
Ned lived a happy life growing organic vegetables on a farm with his hippie girlfriend and his dog named Willie Nelson, but an unadvised incident with marijuana at a farmer's market lands him in jail. When he gets out of jail, he is off to live with his sisters. While Ned is still happy, his sisters are much less so after his honest, but unworldly manner contributes to revelations which manage to expose infidelity in one marriage, potentially illegal actions in one job opport... (Full plot summary below)
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Ned lived a happy life growing organic vegetables on a farm with his hippie girlfriend and his dog named Willie Nelson, but an unadvised incident with marijuana at a farmer's market lands him in jail. When he gets out of jail, he is off to live with his sisters. While Ned is still happy, his sisters are much less so after his honest, but unworldly manner contributes to revelations which manage to expose infidelity in one marriage, potentially illegal actions in one job opportunity, dishonesty in one budding relationship and morally unpleasant behaviour in one domestic partnership. He sees those problems as breakdowns in communication, but his sisters see him as an idiot. The truth the audience witness is that ultimately, Ned is a catalyst for good around him without consciously setting out to do so. The denouement of the film sees balance restored with a positive outcome for all in the family.
Leave your thoughts about Our Idiot Brother.
| St. Louis Post-DispatchCalvin WilsonOur Idiot Brother is smart entertainment. |
| ABC Radio BrisbaneMatthew ToomeyIt has its moments but, for the most part, I found it to be flat and disappointing. |
| Detroit NewsTom LongIt's rare that summer ends on as sweet a note as Our Idiot Brother. |
| UGOJordan HoffmanMany other actors would have hammed it up too much, gone for the cheap laugh. [Paul] Rudd and [Jesse] Peretz took the harder path and their work has definitely paid off. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA delightfully funny film about a modern-day holy fool who brings chaos into the lives of his three sisters while opening their hearts at the same time. |
| Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallCertainly amusing, but it never accelerates past one-note characters playing out separate personal crises in ways that aren't surprising. |
| Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeShambles along with all the purposefulness of its title character, a kind of near-beer Lebowski who's neither reckless enough to cheer for nor misguided enough to disdain. |
| Miami HeraldRene RodriguezThe talented actors are game, but they are done in by the shallow nature of their characters, none of whom behaves in a manner remotely resembling real life (they don't really seem to be related, either). |
| DeadspinWill LeitchMakes you want to go home and turn on your television. |
| TheMovieReport.comMichael Dequina'Cute' is probably not the word one would expect to attach to a film with this title, but there is no more apropos term for its gentle comic charm. |