Film - Genre Research - Step Brothers

The first the we see is a motivational family quote saying, "Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take to dream." This makes us think that its going to be a kind-hearted family film as the quote fades to black. The credits started rolling against a back screen and we hear atmospheric sounds which sounds to be some sort of bag making us wonder what the person is doing. We see two grown men (Will Ferrell) and (John Reilly) doing normal things such as making snacks as kiddish music is playing. We learn about the two opposite households and we learn the two characters personality's. We then see them act more like teenagers in their pajamas, we also learn that they live with their mom & dad which makes the situation all the more humorous. We continue to see how these 40-ish year old men live at home and act exactly like teens, cutting from activity to activity. We watch as their parents fall in love with one another. This implies that the two men are about to become step brothers and we get to watch as they learn to deal with one another. Finally we get a wide shot of the two brothers staring at each other saying, "You can call me dragon" and "You can call me night hawk" and we get this sense that there's going to be some very humorous conflict between them.

Budget: $65 million
Box Office: $128.1 million

Awards:

• ASCAP Award (Top Box Office Films)
• Golden Trailer (Best Comedy Poster)
• Special Award

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