tadpole-596-918256 Review of Our Idiot Brother

Our Idiot Brother (2011)

Did Willie Nelson ever get it on with Dolly Parton?

[7/10 · 9 March 2013]

In the original ending of OUR IDIOT BROTHER, idiot brother "Nedwick" briefly loses sight of his dog, Willie Nelson. When Ned-wick rediscovers Willie in some sort of a dog park, Willie is cavorting with a hot chick's pooch named Dolly Parton (the b*tch, not the babe). The camera then cuts away for the end credits and out-takes, leaving the question from my summary unanswered. This canine love scene is set up by a boring if not unsettling endless dialog between Billy--who stole Ned-wick's wife Janet from him when he was in prison--and Ned-wick, who appear to be living together as they collaborate in a candle recycling business. (Though Ned-wick had declared himself homophobic in an earlier scene about a M-F-M three-way floppy fiasco, this ending implies Ned-wick is either gay or at least bi-, and the alternate ending among the DVD's deleted\extended scenes drops Ned-wick's whole hetero- pretense of being attracted to Dolly Parton's "mom" and just has him drive off into the sunset in Billy's pick-up truck (with Billy and Willie Nelson, of course). As a side note, I once knew these three brothers, and the youngest, Gerard, was an idiot exactly like Ned-wick--except he did not have a beard!