A hippie organic farmer, at a farmer's market, sells marijuana to a uniformed policeman and goes to jail. Upon release, he goes back to his farm, but his former girlfriend rejects him and he ends up going back to his urbanized mother and sisters. But once there, he ends up accidentally causing them grief by unintentionally exposing their dirty secrets and bad behavior...not out of malice, but with good intentions.This is supposed to be a comedy, but there are no laughs. The idea is that he is supposed to be the foolish but virtuous person trying to correct his relatives' misbehavior, but there is so much profanity, simulated sex scenes, and overall vulgarity-involving small children, yet, that any moralism in this movie is sabotaged. This might have been a decent movie if they had tried. But they ended up combining the worst of all worlds and turning the movie into a failure as a comedy or as a morality play.

Reviewed March 2012A goofy but an endearing performance from Paul Rudd and a very likable rest of the cast makes this run-off-the-mill script watchable. The script and screenplay does not take itself too seriously as it tends to dealing with stories like this and there is a constant dose of humour going with it. Ned (Paul Rudd) is a not-so-smart and never settled brother of three who-has-it-all-figured-out sisters - Liz (Emily Mortimer) married to Dylan (Steve Coogan) a documentary filmmaker and a mom, Miranda (Elizabeth Banks) an aspiring journalist and Natalie (Zooey Deschanel) a lesbian but having doubts about it. In a dumb deal gone bad, Ned is arrested for selling dope to a cop and returns after 8 months behind bars. By now, his girlfriend Janet (Kathryn Hahn) has moved on with another guy leaving Ned with no place to live and he ends up staying with his mom. Not able to deal with her, he takes turns to stay with each of his sisters affecting their lives and changing them for good. There is nothing much which is special or innovative about this movie and also there is nothing much not to like about it either. All the actors go about their business in a relaxed way giving apt performances and the script delivers exactly what one would expect from a movie like this. I could not find any superlatives or negatives about this movie, and my review is ending up to be as flat as the movie. Watch it if you are a fan of any of the cast, there is nothing to gain or lose.

This is a cute and gentle comedy about Ned who Paul Rudd captures really well. Ned is an unfailingly honest organic farmer, happily growing vegetables on a farm with his hippie girlfriend when he sort of-accidentally sells marijuana to a cop at a farmers market and lands in jail. Upon release Ned has to turn to his to his sisters for help after his girlfriend kicks him out. He soon gets on their nerves though with his naïve ways and good intentions.Cute and funny this definitely had its moments but ultimately a nothing sort of movie that will be easily forgotten. Paul Rudd does a good job and the extended cast is great. 10.13

This film tells how a man who is so kind and honest that he manages to mess everyone's life up, including his own.Ned is a young man with three sisters, and he goes to jail because he gave marijuana to a policeman who asks for it. He might appear very stupid to people, and indeed he is portrayed to be an idiot. However, it does beg the question whether an honest existence and a simplistic life is an undesirable or even a wrong life. I also had the thought that Ned in fact is living happily, unlike his three sisters who think he is stupid. The ending is a sweet and touching one, even though it is rather poorly developed and it feels like a very sudden paradigm shift for the characters involved. Overall, "Our Idiot Brother" is quite enjoyable as it is funny throughout, and is touching in the end.