It's decidedly uneven, but like Paul Rudd's performance in the title role, Our Idiot Brother is too charming to resist.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Jesse Peretz -
Producer -
Anthony Bregman , Peter Saraf , Marc Turtletaub -
Screenwriter -
Evgenia Peretz , David Schisgall -
Distributor -
Weinstein Co. -
Production Co -
Big Beach , The Weinstein Company , Likely Story -
Rating -
R (Nudity|Language Throughout|Sexual Content) -
Genre -
Comedy , Drama -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Aug 26, 2011, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Apr 1, 2017 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$24.8M -
Runtime -
1h 36m
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