The Sundance comedy Our Idiot Brother is pretty much perfectly cast: From the titular Paul Rudd role to the hard-edged Elizabeth Banks part to the hipster Zooey Deschanel character, everyone is just right and apparently unafraid of typecasting. In this new trailer, Rudd harries his three sisters (Banks, Deschanel, and typically prickly Emily Mortimer), and Rashida Jones rushes in to act as a saving grace.
I think we're in for some three-star fare, no? A polite end-of-August romp to ease us back into the school year. My only problem is that the movie seems to stop just short of funny in its exploration of savage siblinghood, even if the camaraderie feels realistic. This is closer to the It's Complicated school of laughs than the I Love You, Man's, which is fine. Luckily Jesse Peretz's direction seems much more assured than it did in his last feature, The Ex.
Verdict: Nimbly imbecilic.