Little Brother is a bit like ’80s comedy Twins, except that the two leads were never actually related, but you’ll get the idea about this mismatch comedy, where Rudd Landy (John Cena – Heads Of State) is taking part in a cheesy reality show about real estate agents, NYC Hustlers, although he’s about to be revisited by someone from his past.
That man is Marcus Pinchel (Eric André – Disenchantment) who, because reasons, wants to reconnect through Landy, who he met through the Big Brother program as a kid, even though they haven’t spoken in 30 years, and they hung out only a handful of times back in the day.
Rudd has a real brother, though, in the form of Josh (Christopher Meloni – IF), and since he’s older, he’s always played oneupmanship in their lives.
Next day, he gets a call that his brother’s in hospital following a car accident, but it’s actually Marcus having broken out of his institution, and looking for Rudd, on the basis that someone was replying to all of his emails, but AS Rudd, thus causing plenty of confusion and embarrassing moments when everyone meets up.
On the plus side, John Cena does deadpan very well (as was also shown with the Devo scene in Ricky Stanicky, above), and there’s good support from Michelle Monaghan (Mission Impossible: Fallout) as wife Deirdre, and Sherry Cola (Joy Ride) as Rudd’s assistant, Mia, but while Little Brother won’t win any awards, it is a reasonable diversion for 90 minutes or so.
On the downside, unfortunately, there is some stupid crude humour, such as when Marcus is stuck in Rudd’s car, needs to pay a visit and ends up trying to wee out the window… and not very successfully!
There’s also additional content during the credits. I’ll put it behind a spoiler header, but still keep it spoiler-free.
Thanks to our friends at Netflix for the screener prior to release.
Little Brother is on Netflix from today, but isn’t yet available to pre-order on Blu-ray or DVD. However, once announced, it will appear on the New DVD Blu-ray 3D and 4K releases UK list.
Detailed specs:
Cert: 
Running time: 96 minutes
Release date: June 26th 2026
Studio: Netflix
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Score: 6/10
Director: Matt Spicer
Producers: David Bernad, Ruben Fleischer
Screenplay: Jarrad Paul, Andrew Mogel
Music: Dan Deacon
Cast:
Rudd Landy: John Cena
Marcus Pinchel: Eric André
Deirdre Landy: Michelle Monaghan
Josh Landy: Christopher Meloni
Mia: Sherry Cola
Lenore: Ego Nwodim
Olly: Caleb Hearon
Cory Landy: Bryce Gheisar
Shane Landy: Pilot Bunch
Kieran Francis: Ben Ahlers
Ashley: Sophia Bunnell
Nurse Sonj: Christina Catechis
Herself: Paris Hilton
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