Review of Our Idiot Brother (2011) by Ryan T — 02 May 2017

Surprisingly funny and profound, my favorite Paul Rudd performance!

This review of Our Idiot Brother (2011) was written by Ryan T on 02 May 2017.

Our Idiot Brother has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Paul D (6,077) on 16 Apr 2014

This felt fairly average. It did have plenty of heart-felt moments as well as good comedy, but it does have some down time too…

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Review: Well I went into watching this with noidea what it was about and I only heard little things about it but at therequest of a group member…

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By Anthony K (935) on 12 Oct 2014

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By Mike T (1,122) on 21 May 2015

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