| Our Idiot Brother | |
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| Directed by | Jesse Peretz |
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| Cinematography | Yaron Orbach |
| Edited by | Jacob Craycroft |
| Music by | Eric D. Johnson Nathan Larson |
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| Distributed by | The Weinstein Company |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $5 million[2] |
| Box office | $25.9 million[3] |
Our Idiot Brother is a 2011 American comedy-drama film directed by Jesse Peretz and starring Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel and Emily Mortimer. The script was written by Evgenia Peretz and David Schisgall based on Jesse and Evgenia Peretz's story, and tells the story of a dimwitted but idealistic and well-meaning man who intrudes and wreaks havoc in his three sisters' lives.
The film was co-produced by Anthony Bregman, Peter Saraf and Marc Turtletaub. It premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival[4] and was given wide release on August 26, 2011.[5] The film received mostly positive reviews, with critics praising the story and Rudd's performance, but criticizing the uneven script.
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- ^ Kaufman, Amy (25 August 2011). "Movie Projector: 'The Help' to brush off the competition again". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ "Our Idiot Brother (2011) - Financial Information". The Numbers.
- ^ Savage, Sophia; Thompson, Anne (2 December 2010). "Sundance Out-of-Competition Lineup Adds Stars, Classics and Many For-Sale Titles". indieWire. Archived from the original on 6 December 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
- ^ Nicholson, Max (21 July 2010). "My Idiot Brother Expands its Cast". IGN. Retrieved 7 July 2020.