Smart People (2008)
- Starring:
- Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, (more)
- Director(s):
- Noam Murro
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Category:
- Drama
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Commercial director Noam Murro makes the leap to feature films with this comedy drama concerning an aging professor-turned-bitter eccentric due to the death of his longtime wife. Ever since his wife passed away, Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid) has become overly acerbic and self-absorbed. He's alienated his son (Ashton Holmes) and transformed his daughter (Ellen Page) into a friendless overachiever. Now, at the precise moment Lawrence thought he had finally figured it all out, his life comes crashing down all around him as he falls for a former student (Sarah Jessica Parker) and his shiftless adopted brother (Thomas Haden Church) comes knocking on the door in search of a place to stay. Though Lawrence always relied on his intelligence to get him out of life's little jams in the past, it's going to take quite a bit more than intellectual thinking to move past this sticky stage in his suddenly chaotic life. David Denman and Christine Lahti co-star in this romantic comedy drama, which serves as the screenwriting debut of Goats and Modern Ranch Living author Mark Jude Poirier. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 95 mins
Complete Cast:
- Dennis Quaid - Lawrence Wetherhold
- Thomas Haden Church - Chuck Wetherhold
- Ashton Holmes - James Wetherhold
- Camille Mana - Missy
- Sarah Jessica Parker - Janet Hartigan
- Ellen Page - Vanessa Wetherhold
- David Denman - William
- Director(s):
- Noam Murro
- Writer(s):
- Mark Jude Poirier
- Producer(s):
- Bruna Papandrea, Michael Costigan, Bridget Johnson
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Drug Content, Alcohol Consumption, Sexual Situations, Profanity)
- Categories:
- Drama
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