First Hit: A less than mediocre film with an occasional spark of brilliance.
I think I’ve said it before in a earlier review that I don’t find Will Ferrell very funny.
I always see him as trying too hard to be funny and his energy and effort just don’t work for me. John C. Reilly on the other hand is someone who, at times, does some good work both in a serious and comedic roles.
In this film, the premise is that both these guys are 40 years old live at home boys. Neither of these boys/men work and they sponge off their respective parents. The parents meet at a conference, fall in love and decide to marry.
This puts both boys/men in the same house together and sharing a room. Eventually they have to fend for themselves, grow up a little, and then their parents see they aren’t happy being adults so the set it up for them to regress again.
Mary Steenburgen plays Will Ferrell’s mother and Richard Jenkins plays John C. Reilly’s father. We don’t often get to see Steenburgen and it was sad to me to see her in this film, it wasn’t a good role for her. Even worse was seeing Jenkins be in this film when, earlier this year, he was incredible in The Visitor.
Overall: Late night TV movie or a rental with your kids who may relate a little and find it funny to see adults act stupid.