If his body of work has proven anything, it's that Paul Rudd can spin even middling material into gold. Even in bad movies you can almost always expect his part to be solidly funny. That's kindof how I'm looking at Our Idiot Brother, the latest comedy from Jesse Peretz, which sees Rudd as a well-meaning moron with three sisters who makes their lives a living Hell. The film also stars Zooey Deschanel, Elizabeth Banks, Rashida Jones, Emily Mortimer, Steve Coogan, Hugh Dancy, Adam Scott, and TJ Miller.
Hopefully this will be better than the Peretz's last comedy, 2007's The Ex
, which featured a woefully miscast Zach Braff duking it out with Jason Bateman over Amanda Peet. It's best left forgotten. The Weinstein Company scooped up the rights to Our Idiot Brother(formerly My Idiot Brother) after an impressive showing at Sundance, with an August 26th release date now set. Check out the trailer below, followed by the plot...PLOT
Despite looking for the good in every situation and the best in every person, Ned always seems to find himself holding the short end of the stick—being conned into selling pot to a uniformed cop, being dumped by his girlfriend, and worse yet, losing custody of his beloved dog, Willie Nelson. When he turns to family, he is passed from sister to sister while he gets back on his feet. Ned’s best intentions produce hilariously disastrous results, bringing the family to the cusp of chaos and ultimately the brink of clarity.
