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DVD : Smart PeopleIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Thomas Haden Church, Ellen Page, Ashton Holmes directed by: Noam Murro  
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: Buena Vista Home Video EAN: 0786936755916 Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Miramax Manufacturer: Miramax Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Miramax Region Code: 1 Release Date: August 12, 2008 Running Time: 95 minutes Studio: Miramax Theatrical Release Date: April 11, 2008 Sales Rank: 1348 MPN: 5650603 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: From the producer of SIDEWAYS -- get to know a lovable yet dysfunctional family everyone can relate to in this lighthearted comedy PEOPLE (Leah Rozen) calls "smart and enjoyable." When Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid) -- a widowed and self-absorbed professor -- falls for his attractive former student (Sex And The City's Sarah Jessica Parker) his all-too-predictable life suddenly turns sunny side up. That is until his freeloading brother (Thomas Haden Church) and his sharp-tongued overachieving daughter (Juno's Ellen Page)speak up making "chaos" the word of the day. Now on DVD SMART PEOPLE is even funnier with never-before-seen interviews deleted scenes and hilarious outtakes.System Requirements:Running Time: 95 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY/BUDDY FILMS Rating: R UPC: 786936755916 Manufacturer No: 5650603 Amazon.com: Much in the manner of Curtis Hanson’s Wonder Boys, the very funny and bracingly intelligent Smart People concerns a college instructor meandering through life until unexpected developments force a cascade of personal changes. Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid), a recently widowed literature professor, is a numb and chilly intellectual who rebuffs his students, ignores his all-but-emancipated teen kids (Ashton Holmes and Juno’s Ellen Page), and spurns cries for financial assistance from his ne'er-do-well but rather soulful adopted brother, Chuck (Thomas Haden Church). After an accident lands Lawrence in the hospital and deprives him of the right to drive, someone else falls into his bleak sphere: Janet (Sarah Jessica Parker), a physician and former student of Lawrence who remembers her disappointment in him as a teacher and role model. Against all logic, Janet and Lawrence become a romantic item, a choice for which neither of them is entirely prepared. Meanwhile, Chuck and Vanessa (Page) enter an awkward phase in their relationship as niece and uncle, just another sign that the Wetherhold clan has become too insular and self-referential. Screenwriter Mark Poirier's inspired and literate story sets up lots of chaos, attitude, and cross-conflict, then hangs back and lets the characters verbally spar, much to our great amusement. What's happening, however, are deep changes in relationships and destinies that Lawrence and the others naturally resist, until they can't. Director Noam Murro knows one of his most important contributions to the film is to stay out of the characters' way and provide Poirier's barbed humor a supportive setting. Quaid is outstanding as the pivotal figure in this tale, a man who looks creaky and washed up beyond his years, but who is not entirely past redemption. --Tom Keogh Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Smart people aren't alwaysDennis Quaid plays an English professor so pompous and self-contained that the unpleasant odor of mothballs must emanate off that tweed jacket he wears. Stuck. Stuck in a past when his wife died and he became a widower. Stuck in a career where he allows no growth for himself. Smart people. His daughter, a pompous and bombastic smart person, is a brainiac headed to Stanford. Her uncle pretty much defines her as a robotic android. The uncle and adopted brother comes into the story early ... Read More Rating:  - Its okay.A lot of talent and dennis quaid made a movie. And, its okay. Its not bad. Its not great. Its good, no serious holes or terrible plot, just a movie. Rating: - "We Could Use Some Antivenin in Here" ...The Wetherhold family is still reeling from the death of its matriarch. The environment is simply toxic. Professor Wetherhold clings to his departed wife's clothes. And, his teenage daughter uncannily slides into Mom's role: making dinners with internet recipes, tending to the laundry, and conducting various other hausfrau duties. When Uncle Lawrence arrives to help/mooch, the hilarity (almost but not really) begins. As is customary with indie films, there is nothing tidy about this work. ... Read More Rating: - Smart Dysfunctional PeopleI think 'Smart People' is an acquired taste, but it's a movie that I definitely enjoyed. A cross between 'Little Miss Sunshine' and 'As Good As It Gets, 'Smart People' is witty, sarcastically humorous and intelligent. The characters are quirky and awkward; each of their personalities is taken to such an extreme that it becomes comical. Great acting overall; Ellen Page is brilliant in the role of Vanessa, an over-achieving, anti-social teenager. I was slightly disappointed with Sarah Jessica ... Read More Rating:  - Not a Comedy, Not "Smart," NOT worth your timeThis movie is as funny as The Seventh Seal and about as intellectual as Transformers. Simply because Smart People's characters use words, phrases, and cite literary works few know outside Academia does not make this inpalatanle piece of unadulaterated garbage intelligent, and thus I found it to be obnoxious. It isn't funny. It isn't that smart. It's dull, boring, and depressing. I would give it 0 stars, but the minimum for Amazon is 1. Do not waste your time on Smart People. Browse for similar items by category:
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