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Smart People is a smart movie with a smart cast.  The irony is that it’s about the stupid things that people do, even when we know better.  It’s a movie about relationships, and how much we need each other even when we try not to.  Dennis Quaid is a widowed professor.  His life has been pretty much on hold since his wife’s death – he’s bitter, he’s lonely, and he’s pushing people away.  His teenage daughter (Ellen Page) is a right wing conservative, trying desperately to take care of her dad.  When the professor hurts his back and is unable to drive, she recruits her adopted uncle (Thomas Haden Church) to be an on-call chauffeur.  Meanwhile, the professor meets Sarah Jessica Parker, his new doctor and his former student.  What she sees in him is a mystery, but she gives him a chance, and then another chance, and a strange romance begins.  Somehow, just when it looks like the dysfunction will continue with this family, everything falls into place.  They learn life lessons, as we all should.

 


 

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Smart People (2008)

R 95 min - Comedy, Drama, Romance - 11 April 2008
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Professor Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid) might be imperiously brilliant, monumentally self-possessed and an intellectual giant -- but when it comes to solving the conundrums of love and family, he's as downright flummoxed as the next guy.

Director:  Noam Murro
Stars:  Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ellen Page, Thomas Haden Church, Ashton Holmes

Storyline

Professor Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid) might be imperiously brilliant, monumentally self-possessed and an intellectual giant -- but when it comes to solving the conundrums of love and family, he's as downright flummoxed as the next guy.


Tagline: Sometimes the smartest people have the most to learn

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Details

Official Website:  http://www.smartpeoplemovie.com/
Country:   United States of America
Language:  English
Release Date:  11 April 2008

Box Office

Budget:  $7,000,000
Revenue:  $10,569,964

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Miramax Films, Sherazade Film Development, Groundswell Productions, QED International, Corduroy Films, Visitor Pictures, Chesterfield Writer's Film Project, GEM Global Entertainment Magyar

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 35 min
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