Our Idiot Brother

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So-so
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60 out of 100
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Fan Reviews

Must Go!
LOL: tears from laughing then from heartstrings pulled

by misszara

Loved this film. Fantastic cast, great story, not predictable... or I was having so much fun watching and laughing that I didn't bother guessing what might be the outcome. A few offensive words, but...

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Annoying liberal stereotypes

by Zombielicious

Uh! If you could've taken the last ten minutes and put them on a different movie then MAYBE you might have something. I hated all the annoying liberal stereotypes (kid not being allowed to watch the...

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The idiot movie

by kmichellejackson

I really wanted to love this film. I was so excited to see it and I am mad about Paul Rudd. Unfortunately this movie is complete junk. Do not waste the minutes of your life or money that you will...

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Critic Reviews

83
Entertainment Weekly
| Lisa Schwarzbaum

I do wish the movie's ending weren't so squishy. It's been changed from the finale that Sundance audiences saw earlier this year and now reeks of focus-group testing. Read full review

75
San Francisco Chronicle
| Mick LaSalle

Easily could have been mildly funny and phony but instead is really funny and true to life. Read full review

75
Philadelphia Inquirer
| Steven Rea

While this hugely likable cast is, indeed, hugely likable, no one's sweating things at all. The comedy's relaxed, moony rhythms imbue it with a certain charm, but can result in a certain stop-and-start awkwardness, too. Read full review

75
USA Today
| Claudia Puig

Watching Rudd bring dimension to what could have been a clownish caricature is the best reason to see this good-natured family comedy. Read full review

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Paul Rudd as Ned in "Our Idiot Brother."