Our Idiot Brother

Our Idiot Brother is a 2011 American comedy-drama film about an idealistic man who intrudes and wreaks havoc in his three sisters' lives.
 * Directed by Jesse Peretz. Written by Evgenia Peretz and David Schisgall based on Jesse and Evgenia Peretz's story.

Everybody has one.

Nedrick "Ned" Rochlin

 * This is like free therapy. New York State cares.


 * I need some leg warmers, my Croc is stuck!


 * [about River] You know, he's just a little boy. Little boys fight. Doesn't mean he's going to grow up to be a frat-boy rapist.


 * I like to think that if you put your trust out there; if you really give people the benefit of the doubt, see their best intentions, people will rise to the occasion.

Natalie "Nat" Rochlin

 * [on the phone, to Cindy's voicemail] I know you're not gonna call me back but... Hum, one more thing, remember that time I missed your awards dinner? Well, hum, I wasn't really working. I was at home watching Kourtney and Kim Take New York... I'm sorry, hum... What else?

Other

 * River Anderson: Go fuck yourselves!

Dialogue

 * Billy: Nothing like two dudes and a dog making candles.
 * Ned: Such a cliché.


 * Jeremy: [referring to Ned not being able to go through with a 3-way with a man and a woman] Just because you're straight doesn't mean you're homophobic.
 * Ned: [feeling ashamed of himself] I don't know, maybe I should have tried harder.


 * Ned: [working with Billy in their new recycled candle shop] Anyway, what I was saying though, is that people recycle cans, they recycle papers, you know... why not, why not candles? I say, we put a bin out, let people bring their old drippings in their convenience.
 * Billy: It's like those, those bags, that say - I used to be a plastic bottle. We can have a bin that say - I used to be another candle!
 * Ned: That's a great idea. Yeah. And then when they bring those candles, we put them in another bin that say - I used to be another candle.
 * Billy: Yeah... and eventually we can just have one that say - "Trust me, I used to be a lot of candles!"
 * Ned: [agreeing, amused by the idea] I was a ton... I used to be a lot of candles!
 * Billy: [still revising his literary contribution] Trust me, man... I have been other candles!


 * Ned: [looking for his dog Willie Nelson] Hey, man, have you seen Willie Nelson?
 * Billy: Oh, Yeah, definitely.
 * Ned: When?
 * Billy: [realizing what was actually asked] Oh, you mean recently? I just meant, in general, I have seen him!


 * Ned: Okay, I, I really didn't want to get litigious, but I brought a lawyer.
 * Cindy: [off-screen, shouting into the phone] Well, I am sorry I don't have a big, throbbing cock for you!
 * Janet: That's some Ivy League shit out there, man.


 * Omar: [speaking extremely slowly] I'm Officer Omar Coleman. I'm your parole officer.
 * Ned: I'm Ned Rochlin. Why are you talking so slow?
 * Omar: [now speaking normally] I just figured, looking at your sheet, that since you sold grass to a uniformed police officer that you must be retarded.
 * Ned: Yeah, I get that a lot.


 * Ned: Hey, you know, I've been meaning to tell you. You're doing a really good thing here, Omar. Seriously. I mean you talk to us screw-ups, you give us a reason for getting out of bed in the morning.
 * Omar: Thanks, man. So you get out of bed in another three weeks, okay?
 * Ned: I'll do it.
 * Omar: I appreciate the compliment. It's rare that we get love from the clients.
 * Ned: Well, you're a good dude. And I just needed this appointment today, I'm having a tough go of it. I swear, I try and do good, but I just fuck it up. Man, I fucked it up with my sisters, I'm back living with my mom. On top of it all, I broke down and smoked a joint with the kid that lives across the street from me.
 * Omar: Okay, I didn't just hear that.
 * Ned: I said I broke down and smoked a joint with the kid that lives across the stre...
 * Omar: What are you doing? Hey! Ned, why are you telling me this?
 * Ned: I just need to unload, man. That's part of why I'm here, right?
 * Omar: I'm not your therapist, Ned. You don't tell your parole officer you got high. Now I have to report you or I could lose my job.
 * Ned: Seriously? Can you forget I said that?
 * Omar: No, Ned, I can't.
 * Ned: Aw, shit.


 * Janet: I am not going to stand here and be insulted on my own porch.
 * Miranda: I'll insult you right here.
 * Janet: Okay, I'm a pacifist. I don't play that way.
 * Miranda: I'm gonna peace you in the side of the head you don't give us the dog.

[sic]
 * Janet: I'm not going to receive that with anything but love.

Cast

 * Paul Rudd - Nedrick "Ned" Rochlin
 * Elizabeth Banks - Miranda Rochlin
 * Zooey Deschanel - Natalie "Nat" Rochlin
 * Emily Mortimer - Liz Rochlin Anderson
 * Adam Scott - Jeremy Horne
 * Kathryn Hahn - Janet Ziebell
 * Steve Coogan - Dylan Anderson
 * Hugh Dancy - Christian Smith
 * Rashida Jones - Cindy Harris
 * T.J. Miller - Billy Orwin
 * Matthew Mindler - River Anderson
 * Shirley Knight - Ilene Rochlin
 * Janet Montgomery - Lady Arabella Galloway
 * Lydia Haug - Tatiana
 * Sterling K. Brown - Parole Officer Omar Coleman
 * Bob Stephenson - Officer Washburn
 * Katie Aselton - Amy (dog owner)