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Our Idiot Brother

Screen Junkies — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:23:32 +0000

Director: Jesse Peretz

Cast: Paul Rudd, Zooey Deschanel, Rashida Jones, Elizabeth Banks

Synopsis: Centers on an idealist dealing with his overbearing mother who crashes at the homes of his three ambitious sisters and brings truth, happiness and a sunny disposition into their lives while also wreaking havoc.

Release Date: August 26, 2011

Jesse Peretz Is Making Another Movie With A Naughty Word In The Title

Joseph Gibson — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 17:54:44 +0000

You’ve probably been reading a little bit about recent Sundance darling My Idiot Brother. Well, the director of that film, Jesse Peretz, is continuing the shameful trend of movies with expletives in the title, this one even stronger than “idiot,” if you can believe it. The movie is going to be called What’s This S%^@ Called Love? and he’s gotten big names John Malkovich and Catherine Keener (both of Being John Malkovich, Malkovich Malkovich) to star in it. Here’s Peretz on the premise of the movie:

“[It's] set in Cambridge, Mass., during the 1980s….and centers on a teenage boy who’s contemplating coming out. But in a twist, his ultra-progressive family (Keener and Malkovich would play the parents) actually wants to celebrate the boy’s newfound sexuality, while all the boy wants is to be left alone.”

That sounds funny. Why can’t nice young men like Peretz make movies without bad words? They’re only for people who don’t have any other shit to say. (The Playlist)

Peep ‘My Idiot Brother’ with Four Hot Chicks

Penn Collins — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:07:09 +0000

Paul Rudd is, predictably, surrounded by women in the premise for My Idiot Brother, a Brooklyn-set comedy premiering at Sundance later this month. Rudd’s character, an optimistic slacker, manages to complicate the lives of all those around him despite a sunny disposition and good intentions. Stop us if you’ve heard this one before.

These photos shed some light on the feel of the movie, which is rife with quirks, including, but not limited to: a hipster neighborhood, alternative lifestyles, pot, and of course, Zooey Deschanel. The film will be something of a mulligan for established music video director Jesse Peretz, who made a name for himself directing several offbeat Foo Fighters videos, including “Learn to Fly,” and “Big Me,” which many may remember as “the Mentos video.” Peretz first stab at a feature was the little-loved The Ex, which fell flat despite a cast that included Jason Bateman, Amanda Peet and Charles Grodin.

Early buzz suggests that Peretz has made the most of his star studded cast that includes, in addition to the aforementioned Rudd and Deschanel, Elizabeth Banks, Adam Scott, Emily Mortimer, and Rashida Jones. My Idiot Brother promises to take a very conventional premise and add some depth and edge that one would expect from this cast and director. No release date is set, but you can bet that will change after the film has tested the waters at Sundance.(The Playlist)