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Our Idiot Brother

2011

Jesse Peretz

Paul Rudd, Zooey Deschanel, Elizabeth Banks, Emily Mortimer ...

5.6

1,318

Comedy Despite looking for the good in every situation and the best in every person, Ned always seems to find himself holding the short end of the stick—being conned into selling pot to a uniformed cop, being dumped by his girlfriend, and worse yet, losing custody of his beloved dog, Willie Nelson. When he turns to family, he is passed from sister to sister while he gets back on his feet. Ned’s best intentions produce hilariously disastrous ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"A thin, unconvincing movie made likable by the charm and skill of its cast and by a script peppered with wit and insight"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Our Idiot Brother comes off as a blueprint for a smart script no one really made (...) Rating: ★★ (out of four)"	NEU
United States	Kyle Smith New York Post	"This bourgeois-bohemian movie is, in a way, as serene in its obliviousness to the exterior world as its man-child subject. It's not essential, but it is endearing (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Wesley Morris Boston Globe	"A new Muppet movie isn’t scheduled to arrive until November. But for anyone who can’t wait, there’s “Our Idiot Brother,’Peretz has figured out how to make a happy commercial contraption with eccentric flavoring"	NEU
United States	Justin Chang Variety	"A wannabe-feel-good comedy that turns out to be as cruel as its title"	NEG

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