Paul Rudd and Elizabeth Banks
Director: Jesse Peretz Stars: Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel, Emily Mortimer, Rashida Jones Genre: Comedy Release Date: August 26, 2011 Rotten Tomatoes Score: 69% In "Our Idiot Brother," after easygoing, carefree Ned is released from prison due to selling marijuana to a uniformed police officer, he is dumped by his hippie chick girlfriend (Kathryn Hahn), and then proceeds to live with his each of his three straight-laced sisters: Miranda (Elizabeth Banks), a career-obsessed perpetual singleton; Natalie (Zooey Deschanel), an eclectic lesbian who cheats on her loving girlfriend (Rashida Jones) with an artsy pal (Hugh Dancy); and Liz (Emily Mortimer), a hard-working mother and wife who seems to be resentful of her packed life. Ned is truly as far from "street smart" as one can possibly be. He is almost like Will Ferrell's character in "Elf", with his blatant wordily ignorance and naiveté, despite...
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