Writer(s)- Evgenia Peretz, David Schisgall
Starring- Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel, Emily Mortimer, Adam Scott, Kathryn Hahn, Steve Coogan, Hugh Dancy, Rashida Jones, T.J. Miller, Sterling K. Brown
Critics Review- " The rhythms are gentle, the smiles plentiful, the chuckles frequent, with the overall effect as pleasantly innocuous as the film's hero."- Bob Mondello "NPR"
Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 68% Audience- 53%
Out of a possible 5 stars-3 1/2 stars
My Review-
This movie should not be called "Our Idiot Brother", and I mean that in a good way. Paul Rudd's character Ned, just things he is doing the right thing when he says nothing but the truth or some times does not mean to twist it. This movie, well to me was more of a drama/comedy with the laughs every now and then, mostly from Paul Rudd and T.J. Miller who has small scenes every now and then throughout the film. This film was about how Paul Rudd's character Ned, gets arrested for selling weed to a police officer and how he ends up living with his three sisters throughout the movie. This movie is also mostly how Ned tried to do good by his three sisters; played by Banks, Deschanel, and Mortimer but in the process without realizing it almost screwed everything up. One person that irritated me the most was Steve Coogan and I usually think he is freaking hilarous in almost anything that he does, however in here I just wanted to punch him in the face. Well watching the movie I was surprised to see that Rashida Jones was not only a part of the cast, but she was Deschanel's girlfriend during the course of the film, which I will admit was pretty cool. Since this movie was too me more of a drama I felt bad for Ned for most of the movie, because he was trying to be good a person without judging anyone, and trust everyone. In the film and from the trailer; Ned says "I like to think that if you put your trust out there; if you really give people the benefit of the doubt, see their best intentions, people will rise to the occasion." Yes at times he could be an idiot, be he did not know he was being one, it was because he saw the good in everyone. This possibly one of Paul Rudd's funniest roles and since he was the main character I was glad too see that he is able to carry movie on his own. Everyone in the film did a good job acting wise, I wish I could have seen more from Mortimer and the outcome of her marriage with Coogan, and I also wanted to see more of Adam Scott who was able to add to the comedy and Banks' neighbor. It seems that this movie had a message throughout the whole film, and that was too see the good in people. The side story within the movie was good, how all Ned wanted to do was get his ironically named dog "Willie Nelson" back from the always funny Kathryn Hahn, and her idiot boyfriend played by T.J. Miller, where as Miller just wanted to be friends with Ned. All in all this was a pretty good movie, I do recommend this movie if you are a fan of Paul Rudd or anyone else in this movie, and this is not the movie you expect it would be, it is actually heart-warming and has a cheesy yet satisfying ending.
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