Smart People (2008) Reviews
- Starring:
- Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, (more)
- Director(s):
- Noam Murro
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Category:
- Drama
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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful I expected more. Found little plot and very limited humor. Perhaps I have a higher expectation from Quaid and Church. Trailer whas best part to me. Had to rewatch last 1/3 (as I had gone to sleep ... Read More I expected more. Found little plot and very limited humor. Perhaps I have a higher expectation from Quaid and Church. Trailer whas best part to me. Had to rewatch last 1/3 (as I had gone to sleep from boredom) hoping to be enlightened. Hate to sound so negative as my opinion is certainly biased my my higher expectations. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
4 out of 6 people found this review helpful quite possibly the worst movie I have seen in 5 years. Boring from start to finish. The characters or not interesting or funny in any aspect of this movie. 1 hour i will never get back. could not ... Read More quite possibly the worst movie I have seen in 5 years. Boring from start to finish. The characters or not interesting or funny in any aspect of this movie. 1 hour i will never get back. could not stomach the rest. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful i think this is one of those movies that you need to watch a few times to really enjoy it. i have only watched it once and while Ellen Page and Thomas Haden Church are both great in it, Quiad's ... Read More i think this is one of those movies that you need to watch a few times to really enjoy it. i have only watched it once and while Ellen Page and Thomas Haden Church are both great in it, Quiad's character is incredibly unlikeable. and Parker's character falls a little flat. But i have hopes that when i watch it again i'll like it a little more because i think it has a good heart. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful Boring and a bit of a slow movie...Couldn't find any humor in it...just dour and sour characters with quirky attitudes. Good acting I suppose, but the cast was the only thing that carried it ... Read More Boring and a bit of a slow movie...Couldn't find any humor in it...just dour and sour characters with quirky attitudes. Good acting I suppose, but the cast was the only thing that carried it through....barely. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
0 out of 1 people found this review helpful This thing grew no wheels at all. Never left the ground. Ellen Page was the only actor trying to float this vial piece of snake dung. She's sharp, witty and can slice paper thin cheese with that ... Read More This thing grew no wheels at all. Never left the ground. Ellen Page was the only actor trying to float this vial piece of snake dung. She's sharp, witty and can slice paper thin cheese with that double edge sword of a tongue. Other than that, Quaid (one of my favorite actors) was dead in this one, SJP spun her usual illkish ooooz (once a square peg, always a square peg) and the lazy brother (don't even care what his name is really) should retire and find that cool Walmart greeters job handing out carts! Take this one out of your Q and move on. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
1 out of 3 people found this review helpful We really enjoyed this movie. Ellen Page pretty much didn't branch out on any acting skills outside of her Juno role (a movie we hated). But she wasn't that bad in the movie. Thomas Haden Church ... Read More We really enjoyed this movie. Ellen Page pretty much didn't branch out on any acting skills outside of her Juno role (a movie we hated). But she wasn't that bad in the movie. Thomas Haden Church was outstanding and the movie wouldn't have been the same without him or his character.
For those that can't make it through a movie without cops crashing into a strip club, you won't enjoy the movie. If you just want a mellow day movie with a story to tell, this is a good one. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
1 out of 3 people found this review helpful It was interesting to see another side of Dennis Quaid who played a boring stick in the mud professor. He plays this part boringly well. SJP is boring as well ....But his Brother and his daughter ... Read More It was interesting to see another side of Dennis Quaid who played a boring stick in the mud professor. He plays this part boringly well. SJP is boring as well ....But his Brother and his daughter steel the movie. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
4 out of 9 people found this review helpful This is one of those films that requires identifying with the characters, and if you don't, you tune out and start surfing the web like I did.
I expected Ellen Page to reach as an actress, but she ... Read More This is one of those films that requires identifying with the characters, and if you don't, you tune out and start surfing the web like I did.
I expected Ellen Page to reach as an actress, but she played the same sarcastic youngster as she did in Juno. Maybe that's what the Director wanted.
I never knew where the characters were going nor what anyone's purpose was. Why was Sarah's character unhappy? Why'd she sleep with a ex Professor she despised? Was the niece coming on to her gay adopted uncle? Why did the son exist?
The best part was the end **SPOILER** when they showed the baby. Waste. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No |
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