Release Date
August 26, 2011
DVD Release Date
November 29, 2011 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Jesse Peretz
Writer
Evgenia Peretz, David Schisgall
Cast
Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel, Emily Mortimer, Rashida Jones, Hugh Dancy, Kathryn Hahn, Shirley Knight, Janet Montgomery, Steve Coogan
Studio
Running Time
95 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for sexual content including nudity, and for language throughout
Every family 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 (Emily Mortimer), Miranda (Elizabeth Banks) and Natalie (Zooey Deschanel), that person is their perennially upbeat brother Ned (Paul Rudd), an erstwhile organic farmer whose willingness to rely on the honesty of mankind is a less-than-optimum strategy for a tidy, trouble-free existence. Ned may be utterly lacking in common... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
A pothead hippie idealist who was stupid enough to sell drugs to a uniformed police officer is released from jail and integrates not-so-seamlessly into the lives of his three sisters in Our Idiot Brother, a surprisingly thoughtful comedy that doesn't stir up a lot of laughs but is genuinely enjoyable nonetheless. Full movie review »
