Our Idiot Brother

8/26/20111h 30m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Everybody has one ~

Overview:

Everybody has one—the sibling who is always just a little bit behind the curve when it comes to getting his life together. For sisters Liz, Miranda and Natalie, that person is their perennially upbeat brother, Ned. But as each of their lives begins to unravel, Ned's family comes to realise that Ned isn't such an idiot after all.

Director:

Jesse Peretz

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$5,000,000.00

Revenue:

$24,816,118.00

Key words:

farm
sibling relationship
hippie
ex-lover
honesty
relationship problems
family clan
idealist
hippie lifestyle
dog
parolee
rift
outtakes
jailed
gullibility
brother sister relationship
free spirited
loving
farmer's market
willie nelson
taken advantage of
trusting

Cast

Paul Rudd

~ as ~

Nedrick 'Ned' Rochlin

Elizabeth Banks

~ as ~

Miranda Rochlin

Zooey Deschanel

~ as ~

Natalie Rochlin

Emily Mortimer

~ as ~

Liz Rochlin Byng

Steve Coogan

~ as ~

Dylan Byng

Rashida Jones

~ as ~

Cindy

Kathryn Hahn

~ as ~

Janet

T.J. Miller

~ as ~

Billy

Shirley Knight

~ as ~

Ilene Rochlin

Adam Scott

~ as ~

Jeremy

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Reviews (1)

Kamurai
Written 5 year(s) ago
7
Really good watch, could watch again, and can recommend.

This has a fantastic cast of characters. Paul Rudd leads excellently, but the rest of the cast is so good that he doesn't have to carry the movie. Too often the lead overpowers the presence of other actors. It helps that he is playing a doofy character.

This story is just as complicated as real life, but as ridiculous as it is, it's not believeable enough to break the immersion. The story is written as multi-threaded in a great way.

Ned is a great every man, and an embodiment of purity. His only real flaw is wanting to be good and just.

It's a charming story of the turbulences of life, filled with great acting and plenty of good humor.