Our Idiot Brother

Plot synopsis:
Ned (Paul Rudd) is a hippie selling produce at a local farmer's market. The daughter of one of his customers is eating a strawberry that she did not purchase, and her father chastises her for it. Ned calls out to her after her father leaves and gives her a pint of strawberries for free. Ned is then approached by a uniformed police officer, who asks him where he can buy some weed. Ned says he obviously wouldn't tell him even if he knew where to procure such an item. The cop then says he's just had a really bad week, and Ned takes pity on him, slipping him a small bag of marijuana with a stalk of rhubarb free of charge. The officer insists on paying, and Ned agrees to accept 20 dollars for it. After Ned takes the money, the officer says he is under arrest. Ned thinks he is kidding, but soon finds out that the officer is quite serious. Ned realizes (too late) how much of an idiot he is to have fallen for this police sting.Next we go to brief scenes of three different women; Miranda (Elizabeth Banks) comes back from a boring date and calls her neighbor (Adam Scott) to ask for help with her pilot light. Even though her neighbor is starting to have sex with another girl, he runs up to help her.Natalie (Zooey Deschanel) is telling sex-heavy jokes on stage at a small and nearly deserted comedy club, populated mainly by her lawyer butch lesbian girlfriend Cindy (Rashida Jones) and Cindy's law firm co-workers.Liz (Emily Mortimer) shyly tries to wow her husband Dylan (Steve Coogan) by flashing him her new Brazilian wax, but he seems rather disinterested.After eight months in prison, Ned is released on good behavior. He returns to his farm to find out that his girlfriend, Janet, is now dating a new guy named Billy. Ned wants to remain working on the farm, but Janet refuses. She also will not let him take his dog (named Willie Nelson) with him. Billy drives Ned into town and after a sad farewell with Willie Nelson, Billy is moved and tells Ned that he'll convince Janet to rent out the goat barn to him for $500 a month if he can provide her with two months' rent.Instead Ned moves in with his overbearing, neurotic mother Ilene (Shirley Knight), who hosts a family dinner every week, where we discover that the three women shown earlier are Ned's sisters. Ilene is clearly uncomfortable with the scene around her which involves Dylan and Liz bickering with each other; Natalie and Cindy frequently showing their loving affection with hand-holding and lip-smooching (apparently Ilene never recovered from her personal shock after Natalie came out-of-the-closet about her true sexual orientation years earlier); and with Miranda being single and always talking about business. The sisters are not interested in sticking around after dinner, but as Liz leaves, she mentions to Ned that her door is always open for him if he needs a place to stay.The next day, Ned meets his parole officer. He believes that their relationship is like a free therapy session from the state of New York, though his parole officer does not offer much in the way of therapy. Ned struggles to come up with answers to how he will avoid staying out of trouble, other than no longer working on the farm. The parole officer says he will record that as "avoiding former criminal associates". Ned says he will think of more answers before their next session.Tired of staying with their mother, Ned shows up at Liz's apartment in downtown New York City where he is put up in a bunk bed shared with Liz's 10-year-old son, River. Ned will be paid $250 a week to look after River, as well as babysit their youngest daughter, only a few months old, and help Liz's husband, Dylan, with his documentary film. Ned takes River to dance class, but River is clearly more interested in the karate class next door. At home, Ned shows him 'The Pink Panther' (the original version). He is shocked that River has never seen it, but River replies that his parents will not let him watch violent movies. Ned says that it is not violent, and then proceeds to horse around with him using karate moves. Dylan comes into the room upset that his son is up after 10 p.m. and that Ned is using the laptop for something other than typing a resume.Ned goes to work with Dylan the next day. He is getting permission from the ballerinas to appear in Dylan's documentary about the Belarussian ballerina Tatiana. Dylan is annoyed when the absent-minded Ned walks in front of the camera, goofs off with Tatiana, and tells her that Dylan is married.Later, Miranda and her neighbor are nervously awaiting Ned's arrival to drive her around New York City for her interview with Lady Arabella for Vanity Fair. She wants Ned to not talk to her interviewee, but Arabella instantly takes an interest in Ned and his farming. Miranda is not allowed to ask about Arabella's infamous relationship with her ex, though her task is to somehow pry the information out of her. Instead, the interview revolves around Arabella's charity work.Meanwhile, Natalie has been doing some nude modeling for an artist named Christian (Hugh Dancy) with whom there is an obvious mutual attraction (Ned also does a bit of modeling for Christian to earn some extra money). Christian insists that the two of them come to a self-help group meeting with him. After listening to some testimonials, the group moves to a sweat tent known as the "win room". Participants are given water after sharing a personal story. Natalie is given water, and Ned is desperate to get some water as well but cannot tell a story. After being refused, he ends up passing out and being taken away in an ambulance. Natalie and Christian head home in a taxi and end up having sex in Christian's apartment. The next morning, Natalie feels guilty about her cheating on Cindy. At their loft in Brooklyn, which they share with four or five other people, Natalie tells Cindy that she loves her. Caught off-guard by Natalie's unusual affections, Cindy tells Natalie that she loves her too and leaves for work at her lawyer's office.A few days later, Ned helps Dylan unload some camera gear but is told to stay in the vehicle while Dylan conducts a very private interview with Tatiana. Ned reads a book as day turns to night, and is frightened when a police car comes up behind him. He immediately declares that he is on parole. The officer says that he is parked in a 24-hour tow zone. Realizing that he doesn't have the car keys, and that Dylan has been gone for over six hours, Ned runs upstairs, where discovers Dylan and Tatiana naked in the studio. Ned freaks out as he suspects that Dylan is cheating on Liz with Tatiana, but Dylan says that he was only naked so that Tatiana would be more comfortable when she reveals deeply personal secrets. Ned seems to accept this.Another few days later, Ned and Miranda attend Arabella's charity event, at which Miranda had hoped to get more information out of Arabella as her boss has threatened to kill her boring piece on Arabella's charity, but Arabella quickly passes by Miranda and heads over to talk to Ned. Ned and Arabella end up alone, and Arabella opens up about her relationship. Ned asks her out, but she politely declines.When Ned and River act out a Cato and Clouseau attack scene a la The Pink Panther, Ned ends up accidentally breaking one of River's fingers. At River's private school interview, he does not wish to talk about the unique instrument he has learned and dance classes, but rather about his enthusiasm for a type of martial arts that his recently released uncle found on YouTube. When asked about why the uncle was in jail, Dylan quickly interjects that Ned was protesting whale slaughter in Japan. River says he thought Ned was in jail for selling drugs to a cop. Liz and Dylan clearly blame Ned for River's interview performance, and kick Ned out of the house. Ned defends his behavior, but Liz will not listen. She does give him a bit of money before sending him away in a taxi.Ned ends up at Miranda's house, who prefers giving him the rest of the money for rent at the goat barn to having him stay with her. Ned casually mentions Dylan's naked interview with Tatiana, and Miranda immediately reaches the obvious conclusion that Dylan is having an affair. Miranda immediately calls Natalie to tell her this news. The neighbor shows up and he and Ned bond. While Miranda is on the phone, Ned mentions a detail of Arabella's relationship that was not public, upon which Miranda hangs up and demands more information, which Ned reluctantly provides. Ned heads out to the farm but finds that Billy has not asked Janet about his staying in the barn, and Janet will neither let him stay nor let him take Willie Nelson, whereupon Ned returns to New York and to Miranda's couch.Ned attends a party at Natalie's apartment. Ned meets with Cindy where they talk and she suggests a plot to abduct Willie Nelson while Janet is at a Dixie Chicks concert. Ned hears a Willie Nelson remix playing outside, takes it as a sign, and starts to dance. A woman (one of Natalie and Cindy's roommates) approaches to dance with him, and another man comes up and dances behind him. They say that they want to have sex with him. He starts out with the woman, but gets freaked out when the guy starts to kiss him.At lunch the next day, Ned explains his situation to Miranda's neighbor, Jeremy, who says they must find him a girl, and they start to look around the restaurant. One patron reminds Jeremy of Miranda, and Ned opines that Jeremy is clearly in love with Miranda. Jeremy says he is not interested in her, and gives several reasons why. Ned later questions Miranda about Jeremy, and she also gives reasons why she is not interested. Miranda gets upset when Ned tells her why Jeremy is not interested in her, and confronts Jeremy about his comments. Jeremy and Miranda then turn on Ned, who continues to slightly misstate their previous words. Before storming out, Jeremy throws Miranda's article on Arabella at Ned, saying he should read it.Meanwhile, Natalie discovers that she is pregnant after her one-night stand with Christian. As she performs at her comedy club that evening to an audience including Cindy and Ned, Christian walks in and she runs off stage to throw up in the toilet. When Ned checks on her, she tells him about her dilemma. He says that it is best to inform Cindy and that if they are truly in love they will weather the storm. Natalie tells Ned that she will tell Cindy at a time of her own choosing.The family is gathered together with Ned, Cindy, and River on the trampoline outside and the sisters in the kitchen. Liz talks about her marriage, and Miranda brings up what Ned told her about Dylan and Tatiana having an affair. Liz is in denial and blames Ned, but her sisters ask her why she no longer dresses attractively. Liz says that Natalie is the promiscuous one, which causes Natalie to storm out. In tears, Liz goes outside and takes River, meanwhile chastising Ned for his immature behavior. Liz confronts Dylan and asks him if she has been cheating on her with Tatiana. But rather than admitting the affair, Dylan turns it back on her, attacking her mousy, passive-aggressive tactics. Dylan says he would rather leave her than have their children overhear him be compelled to fight with her.The next day, Miranda takes Ned into the Vanity Fair office to sign off on the validity of Arabella's story, but Ned is upset that his sister is using the information he gave her. Miranda says he never told Arabella they were on the record, but he counters that he is not a reporter and she made it clear to Arabella they were not a team. He refuses to corroborate her story even though it is of great professional cost to his sister.Ned is now staying with Natalie and her roommates at her Brooklyn loft. When he asks her how it went with Cindy, she implies that she has told her the truth without really confirming it. While it seems clear that Natalie did not tell Cindy about being pregnant, Ned accepts her statement at face value.The following night, Cindy and Ned drive to the farm to abduct Willie Nelson. They see that Janet and Billy are still home, but after the couple goes outside they continue with their mission. As they sneak into the house, Ned mentions how glad he is that Cindy and his sister stayed together. Cindy thinks he is talking about something else until Ned mentions infidelity, and then brings up the baby. Cindy calls Natalie, and when Janet hears the noise she returns to the house. Cindy walks out, still screaming on the phone, and speeds off in the car, leaving Ned behind.Ned is now back living with his mother, and goes to check in with his parole officer. Ned thanks him for his hard work, but goes on to say that all of the stress caused him to break down and smoke a joint with a neighbor. The parole office has no choice but to report him.The sisters and River come over for another family night, and the girls are obviously displeased with Ned, preoccupied, and disinterested in the family game of Charades. Ned finally has an outburst, screaming and cursing at his sisters for being so self-centered, self-absorbed, and negative. The family is shocked that the always laid-back slacker Ned has exploded in anger. The doorbell rings and Ned answers to find his parole office and a police office there to arrest him. Miranda posts bail, but Ned decides to stay in jail. River says he knows how to get Ned to agree to sign the release form, and they make a U-turn and head out to get Willie Nelson back from Janet at her farm. Janet still refuses, saying she loves the dog. Miranda says nobody could possibly love anything as unconditionally as Ned does and that the dog truly belongs with him. While Janet remains unmoved, Billy and Ned's mother come out of the house with the dog and put it into the car. Willie Nelson runs down the hallway of the jail to Ned's cell, where Ned is overjoyed to be reunited with his dog. Miranda finally realizes that she belongs with Jeremy, and runs down to him in her sweats. River is seen wearing a karate outfit, with Liz encouraging him.In the final scene, Ned is eating lunch with all three sisters. Miranda and Jeremy seem to be doing well as a couple, and Liz has started to date again. Natalie gets a call from Cindy, who wants to go to the OB/GYN with her. Ned decides that the city is not a fit for him and Willie, and says it is time for him to go. Ned and Billy open up a handmade candle shop and say they should thank Janet for getting them together. Ned then wonders where Willie Nelson is, and he finally finds him with another dog in a park. The other dog's owner rounds the corner, and it is clear that the two humans have something in common. She says that her dog is named Dolly Parton. He responds that his is Willie Nelson, and they smile.During the closing credits, there are film outtakes and bloopers from throughout the movie.

Tags: cute, entertaining, feel-good

Review:
It's a nice little study on the cynicism and selfishness of today's culture and how someone with a good heart and a sunny disposition just gets taken advantage of and abused for being decent.There are a lot of funny moments throughout, most of them coming from Paul Rudd who plays a unique character for him (the rest of the actors were cast exactly in their wheelhouse) and is really just charming and kind the whole time.
You really believe him in this role and Ned could have come off as too dim or annoyingly sweet, but Rudd makes him so likable and I just wanted to give him a big hug and hang out with him the whole time.
It's a light-hearted, low-key comedy about a hippie brother Ned (Paul Rudd) returning home from prison for selling pot to a uniformed policeman.That little episode that put him in jail is not only humorous because of Ned's naiveté but also because of his big heart that would empathize with the seemingly depressed cop and sell him the weed.
Although he has been a biodynamic farmer but now doesn't have a job, his real job is turning his family honest, sister by sister, without even trying, without even knowing that his Ibsen-like Wild Duck openness has changed lives for the better.For instance, when he forces his sister Miranda (Elizabeth Banks) to be honest with her publisher about a source for an important story, she eventually is better for the setback.
A little like Forrest Gump with less cluelessness, Ned changes things with the force of his own honesty.His three sisters are not wicked witches; they're just New Yorkers who have lost their way in marriage, sexual orientation, or plain old occupation.
Director Jesse Peretz keeps the cast underplaying as he allows the ripening of their lives through the gentle ministrations of this child-like brother.While I always favor the outré Royal Tenenbaums or eccentric Little Miss Sunshine, it's pleasant to experience a relatively mild comedy about family dysfunction and want more..
The movie is funny, charming, and very cute.It really isn't about Ned's philosophy of expecting the best of others and seeing the good in them because even thought some people don't, and it can hurt you, more people do and everyone is better for it.
A career spanning two decades with 30-plus movie credits, and we've only seen Paul Rudd in the lead role a handful of times.Rudd has infused Ned with all the charm, likability and overall appeal that we have come to expect from him.
The three supporting actors probably could have stolen the show if they were given more time: Steve Coogan as the husband with a penchant for exhibitionism; Hugh Dancy as a creepy artist turned cultist; and Adam Scott as Rudd's long lost brother — not literally, he just has the same presence."Our Idiot Brother" is a comedy, one of those heart-warming comedies, where all of the characters start coming around to see the value of having Ned in their life.
The movie's impressively talented and good-looking cast includes Zooey Deschanel, Emily Mortimer, and Elizabeth Banks (looking a lot like Parker Posey) as sisters.
Steve Coogan plays Ned's deliciously distasteful brother-in-law in his inimitable unpleasant-guy way.The film is smartly directed by Jesse Peretz from a story he developed with his sister, Evgenia Peretz.
Frequent Rudd co-stars Elizabeth Banks and Rashida Jones co-star in the film as well as Zooey Deschanel, Emily Mortimer, Steve Coogan, Adam Scott, T.J. Miller and many other familiar faces.
Rudd plays Ned who as the film opens is living with his girlfriend Janet (Kathryn Hahn) on a biodynamic farm selling produce at the local farmers' market and weed on the side.
I'm sure many audience members will miss the point of the movie and still see Ned as an idiot because of the seemingly clueless havoc he causes but he does so much more good than harm despite his flaws and I think he's a true inspiration to us all.
Jesse Peretz's 'Our Idiot Brother' is a decent watch, but what stands tall in this film, is, without a shed of doubt, Paul Rudd's lovable performance in the central role.
The actor has never been so convincing before!'Our Idiot Brother' tells the story of an idealistic man who intrudes and wreaks havoc in each of his three sisters' lives.The film begins well, dips in the middle, but luckily, culminates properly.
Hence the title of the movie.The story starts out with one idiotic move by Ned, portrayed by Paul Rudd.
Maybe we all know someone like the main character, the idiot brother, Ned, who is the ultimate optimist.
And he eventually becomes a conduit for their own insecurities and frustrations, until it looks like the entire family might break up.With a superb cast and witty, truthful dialogue, Our Idiot Brother, in it's quite short running length barely puts a foot wrong, in giving us a bunch of people who's lives we care about and proving that sometimes the idiot of the family can be the smartest one.
Really funny,touches your heart by its charm!A must watch,its a different kind of movie,its impossible to resist.I knew this would be good,as it had all my favorite performers!It sure does restore that there are some people like Ned out there,who care and love unconditionally,who are not judgemental or practical.A light hearted comedy for those looking for casual,sweet yet sometimes too clichéd moments.The whole movie keeps you entertained and keeps you wanting for more.Not predictable.
You will definitely love this movie,its a great and a must watch for comedy or Paul Rudd fans like me!
Great cast...Paul Rudd is sweet and lovable in this role and he will quickly endear himself to you even as you watch and think, "Come on.
I usually think he is really funny, but this movie was a big let down.He plays, Ned, a hippie whom goes to jail for selling weed to a cop.
Except for "Uncle Buck", none of these were great movies.Paul Rudd's character is most definitely absent-minded, but "idiot" is too strong a word.
And sometimes we just think "why would I what a 6.6 rated film?" Well, that kind of thought made look like and idiot after I've watched Our Idiot Brother.The movie is just amazing, in the "rainbow" sense of the word.
Ned only wants what's best for everyone but finds himself ruining his sisters' lives when his idealism fails to mesh with their reality.No one plays as endearing an idiot as Paul Rudd.
Ned's sisters are played by Emily Mortimer, Elizabeth Banks, and Zooey Deschanel, which makes it all the more difficult to speak so harshly about a cast that's so freaking hot in a "Hollywood's sweethearts" sort of way.
The most evil force in this film would be Ned's ex-girlfriend Janet, who's extreme passive-aggression proves that even a hippie woman is not to be messed with.I love that the movie doesn't pull any punches and embraces it's R-rating, but I can't help but believe it's a shame that it didn't try to aim for a PG-13.
Thankfully he's darn good at it.Rudd plays the comedy everyman ("Role Models," "I Love You, Man," "Dinner for Schmucks") as good if not better than anybody in today's comedies, yet no one's surprised when he takes a role like that of Ned in "Our Idiot Brother" and hits a home run with it.
"Our Idiot Brother" gives us the best of both Rudd-worlds.Jesse Peretz's film also exists in an uncomfortable middle ground between modern comedy and indie family dramedy, which would explain why it has been met with mixed criticism.
Whole other idiocy ball game.The comedy has a fairytale structure as Ned must rotate between living with his three sisters: Miranda (Elizabeth Banks) the strong-willed independent journalist, Natalie (Zooey Deschanel) the spontaneous lesbian stand-up comic and Liz (Emily Mortimer) the hardened mother of two with an emotionally unavailable husband (Steve Coogan).
"I like to think that if you put your trust out there; if you really give people the benefit of the doubt, see their best intentions, people will rise to the occasion."NedNed (Paul Rudd) has just been released from a jail term after selling marijuana to a uniformed police man.
Our Idiot Brother plays like Ned will learn a thing or two about not doing dumb things, but he actually lives a guilt and shame free life.
The movie makes you feel warm inside and makes you want to be as good and honest to the people in your life as Paul Rudd was with the cast members.
I stumbled on this movie while looking for something to watch, I am a Paul Rudd fan ever since FRIENDS, so gave it a try.The movie is really light, it restores your faith in good things in Life, for example being Honest.
Because he is not bright, he may unintentionally ruin the lives of his sister.I don't know how anyone can not like Paul Rudd in this movie.
Paul Rudd turns in an enjoyable performance as Ned, the eponymous idiot brother.
Segel and Rudd, of course, starred in "I Love You, Man," one of the best comedies in recent years.There's not a lot to say about a movie like this without getting into spoiler territory.
There were a few funny bits in it but I don't think it was supposed to be an all-out comedy.I like Paul Rudd is most things and when he went angry at the charades game I thought he was very good.
I didn't particularly like the ending because I'm not fond of lovey-dovey scenarios as it is not very realistic but I didn't mind it as much as I usually do.I wouldn't recommend it unless you like those types of movies or if you want to see Paul Rudd as, I thought, he was very good in it.
Genuine and genuinely funny.Ned (Rudd) is the idiot, unkempt, underachieving, free spirited, pot smoking brother of three sisters—a married pacifist (Mortimer), a confused and super sexed lesbian (Deschanel), and Type A aspiring writer (Banks).
There's nothing wrong with being stupid in the way Paul Rudd's character Ned is in "Our Idiot Brother," but stupid movies--even if they're as good-natured as he is--are another matter.
Ultimately, coming from a South Indian background with the culture that once professed sincerity, truthfulness and balanced, wholesome life before getting ravaged by modernity, I loved that this guy, his attitude, and the effects he brings to his family's lives; it all ends better for everyone involved.Elizabeth Banks does her patented neurotic career woman bit; Emily Mortimer does the eldest and most suppressed sister caught in a loveless marriage; Zooey Deschanel channels the adorkable weirdo that probably led to her getting cast in New Girl later that year.
Lovely, sweet and terribly funny Paul Rudd comedy about a dumb guy who does dumb things, but is perfectly happy with that!.
Because however idiot he may be in his actions as a brother, Paul Rudd is still one hell of a sweet caring guy.The great thing about this comedy, is that it aint mindnumbing slapstick.
This is a great little comedy, mainly down to the excellent performances from all involved (even Steve Coogan who I normally don't like) and the fact it doesn't reach too far.There is a morale story to be learnt but it isn't thrust into your face leaving lots of room for character development and comedy.I didn't find this movie laugh out loud hilarious but it was constantly amusing and charming.
There isn't anything original about Our Idiot Brother and we've laughed at similar jokes in other movies, but I just had a great time with this film and I can't really explain why.
The movie really works well and had me laughing throughout it.Paul Rudd is Ned, a hippie and idealistic guy who grows organic vegetables in a farm with his girlfriend Janet (Kathryn Hahn) and his dog Willie Nelson who he absolutely adores.
I think the world would be a better place with more people like Ned. Kudos for Jesse Peretz and his direction in Our Idiot Brother.http://estebueno10.blogspot.com.
You'll still laugh, but tomorrow you won't remember why it was it was so funny.This Film might not be for you if:-You don't like Paul Rudd's charm.
After a major adjustment to his life that we see right in the beginning of the film, Ned then needs to find a place to live, but finds it hard because he can no longer stay at the farm where he worked and his three sisters are making things a little difficult for him.
The film and writers and directors really seem to like this character and I think they are really trying to show us someone so likable and lovable that he may seem simple and idiotic to his big business and accomplished sisters, but it is really Ned who is farther along in life with his wonderful way of looking at life and living it.
The film boasts other good performances by it's supporting cast, but I really have to single out Paul Rudd as Ned. He makes this character so endearing that it's a pleasure to watch and a lot of fun as well.
To see a comedy like Our Idiot Brother, which has the laughs as well as great character development and a message about family and liking those for who they are, is both heart warming and what makes this film such a winner.
As the "idiot" brother Ned of the title, Rudd infiltrates the lives of his three sisters, each successful by her own definition: Natalie (Zooey Deschanel), the pansexual lesbian-ish sister in a loving monogamous relationship with Cindy (masterfully played by Rashida Jones); Liz (Emily Mortimer), the hyper-conscious and sensitive Mom committed to raising self-actualized kids; and Miranda (Elizabeth Banks, who bears a very spooky resemblance to Parker Posey in this film), the cutthroat journalist who writes for Vanity Fair.
He's just too sweet and trustworthy for his own good, which also makes him a great comedy character, who besides is very likable.In essence this movie is also being a family drama, that however gets delivered as a comedy.
I guess that there is a something for everybody to enjoy in this movie, no matter what you are looking for or expecting from it.Paul Rudd does a great job at, playing the main character.
"I live my life a certain way and that is I like to think if you put your trust out there, if you really give people the benefit of the doubt...they're gonna want to live up to it." After a bad decision lands Ned (Rudd) in jail he is released and ends up living at his mother's house.
By no means is Our Idiot Brother the best comedy this year, however it is a mostly funny, well acted film with more than a few laugh out loud moments.
The best thing about this movie is Paul Rudd, I've never seen him as wonderful as he is in this movie, he has brought to life a truly lovable character that if played by anybody else would have been annoying.The supporting cast do well in their roles also, I'm not sure if it's deliberate but it seemed as though they were all playing up their respective clichés, Zooey as the cutesy quirky one, Emily as the dowdy housewife one and Banks as the high strung biatch, these ladies know what they're good at and use it well.
When a line by the 'idiot brother' Ned states 'I like to think that if you put your trust out there; if you really give people the benefit of the doubt, see their best intentions, people will rise to the occasion' then we know that some thought was invested in this otherwise indulgent silly comedy.Ned (Paul Rudd, of course) lived a happy hippie life growing organic vegetables on a farm with his hippie girlfriend and his dog named Willie Nelson, but unexpected troubles arise when in a sting when he gives marijuana to a police officer and takes money for the transaction - recipe for jail.
Lastly, the whininess of the sisters can become very annoying even if it is important to the story.Idiosyncratic comedy mixed with Paul Rudd's idealistic charm and a big name cast; lift "Our Idiot Brother" out of its early plunge making it a very oddly funny movie.
His is a gem.While the sisters are all quite annoying in their own special ways, it is Paul Rudd who makes the film work at all.
Our Idiot BrotherA male growing up with only sisters is exposed to a lot of things that sister-less males aren't, such as, hand-me-downs that make your ass look fat.And it is that feminine conditioning that has turned the brother in this comedy into a free-spirited hippy.Following his arrest for selling drugs to a uniformed officer, Ned (Paul Rudd) returns to his organic farm to find that his girlfriend has shacked up with someone new.Needing money in order to rent out his former farmhouse, Ned visits his sisters (Elizabeth Banks, Emily Mortimer, Zooey Deschanel) in hopes of raising enough capital.But when he interferes with their relationships, Ned's hapless nature lands him in hot water with all three sisters.
Ned (Paul Rudd) is a not-so-smart and never settled brother of three who-has-it-all-figured-out sisters - Liz (Emily Mortimer) married to Dylan (Steve Coogan) a documentary filmmaker and a mom, Miranda (Elizabeth Banks) an aspiring journalist and Natalie (Zooey Deschanel) a lesbian but having doubts about it.
Paul Rudd does a excellent job of playing a character that is a bit of an idiot but his hearts in the right place for the most part.
The cast overall was excellent, but nothing could have topped it off better than Paul Rudd, who mastered the title role as the idiot brother, Ned. Rudd is a genuinely likable actor, and it goes a long way with this movie.