Is there a modern word for “hippie”? If there isn’t yet, a good start might be “Ned”, after the title character in Our Idiot Brother – an organic (sorry, bio-dynamic) farmer who embraces the world, names his beloved dog “Willie Nelson”, and when frustrated can only muster enough violence to say stuff like “Geez, Louise!” Conservative people usually avoid Neds, but it’s almost impossible not to like this one, and you might very well say the same about the movie.

Read the rest of my review at Oakville.com:

http://www.oakville.com/articles/our-idiot-brother-movie-review/