{"id":2586,"date":"2026-06-26T11:34:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T11:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2586"},"modified":"2026-06-26T11:34:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T11:34:04","slug":"little-brother-review-john-cena-and-eric-andre-in-netflixs-shamelessly-recycled-odd-couple-raunchfest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2586","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Little Brother\u2019 Review: John Cena and Eric Andr\u00e9 in Netflix\u2019s Shamelessly Recycled Odd-Couple Raunchfest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\nNetflix loves to trumpet their championing of cinematic auteurs like Martin Scorsese, Jane Campion, Alfonso Cuaron and Greta Gerwig, among many others. But you get the feeling that what they\u2019re really excited about is recycling tried-and-true formulas. And their movies don\u2019t get more formulaic than the new odd couple-style comedy starring John Cena and Eric Andr\u00e9. If <em>Little Brother<\/em> feels familiar while you\u2019re watching it, it\u2019s because this is a film so pre-digested that it\u2019s as if a bird ate <em>Twins<\/em>, <em>What About Bob?<\/em> and <em>Planes, Trains and Automobiles<\/em> and then spit the contents into your mouth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2584\">Warner Bros. Reanimating 60s Cult TV Show \u2018Dark Shadows\u2019 (Exclusive)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<em>Little Brother<\/em> also attempts to resurrect the R-rated, raunchy comedy genre, a former theatrical staple that, with rare exceptions, has not fared well in recent years. This effort isn\u2019t likely to restore its fortunes, unless you find the idea of John Cena receiving anilingus while leaning his massive upper body out of a car hysterically funny.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tLittle Brother\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<div>\n<span>The Bottom Line<\/span><br \/>\n<span><\/p>\n<p>\tFormulaic enough to give algorithms a bad name.<br \/>\n\t<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<strong>Release date<\/strong>: Friday, June 26<br \/><strong>Cast<\/strong>: John Cena, Eric Andr\u00e9, Michelle Monaghan, Chris Meloni, Ego Nwodim, Sherry Cola, Caleb Hearon, Ben Ahlers, Bryce Gheisar, Pilot Bunch<br \/><strong>Director<\/strong>: Matt Spicer<br \/><strong>Screenwriters<\/strong>: Jarrad Paul, Andrew Mogel<br \/>\n<span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRated R,<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1 hour 42 minutes\t\t\t<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n\tAnd yet that\u2019s one of the highlights of the film written by Jarrad Paul and Andrew Mogel (<em>The D<\/em> <em>Train<\/em>) and directed by Matt Spicer, the latter previously responsible for the far superior <em>Ingrid<\/em> <em>Goes West<\/em>. The concept, or should I say high concept, involves the reunion between the uptight Rudd (Cena), a real-estate broker dealing with sibling rivalry issues and newly starring in a reality television series, and the supremely messed-up Marcus (Andr\u00e9), whom he briefly mentored as a Big Brother while in high school decades earlier.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWhen Rudd gets a call from the hospital that his brother was seriously injured in an accident, he assumes they mean Josh (Christopher Meloni, unleashing his comedic side), his rich, much more successful older brother, of whom he\u2019s severely jealous. So he\u2019s shocked to discover that the patient is actually the former \u201clittle brother\u201d whom he barely remembers. Rudd wants nothing to do with Marcus, who\u2019s about to be released and has nowhere to go, but his good-hearted wife Dierdre (Michelle Monaghan) insists that they bring him home to recuperate.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cHe may have to use a bedpan for a few days, until his bowels solidify,\u201d a nurse helpfully comments, right after removing Marcus\u2019 catheter in full, very gross view.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tCue the inevitable tensions between the mismatched pair, with Rudd desperately trying to become a success with a television show called \u201cNYC Hustlers\u201d while the lovable but inept Marcus messes up his life in oh-so-predictable ways. Told to wait in Rudd\u2019s beloved Porsche while he\u2019s filming a scene, Marcus, desperate to pee, tries to relieve himself through a car window opening with disastrous results. He also engages in a threesome in Rudd\u2019s home office and then has sex outside in the driveway while elderly neighbors look on. (Actually, one of the film\u2019s few funny ideas is that women find Marcus irresistible.)<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2582\">Ellen Weston, \u2018Get Smart\u2019 Actress and \u2018Guiding Light\u2019 Writer, Dies at 87<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tAnd in a desperate attempt to match the ribald humor of such moments as Jason Biggs engaging in an amorous act with a pastry in <em>American Pie<\/em>, Marcus offers a frustrated Dierdre some relationship advice to improve her marriage. Informing her that anilingus \u201crestores factory settings,\u201d he says, \u201cYou want to get him out of his head, you gotta get into his ass.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tLong before Rudd unknowingly ingests psychedelic drugs and nearly kills Josh, with Marcus having to perform an emergency tracheotomy, <em>Little Brother<\/em> has long worn out its welcome.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tCena, who\u2019s proven his solid comic chops, doesn\u2019t manage to make his character\u2019s endless slow burns amusing here, while Andr\u00e9 does his usual wackadoodle thing that presumably is an acquired taste. There are some funny performers on hand in the margins, including Ego Nwodim (<em>Saturday Night Live<\/em>) and Caleb Hearon (<em>The Devil Wears Prada 2<\/em>) as TV production assistants, but they can only do so much.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIf you haven\u2019t guessed that by the end of the film Rudd learns to love and appreciate his honorary sibling, then you just haven\u2019t been paying attention. And true to formula, I mean form, the credits feature outtakes illustrating that the actors apparently had a much better time making the movie than you will watching it.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2580\">Phoebe Bridgers Drops New Single \u201cLost Boys\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Cena and Eric Andr\u00e9 star in &#8216;Little Brother,&#8217; Netflix&#8217;s raunchy buddy comedy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[316,317,318,319,320,65],"class_list":["post-2586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-christopher-meloni","tag-ego-nwodim","tag-eric-andre","tag-john-cena","tag-michelle-monaghan","tag-netflix"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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