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Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Jesse Peretz
Production: The Weinstein Company
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
60
Rotten Tomatoes:
68%
R
Year:
2011
90 min
$24,600,000
Website
1,025 Views


- Yeah.

Nothing for me

- Yesterday's kisses...

- Buddy, you can't come with me.

Don't you start crying,

too, OK?

And yesterday's memories

still find me

- Scenes from the past

- I can't...

Keep returning

I I've got a wonderful future

behind me

You say there is happiness

Waiting for me

But I know...

Hey, man, Janet's been trying

to rent out that old goat barn.

If you could get two months worth of

rent together, then maybe you could...

Seriously? Well,

what's she asking per month?

Well, she's been asking $400,

but for you, she'd probably

give it to you for $500.

You think she'd go for it?

You just worry about

getting that money together.

I'll take care of Janet.

Right on. Thanks, man.

Hey, just remember,

Omega-3s for the blepharitis,

it helps with everything.

- Thanks for the tip, Ned.

- Thanks, Hauser.

You know what the worst part is? She's

insisting on keeping Willie Nelson.

- No!

- No, way!

I thought she was a Buddhist

or something.

I'm so sorry, I know

how much you love him.

- That sucks, Ned.

- Yeah, it's really tough,

but you know what I'm gonna do

is get some money together

and I'm gonna rent the goat barn

on the back 40, so...

The goat barn. Pff.

Better hurry up on that one.

- Yeah.

- How much you need for the goat barn?

I'm sure we could rustle up

some cash for you?

Um, I thought we agreed as a family

not to loan each other money.

Yeah, no, right, obviously.

Because then we would've blown through

Dylan's inheritance by now.

I just thought that it would be,

you know, better if Ned were to...

earn it himself.

For Ned, yeah, for you.

Absolutely, no, for sure.

I'm not a charity case.

I wanna work, so if you hear of

anything, any odd jobs or anything,

please, let me know, because...

Maybe there's something

on your movie you could...

There wouldn't... No, no.

No. No, we're pretty well-staffed

at the moment.

Yeah, sorry, it's...

You know what you really need

is to get laid.

I have, like, five hot roommates,

a couple of them would totally f*** you.

- Definitely.

- Dude,

can we discuss living with

that many people at this age?

I mean, it's kind of gnarly.

Well, actually, we looked at

a two-bedroom in Brooklyn Heights.

- Right, Nat?

- For you two?

- That's awesome.

- Good! That's so exciting!

- Can I come check it out?

- Yeah, of course.

Contain your enthusiasm, Nat.

No, it's just...

I get worried, because...

people who move in together

always end up either breaking up

or getting married.

- OK.

- No, no, no, no.

Why would you say that in front

of everybody? I don't understand.

- Come here.

- OK.

Take a breath, Mom.

- Relax, take a breath.

- We have to go. Seth has a show.

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