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Our Idiot Brother
Directed by
Jesse Peretz
Produced by Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub, and Anthony Bregman
Written by Zooey Deschanel
Produced by Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub, and Anthony Bregman
Written by Zooey Deschanel
With:
Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Emily Mortimer, Adam Scott, Kathryn Hahn, Steve Coogan, Hugh Dancy, Rashida Jones, T. J. Miller, and Shirley Knight
Cinematography:
Yaron Orbach
Editing: Jacob Craycroft and Andrew Mondshein
Music: Nathan Larson and Eric D. Johnson
Editing: Jacob Craycroft and Andrew Mondshein
Music: Nathan Larson and Eric D. Johnson
Runtime:
90 min
Release Date: 26 August 2011
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color: Color
Release Date: 26 August 2011
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color: Color
This movie demonstrates that not only is the romantic comedy in major decline these days, but also the dysfunctional-family comedy, the fish-out-of-water comedy, the stoner comedy, and most other forms of feature film comedies. The cast is a bunch of familiar and likable actors “acting” like their characters but never embodying them, and the whole film sits lifelessly on the screen, trying not to bore itself or its viewers to sleep before its ninety minutes elapse.