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I appreciate the wide eyed innocent characters that Will Ferrell has played. The cheerleader on SNL, Buddy the elf, even Chazz in Blades of Glory.

But when that wide eyed character is actually just a lazy ass dufus with no social skills, he really isn’t amusing. It is sad. There was so little likeable about either of these characters until the very end of this film that there is nothing worth sticking around until that point. I was surprised that I did.

It makes me sad to see 4 great actors wasted so badly in this film. The parents were pathetic and it was no surprise that they raised awful children. And ALL of the children were awful, even the successful one.

I wouldn’t recommend this film and after the last two previous Will Ferrell outings we watched, I am not sure how enthusiastic I would be to watch another. And the man is a workhorse, he has a lot of films in the queue.

Will, please stop disappointing me. Your humor seems to be regressing as you get older. Hint: boogers and poop aren’t funny for men over 40.  Hell, they aren’t funny for boys over 14. Actually they aren’t funny at all at any age, but they are tolerable and understandable until around 14. Your films are becoming untolerable and I don’t understand it.

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Two spoiled guys become competitive stepbrothers after their single parents get hitched.