Our Idiot Brother 2011

Everybody has one

6.2 / 10   917 vote(s)
R
Comedy Drama

Everybody has oneā€”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.

Homepage http://www.ouridiotbrother.com/
Release Date 2011-08-26
Runtime 1h 30m
Directors Jesse Peretz, Yaron Orbach, Mariela Comitini, Kara Doherty
Producers Anthony Bregman, Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub, Jesse Peretz, Caroline Jaczko, Stefanie Azpiazu, John Hodges, Aleen Keshishian, Glenn Allen, Richard Friedlander
Writers Evgenia Peretz, Evgenia Peretz, David Schisgall, Jesse Peretz, David Schisgall

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.

Kamurai