Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 08/26/2011 Home Video Not Available MPAA Rating RatedR for sexual content including nudity, and for language throughout. Running Time 95 Minutes Genre Comedy Director Jesse Peretz 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 The Weinstein Company |
OUR IDIOT BROTHER (2011)
SYNOPSIS
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
sense, but he is their brother and so, after his girlfriend
dumps him and boots him off the farm, his sisters once
again come to his rescue. As Liz, Miranda and Natalie
each take a turn at housing Ned, their brother's
unfailing commitment to honesty creates more than a
few messes in their comfortable routines. But as each
of their lives begins to unravel, Ned's family comes to
realize that maybe, in believing and trusting the people
around him; Ned isn't such an idiot after all. -- (C)
Weinstein
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
sense, but he is their brother and so, after his girlfriend
dumps him and boots him off the farm, his sisters once
again come to his rescue. As Liz, Miranda and Natalie
each take a turn at housing Ned, their brother's
unfailing commitment to honesty creates more than a
few messes in their comfortable routines. But as each
of their lives begins to unravel, Ned's family comes to
realize that maybe, in believing and trusting the people
around him; Ned isn't such an idiot after all. -- (C)
Weinstein
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