bigverybadtom A hippie organic farmer, at a farmer's market, sells marijuana to a uniformed policeman and goes to jail. Upon release, he goes back to his farm, but his former girlfriend rejects him and he ends up going back to his urbanized mother and sisters. But once there, he ends up accidentally causing them grief by unintentionally exposing their dirty secrets and bad behavior...not out of malice, but with good intentions.This is supposed to be a comedy, but there are no laughs. The idea is that he is supposed to be the foolish but virtuous person trying to correct his relatives' misbehavior, but there is so much profanity, simulated sex scenes, and overall vulgarity-involving small children, yet, that any moralism in this movie is sabotaged. This might have been a decent movie if they had tried. But they ended up combining the worst of all worlds and turning the movie into a failure as a comedy or as a morality play.

Rameshwar IN Reviewed March 2012A goofy but an endearing performance from Paul Rudd and a very likable rest of the cast makes this run-off-the-mill script watchable. The script and screenplay does not take itself too seriously as it tends to dealing with stories like this and there is a constant dose of humour going with it. Ned (Paul Rudd) is a not-so-smart and never settled brother of three who-has-it-all-figured-out sisters - Liz (Emily Mortimer) married to Dylan (Steve Coogan) a documentary filmmaker and a mom, Miranda (Elizabeth Banks) an aspiring journalist and Natalie (Zooey Deschanel) a lesbian but having doubts about it. In a dumb deal gone bad, Ned is arrested for selling dope to a cop and returns after 8 months behind bars. By now, his girlfriend Janet (Kathryn Hahn) has moved on with another guy leaving Ned with no place to live and he ends up staying with his mom. Not able to deal with her, he takes turns to stay with each of his sisters affecting their lives and changing them for good. There is nothing much which is special or innovative about this movie and also there is nothing much not to like about it either. All the actors go about their business in a relaxed way giving apt performances and the script delivers exactly what one would expect from a movie like this. I could not find any superlatives or negatives about this movie, and my review is ending up to be as flat as the movie. Watch it if you are a fan of any of the cast, there is nothing to gain or lose.

jfgibson73 I feel like this movie was marketed as a more traditional big-budget comedy. The tone is more like an indie drama; I felt like I was watching Lovely And Amazing. This is not how I want to watch Paul Rudd. I will admit he inhabited the role, but my preference is to watch him play guys with the acerbic wit like in Role Models. So in this movie, he's a laid back hippie dude who bumbles through life, contrasted by his ambitious sisters, all career-driven with no time for his antics. As I said, doesn't at all feel like a Hollywood comedy; it is paced like and has the tone of a small budget character study. Ned's motivation is to get a job to earn enough money to rent a room on his ex-girlfriend's organic farm and reunite with his dog. He just wants to spend time with his family and enjoy life. As he floats between his three sisters' homes, he fouls up each of their lives with his bumbling, clueless honesty. In the end he finds happiness running a homemade candle shop and meets a nice lady. I wasn't that into it.

Alka Gupta I stumbled on this movie while looking for something to watch, I am a Paul Rudd fan ever since FRIENDS, so gave it a try.The movie is really light, it restores your faith in good things in Life, for example being Honest. Yes, little things in life matter and being good to everyone around you is one of the little things you could do to help this world become a better place, people learn eventually good pays off better than bad (lies, dishonesty, etc). Love Paul Rudd, and Zooey Zooey Deschanel <3. Also, I could connect with the innocence of love Ned has for his Dog, Willie Nelson, lol, strange name for a Dog, wait for the climax of the movie, you're gonna love it. Those who've already watched the movie know what I am talking about. Grab a beer, some light snacks and watch the movie I must say, You will feel good about it.