Anchor Bay Entertainment and The Weinstein Company has information regarding the upcoming DVD and Blu-Ray Release of "Our Idiot Brother", which stars Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks and Zooey Deschanel. The film will be released to shelves on November 29th. The DVD and Blu-Ray will feature director's commentary, behind the scenes featurette and deleted/extended scenes.
Press Release:
The OUR IDIOT BROTHER Blu-ray™ and DVD bonus features include an audio commentary with director Jesse Peretz; a “The Making of Our Idiot Brother” featurette; and deleted and extended scenes. Note: Special features are subject to change.
Press Release:
Anchor Bay Entertainment and The Weinstein Company announced today the Blu-ray™ and DVD release of the “outrageous” (David Walters, Details) comedy, OUR IDIOT BROTHER, from the producers behind Little Miss Sunshine. Starring Paul Rudd (I Love You, Man) in the title role, OUR IDIOT BROTHER is a comedy about an idealist who barges into the lives of his three sisters, played by Elizabeth Banks (W.), Zooey Deschanel ((500) Days of Summer) and Emily Mortimer (City Island), along with Rashida Jones (TV’s “The Office”), and funnyman Steve Coogan (Tropic Thunder). Directed by Jesse Peretz, with screenplay by Evgenia Peretz and David Schisgall (story by Evgenia Perez and David Schisgall and Jesse Peretz), OUR IDIOT BROTHER heads to retail on November 29, 2011 for an SRP of $39.99 for the Blu-ray™ and $29.98 for the DVD.
In her review for Entertainment Weekly, film critic Lisa Schwarzbaum wrote OUR IDIOT BROTHER is “a bouncy, bighearted comedy!” Newsday’s Rafer Guzman described the film as “genuinely irresistible!” People magazine film critic, Alynda Wheat, proclaims “Paul Rudd is so funny you’ll leave feeling high on humanity.”
Paul Rudd stars in this witty and highly relatable comedy, OUR IDIOT BROTHER, about that one family member who is always just a little bit behind the curve. For sisters Miranda (Elizabeth Banks), Natalie (Zooey Deschanel) and Liz (Emily Mortimer), that person is their upbeat brother Ned, an organic farmer, whose willingness to trust humankind allows for an oddly trouble-free existence. Ned may be utterly lacking in common sense, but he is their brother, and after his girlfriend dumps him and boots him off the farm, his sisters must once again come to his rescue. As Miranda, Natalie and Liz each take turns at housing Ned, their brother's unfailing commitment to honesty creates more than a few messes in their comfortable routines. But after seeing life through Ned’s optimistic perspective, his family comes to realize that maybe Ned isn't such an idiot after all.
The OUR IDIOT BROTHER Blu-ray™ and DVD bonus features include an audio commentary with director Jesse Peretz; a “The Making of Our Idiot Brother” featurette; and deleted and extended scenes. Note: Special features are subject to change. announced today the Blu-ray™ and DVD release of the “outrageous” (David Walters, Details) comedy, OUR IDIOT BROTHER, from the producers behind Little Miss Sunshine. Starring Paul Rudd (I Love You, Man) in the title role, OUR IDIOT BROTHER is a comedy about an idealist who barges into the lives of his three sisters, played by Elizabeth Banks (W.), Zooey Deschanel ((500) Days of Summer) and Emily Mortimer (City Island), along with Rashida Jones (TV’s “The Office”), and funnyman Steve Coogan (Tropic Thunder). Directed by Jesse Peretz, with screenplay by Evgenia Peretz and David Schisgall (story by Evgenia Perez and David Schisgall and Jesse Peretz), OUR IDIOT BROTHER heads to retail on November 29, 2011 for an SRP of $39.99 for the Blu-ray™ and $29.98 for the DVD.
In her review for Entertainment Weekly, film critic Lisa Schwarzbaum wrote OUR IDIOT BROTHER is “a bouncy, bighearted comedy!” Newsday’s Rafer Guzman described the film as “genuinely irresistible!” People magazine film critic, Alynda Wheat, proclaims “Paul Rudd is so funny you’ll leave feeling high on humanity.”
Paul Rudd stars in this witty and highly relatable comedy, OUR IDIOT BROTHER, about that one family member who is always just a little bit behind the curve. For sisters Miranda (Elizabeth Banks), Natalie (Zooey Deschanel) and Liz (Emily Mortimer), that person is their upbeat brother Ned, an organic farmer, whose willingness to trust humankind allows for an oddly trouble-free existence. Ned may be utterly lacking in common sense, but he is their brother, and after his girlfriend dumps him and boots him off the farm, his sisters must once again come to his rescue. As Miranda, Natalie and Liz each take turns at housing Ned, their brother's unfailing commitment to honesty creates more than a few messes in their comfortable routines. But after seeing life through Ned’s optimistic perspective, his family comes to realize that maybe Ned isn't such an idiot after all.
The OUR IDIOT BROTHER Blu-ray™ and DVD bonus features include an audio commentary with director Jesse Peretz; a “The Making of Our Idiot Brother” featurette; and deleted and extended scenes. Note: Special features are subject to change.
Harry Brown
Year: 2010
Directors: Sebastian Gutierrez
Stars: Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, David Bradley
MPAA Rating: R
Studio: Marv Films
Running Time: 103 minutes
The theme of revenge is always one that resonates well with movie goers. It’s a bit of fantasy for all of us who have been wronged and who have dreamed of getting revenge in the worst way. Films like Oldboy, Kill Bill, and Taken have done well in recent years, but the theme is not a new one. Death Wish, The Last House On The Left, and Mad Max spoke to audiences in the previous generation. Bridging the gap between the two generations are films like Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino and the new revenge film, Michael Caine’s Harry Brown.
The beginning of every good revenge story should show how our jaded hero (or heroine) has been wronged. Harry Brown is a lonely man who lives alone in The Estate, an apartment community overrun by a vicious gang of drug dealers. He has just lost his wife and soon after, his only friend in the world, Leonard (David Bradley, “Argus Filch” in the Harry Potter films) is brutally murdered by the gang. To make matters worse, Harry learns of the death of his friend when two police officers come to his house to question him about the whereabouts of his friend the day of his death.
While his wife was alive, Harry had made a promise to himself not to discuss any of the horrific things he had witnessed and done while serving as a Marine, but now that she has passed away, Harry uses those skills to get back at the thugs who are destroying the community around him.
As with most revenge movies, the thrill of watching the movie doesn’t come from brilliant writing or unexpected plot twists. Harry Brown is rather by the book in this regard. The thrill comes instead from the satisfaction of vigilante justice. It’s something hard-wired in all of us to want to see the bad guys get what we feel they deserve, especially when the police force can’t prosecute due to lack of evidence.
Harry Brown is definitely a “hard R”, with plenty of bloody violence and foul language. Several scenes will make you cringe, especially a scene of violence against an unsuspecting mother. But still, just like Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino and Liam Neeson in Taken, there’s just something satisfying about watching an older man take action into his own hands. Vigilante justice is something that can only be done onscreen, escapism at its finest.
Review Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
