Our Idiot Brother (2011)

R08/26/2011Comedy, Drama1h 30m
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Everybody has one

Overview

Everybody 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, Miranda and Natalie, that person is their perennially upbeat brother, Ned. But as each of their lives begins to unravel, Ned's family comes to realise that Ned isn't such an idiot after all.

Top Billed Cast

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    Paul Rudd

    Nedrick 'Ned' Rochlin

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    Elizabeth Banks

    Miranda Rochlin

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    Zooey Deschanel

    Natalie Rochlin

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    Emily Mortimer

    Liz Rochlin Byng

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    Steve Coogan

    Dylan Byng

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    Rashida Jones

    Cindy

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    Kathryn Hahn

    Janet

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    T.J. Miller

    Billy

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    Shirley Knight

    Ilene Rochlin

Really good watch, could watch again, and can recommend. This has a fantastic cast of characters. Paul Rudd leads excellently, but the rest of the cast is so good that he doesn't have to carry the movie. Too often the lead overpowers the presence of other actors. It helps that he is playing a doofy character. This story is just as complicated as real life, but as ridiculous as it is, it's not believeable enough to break the immersion. The story is written as multi-threaded in a great way. Ned is a great every man, and an embodiment of purity. His only real flaw is wanting to be g...