. Six months later, Robert and Nancy are reunited and move back into their old home, while Brennan and Dale form a successful entertainment company that runs karaoke events. After the credits, Brennan and Dale confront Gardocki and his classmates, fighting and effortlessly beating many of the kids and causing the remainder to run away. Brennan and Dale then walk away, with the two lightly arguing about the latter's drum set. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Step Brothers (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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