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DVD : Smart People [Blu-ray]In association with Amazon.comstarring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Quaid, Thomas Haden Church, David Denman, Camille Mana directed by: Noam Murro ![: Smart People [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510FJSyXRIL._SL160_.jpg) List Price: $34.99 Amazon.com's Price: $23.99 You Save: $11.00 (31%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: Blu-ray Brand: Miramax EAN: 0786936755978 Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen Label: Miramax Manufacturer: Miramax Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Miramax Release Date: August 12, 2008 Running Time: 95 minutes Studio: Miramax Theatrical Release Date: 2008 Sales Rank: 49968 MPN: 75597 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Album Description: Driven by a clever script and fine performances, SMART PEOPLE is set in the land of academia, a place where both Lawrence and Vanessa have taken refuge and plunged themselves into as escape from the external world. In spite of their high IQs, both father and daughter are equally clueless when it comes to navigating relationships. This becomes obvious as Vanessa develops a line-blurring relationship with her uncle, and Lawrence stumbles in romancing his doctor. If Vanessa wants a shot at happiness and Lawrence wants to make things work in his love life, both will have to adopt new attitudes or risk further alienation. Starring Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ellen Page, and Thomas Hayden Church. 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:  - People who don't like this film are just plain DUMB!S. harp M. ana as in Camille Mana AKA Missy Chin...this girl rocks! A. +++ R. idicule those who give this film a bad review! T. reat yourself to 93 minutes of GREAT dialogue P. oirier's writing is fresh, funny, and intelligent E. ntertaining O. SCAR worthy performances for Church, Paige, and Quaid P. eople who don't like this film are just plain DUMB L. urid (that's sensational for those of you who don't know what it means) E. njoyable Rating:  - "SMART PEOPLE" DVDTHIS MOVIE IS A BIT ODD, BUT GOOD. DENNIS QUAID IS ALWAYS FUN AND I ENJOYED HIM IN THIS MOVIE. Rating: - Lack of Emotional ConnectionLawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid) is an English professor at Carnegie Mellon University. His aura of superiority keeps colleagues at a distance, squashing any possibility of relationships other than professional. He customarily parks his car in the faculty lot so that it occupies two spots. He loves his subject, but never really connects with his students, whose names and faces he seldom remembers. Wetherhold's wife has passed away. His son, James (Ashton Holmes), although a student at Carnegie ... Read More Rating: - Excellent Little MovieSmart People was a wonderful surprise. Great acting and great writing. Thomas Haden Church is amazing as Chuck, and his relationship with Ellen Page's character Vanessa is both hilarious and touching--not to mention utterly original. A great change of pace for Dennis Quaid, too. First time I've seen a grouchy English professor portrayed so realistically. I liked how this film was both intimate and specific but also universal in its themes. Well done. A gander at some of the major reviews ... Read More Rating: - Great movie!THe movie is pretty good. Fast delivery and that was the best price I could find. Definitely worth it! Browse for similar items by category:
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