Our Idiot Brother
(2011)
★ 6.1 IMDb · 1,064 votes
Year: 2011
Runtime: 90 мин
Country: United States of America
Director: Джесси Перец
Cast: Пол Радд, Элизабет Бэнкс, Зоуи Дешанель, Эмили Мортимер, Стив Куган, Рашида Джонс, Кэтрин Хан, Ти Джей Миллер, Ширли Найт, Адам Скотт
Plot
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.
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 behavior in one domestic partnership. He sees those problems as breakdowns in communication, but his sisters see him as an idiot. The truth the audience witnesses 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.