Our Idiot Brother Page #5

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
1,037 Views


Want to come to a meeting too?

- Mmm, I don't know.

- No.

You are capable

of extraordinary things, Natalie.

You just have to let yourself go there.

It's not like a cult, is it?

Cult? No.

No. I'll tell you what,

I'll take you both.

Just check it out, no pressure.

What we're doing is we're

filming this documentary movie

about Tatiana.

And all of the artistic repression

that she faced in Belorussia.

What I'd love to get from you guys would

be signatures on these releases.

Thank you.

- Excuse me, ladies...

- Jesus.

Ah!

- Man...

- It hurts.

- It does. It does, God!

- I know.

I think I need leg warmers.

- My Croc is stuck.

- Hey.

- Hey.

- Is this joker bothering you?

No, not at all. He's very cute.

He's pretty funny.

You wanna go grab the bags,

take them down to the car?

Sure. I told her

you're my brother-in-law.

She didn't know you were married.

- Oh.

- No.

You gotta look at this thing she can do

with her leg. This is amazing. Show him.

- Look at...!

- I've just been shooting this stuff.

But, hey, I never tire of it.

- Look at this. I can get it...

- This is how high I can go.

I know. You just did it

five seconds ago.

Oh, yeah. I didn't know if you saw it.

Well, I've been here, like, 25 seconds.

Oh.

Go get the bags, wise-guy.

Well, sure thing. I'll go get 'em, boss.

Seriously, go get the bags.

Oh, yeah, yeah. OK.

Ah!

Oh, right in my gluteus maximus!

- Get your stinky feet off me.

- Stop tickling me!

I'm not tickling you,

what are you talking about?

So has Nat always been a lesbian?

Oh, no, no, she's open

to pretty much anyone.

Boys, girls, old, young, thin, fat.

That's a beautiful thing, actually.

- That is beautiful.

- She even slept with our cousin once.

- Dude! What the f***!

- Sorry, sorry... to everybody.

Man, can you hold this? Thanks.

Thanks, man. I feel like an idiot.

- You done yet?

- No, I still can't go.

Gotta get that sample.

Hey, your two job's gonna look

good on my monthly stats.

I'm telling you, Omar,

good things happen.

- Good things happen.

- Yeah, I'll keep that in mind, Ned.

Oh, now if you're gonna move into that

barn residence you referred to,

you gotta register the address here

within three days of moving in.

Oh, yeah.

One more minute

or I'm getting the cranberry juice.

Nope, almost there.

There we go.

Oh!

Sorry, man, I shouldn't have gone

before I came here. I'm so stupid.

I don't know what I was thinking.

That was funny, Ned.

- Yeah.

- You...

The car is now 35 minutes late.

If the driver knew there was traffic,

why didn't the driver call me then?

Yes, I know, but you see, I'm

interviewing a very important person,

in less than 20 minutes and I...

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