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Our Idiot Brother
Every family has one: the sibling who is always just a little bit behind the curve when it comes to getting his life together. And this film tells the story of an idealistic man who intrudes and wreaks havoc in his three sisters' lives.
3 April 1973, Santa Cruz, California, USA
20 August 1986, Manhasset, New York, USA
25 February 1976, Los Angeles, California, USA
1 October 1978, Milbridge, Maine, USA
4 June 1961, San Diego, California, USA
August 05, 2015
If plot-wise there isn't all that much new being cooked up here, the invaluable, endlessly creative Rudd's interactions with a gallery of terrific actors carry the day.
June 30, 2013
This inane comedy lives down to its title.
August 26, 2011
It's rare that summer ends on as sweet a note as Our Idiot Brother.
February 28, 2013
Our Idiot Brother is an enjoyable comedy thanks to its strong supporting cast and a terrific central performance from Paul Rudd.
August 26, 2011
Even the usually likable Rudd can't do much with the enigmatic Ned, who often behaves exactly in the idiotic manner he's accused of.
August 26, 2011
Strange, then, how Our Idiot Brother wastes its lone asset -- there's not enough idiot, and far too many boring savants.
August 26, 2011
Dude, where's the movie?
August 26, 2011
The cast members, beginning with Rudd, have an improvisatory ease, and the director, Jesse Peretz, working from a script by Evgenia Peretz and David Schisgall, doesn't indulge in the sort of nail-on-the-head comedy that currently reigns.
July 08, 2014
... a film that largely earns its laughs honestly.
January 10, 2013
Rudd can play the innocent as well as the snarky cynic, and that serves him wonderfully here.
September 03, 2011
Rudd brings color and dimension to a borderline-simpleton schlub who could have easily become a one-note cliché.
June 22, 2013
Makes you want to go home and turn on your television.
