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Smart People
- Genre: Comedy
- Film running length: 95 min
- UK release date: 16/5/2008
- Directed by: Noam Murro
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Distributor: Icon Film Distibutors
Who´s in it?
Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ellen Page, Thomas Hayden Church
What´s the plot?
Not all geniuses have a perfect life.
Meet Professor Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid). A self possessed, intellectual giant of Victorian Literature, but when it comes to love and family, his misery is compounding and his teenage daughter (Ellen Page – ‘Juno’) can only follow suit. But after suffering a seizure, he needs someone to act as his driver and look out for his family: enter his adopted, freeloading brother (Thomas Hayden Church). Soon the professor rediscovers what its like to love again and release himself from the self inflicted depression, with often comical and heartbreaking consequences for himself and everyone around him.
‘Smart People’ has an all-star cast including Sarah Jessica Parker.
If you loved ‘Sideways’, you’ll love ‘Smart People’.
‘Smart People’ – Showing at ODEON.
Meet Professor Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid). A self possessed, intellectual giant of Victorian Literature, but when it comes to love and family, his misery is compounding and his teenage daughter (Ellen Page – ‘Juno’) can only follow suit. But after suffering a seizure, he needs someone to act as his driver and look out for his family: enter his adopted, freeloading brother (Thomas Hayden Church). Soon the professor rediscovers what its like to love again and release himself from the self inflicted depression, with often comical and heartbreaking consequences for himself and everyone around him.
‘Smart People’ has an all-star cast including Sarah Jessica Parker.
If you loved ‘Sideways’, you’ll love ‘Smart People’.
‘Smart People’ – Showing at ODEON.
BBFC Consumer Advice Contains strong language and soft drug use..
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