Our Idiot Brother
Everybody has one
2011 | 90m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Jesse Peretz |
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| Writer: | Jesse Peretz, Evgenia Peretz, David Schisgall |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 26, 2011 |
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| Director: | Jesse Peretz |
| Writer: | Jesse Peretz, Evgenia Peretz, David Schisgall |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama |
| Keywords | sibling relationship, honesty, idealist, parolee, jailed, free spirited, willie nelson, trusting, farm, ex-lover, family clan, dog, outtakes, brother sister relationship, farmer's market, hippie, relationship problems, hippie lifestyle, rift, gullibility, loving, taken advantage of |
| Production Companies | Big Beach, Likely Story, Yuk Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $24,816,118
Budget: $5,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Job |
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| Inbal Weinberg | Production Design |
| Andrew Mondshein | Editor |
| Michael Ahern | Art Direction |
| Jesse Peretz | Story, Director |
| Eric D. Johnson | Original Music Composer |
| Susan Jacobs | Music Supervisor |
| Brian Smyj | Stunt Coordinator |
| Gregg Swiatlowski | Supervising Dialogue Editor |
| Evgenia Peretz | Story, Screenplay |
| David Schisgall | Story, Screenplay |
| Nicole Rivelli | Still Photographer |
| Nathan Larson | Original Music Composer |
| Qodi Armstrong | Key Hair Stylist |
| Tony Osso | Script Supervisor |
| Benjamin Cheah | Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Michael Barry | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Glenn Allen | Visual Effects Producer |
| Jeanne McCarthy | Casting |
| Susan Perlman | Set Decoration |
| Caroline Jaczko | Unit Production Manager |
| Chrissy Kuhn | Costume Supervisor |
| Nick London | Makeup Artist |
| Joshua Anderson | Sound Mixer |
| Alexa Zimmerman | Sound Effects Editor |
| Eric Hirsch | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| J. John Corbett | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Yaron Orbach | Director of Photography |
| Jacob Craycroft | Editor |
| Kara Doherty | Second Assistant Director |
| Autumn Saville | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Vanessa Heshima Sims | Hairstylist |
| Kirsten Kearse | Script Supervisor |
| Richard Friedlander | Visual Effects Producer |
| Ma Kalaadevi Ananda | Key Makeup Artist |
| Christopher Peterson | Costume Designer |
| Mariela Comitini | First Assistant Director |
| Nat Sanders | Additional Editor |
| Name | Title |
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| Marc Turtletaub | Producer |
| Jesse Peretz | Executive Producer |
| John Hodges | Executive Producer |
| Anthony Bregman | Producer |
| Peter Saraf | Producer |
| Stefanie Azpiazu | Executive Producer |
| Caroline Jaczko | Executive Producer |
| Aleen Keshishian | Executive Producer |
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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 good and just. It's a charming story of the turbulences of life, filled with great acting and plenty of good humor.