Two aimless middle-aged losers still living at home are forced against their will to become roommates when their parents marry.Two aimless middle-aged losers still living at home are forced against their will to become roommates when their parents marry.Two aimless middle-aged losers still living at home are forced against their will to become roommates when their parents marry.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 2 nominations
Lili Rose McKay
- 7-Year-Old Girl
- (as Lili McKay)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWill Ferrell does his own singing. John C. Reilly does his own drumming.
- GoofsIn the beginning, Brennan is 39. Later, during a bedroom scene with Dale and Nancy, it's revealed that Brennan was 17 when his brother, Derek, won a talent show by lip-synching "Ice Ice Baby." If the movie takes place in 2008, then the talent show was in 1986. "Ice Ice Baby" was released in 1990.
- Quotes
Dale Doback: Suppose Nancy sees me coming out of the shower and decides to come on to me. I'm looking good, got a luscious V of hair going through my chest pubes down to my ball fro. She takes one look at me and goes, " Oh, my God, I've had the old bull, now I want the young calf," and she grabs me by the weiner.
Dr. Robert Doback: Shut the fuck up!
- Crazy creditsThere are two additional short scenes, one during the credits and one afterward. They are: Brennan and Dale arrive in a helicopter to have a rematch fight with the junior high bullies. Brennan and Dale suffering another joint bout of sleepwalking, colliding into one another before heading out of a door.
- Alternate versionsThe unrated version has 8 minutes of additional footage not in the theatrical release.
- SoundtracksA-Punk
Written by Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij, Chris Baio (as Christopher Baio) and Chris Tomson (as Christopher Tomson)
Performed by Vampire Weekend
Courtesy of XL Recordings Ltd.
Featured review
Yeah, I'm not going to lie: my inner 12 year-old loves this movie. Or at least parts of it. Whenever Will Ferrell and John C Reilly are at war, it sends me into a fit of giggles - and totally feels like they'd ad-libbed half this stuff. It's when these scenes are awkwardly melded into the overall family story that the humor starts to go flat; despite the cast involved.
That said, Rob Riggle steals every one of his scenes. And Reilly's random "Boats and hoes!" outbursts has been in my head for ten years now.
It's so lovably dumb.
That said, Rob Riggle steals every one of his scenes. And Reilly's random "Boats and hoes!" outbursts has been in my head for ten years now.
It's so lovably dumb.
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- Hermanastros
- Filming locations
- Meridian Avenue & Mission Street, South Pasadena, California, USA(Scene where Dale and Brennan are walking home after interviews.)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $65,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $100,468,793
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $30,940,732
- Jul 27, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $128,110,667
- Runtime1 hour 38 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
- 2.39 : 1
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