muvi-fan-73 Our idiot brother is only one and half hours of comedy-drama video which sets bar high for comedy movies. It is highly underrated.Tone, Script & Story: It is a movie about Ned and his three sisters and their lives. The character of Ned weaves its own plot with each of his sisters which comes together. There is so much to say which occurs in one and half hours that cannot be summarized. There's plot coming together and stating Ned as just a child. There's how Ned's fed up and decides to stay in jail asking his sisters to f*** off. The story is awesome (4/5).Direction, Screenplay, Cinematography: Direction, Screenplay and Cinematography are all very good (4/5).Music: Music is very good (4/5).Acting: Everybody associated with the movie has shown exceptional skills in acting (4/5).Final Verdict: It is worth adding to your DVD collection [(4/5) (9/10)].

tim-matte I saw this movie with low expectations, the title turned me off a bit. I was pleasantly surprised. The plot is fairly complex, the characters have good depth, it's funny, there is some drama and suspense, but best of all is how good this movie makes you feel. 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. Great acting and a lesson for all of us to be honest with each other. As the storyline develops you find a sweet depth of character for Paul Rudd. It was a refreshing change.

zardoz-13 Paul Rudd is the whole show in "Our Idiot Brother." This fish-out-of-water comedy about a hippie who gets busted for selling marijuana to a uniformed cop is hilarious. Essentially, this 90-minute laffer is a character study. Rudd is cast as Ned, a twentysomething dude with a beard and long hair. Indeed, he smokes pot and has a problem embellishing the truth. He cannot lie. He always tells the truth. Sometimes, the truth comes back to haunt Ned. For example, after he is paroled from prison, Ned tells his probation officer Omar that he smoked a joint. Omar is a starched collar kind of guy who plans to never make an indiscretion. Omar sends him back behind bars. Just before he confesses his crime to Omar, Ned summaries his frailty: "I swear, I try and do good, but I just screw up." The truth becomes a successive ripples of consequences. At one point, the naïve Ned tells one of his sisters, Miranda (Elizabeth Banks), that Liz—his other sister—is married to a filmmaker who likes to interview celebrities in the nude. Immediately, Miranda knows that Dylan (Steve Coogan) is having sex with the celebrity. Director Jamie Peretz foreshadowed this scene with an earlier one when Liz (Emily Mortimer) parades naked in front of Dylan but exerts no effect on him, except for him to comment about how bizarre her vagina appears. This leads to Liz separating from Dylan. Throughout the remainder of "Our Idiot Brother," Liz complains that letting Ned live in their house with him sabotaged her marriage with Dylan. Ned affects everybody in "Our Idiot Brother." He constitutes somewhat of a memorable film character. He is not an action hero. Neither is he an idiot savant, such as Forrest Gump. Rudd doesn't emphasize any stereotype and plays it as straight as he can without consciously behaving like an idiot.Freshman scribes Evgenia Peretz & David Schisgall have crafted a compelling low-key comedy with director Jesse Peretz about a closely knit New York state family without a father. As the protagonist, Ned brings disruption to everybody's life and he finds himself handed around from one sister to the other until the finale. Ned allows himself to be busted by Officer Washburn (Bob Stephenson) who makes Ned feel sympathetic enough toward him to overcome any sense of paranoia. Unfortunately, this separates our protagonist not only from his girlfriend Janet (Kathryn Hahn of "We're The Millers") but also from his canine pal Willie Nelson. Losing Willie Nelson has a terrible impact on Ned. Janet refuses to turn him loose and accuses Ned of animal abuse. Of course, Ned would never abuse Willie Nelson. The love that Ned and Willie share is a thing of beauty. Ned spends the entire movie struggling to reconnect with his pet pooch. Meanwhile, the lives of his sisters fall apart. Liz endures a divorce and discovers what her son, River, is interested in. Director Jesse Peretz doesn't let the storyline elude him. Comedy dominates but never in a way that tips everything into farce. He maintains a light-hearted spirit without sacrificing an indie film appeal of "Our Idiot Brother." The irony is that Ned is the least idiotic of his family. To say that Paul Rudd is the centrifugal force that holds the film together is not to denigrate Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel, and Steve Coogan. Everybody holds their own, but Rudd is the hubs rather they are the spokes.

Alka Gupta 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. Yes, little things in life matter and being good to everyone around you is one of the little things you could do to help this world become a better place, people learn eventually good pays off better than bad (lies, dishonesty, etc). Love Paul Rudd, and Zooey Zooey Deschanel <3. Also, I could connect with the innocence of love Ned has for his Dog, Willie Nelson, lol, strange name for a Dog, wait for the climax of the movie, you're gonna love it. Those who've already watched the movie know what I am talking about. Grab a beer, some light snacks and watch the movie I must say, You will feel good about it.