Eric André Makes Netflix's Little Brother Watchable

Little Brother is a sweet-and-salty comedy that will feel familiar to anyone who knows films where a mild-mannered rule-follower has his life upended by an annoying, sometimes unhinged foil. Eric André plays Marcus, a psych-ward escapee who tracks down Rudd, his long-ago mentee from the Big Brother program, played by John Cena.

At one point Marcus has a catheter forcefully removed from his penis, a moment that highlights how André pushes boundaries even as the rest of the movie remains conventional. The script by Andrew Mogel and Jarrad Paul follows a predictable path: Marcus deserts the hospital, heads to New York, and encounters Rudd, now a successful real estate agent about to appear on the reality show NYC Hustlers.

A hospital mix-up introduces Marcus to Rudd's family, and he quickly ingratiates himself with Rudd's philanthropic wife Deirdre (Michelle Monaghan).

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