Smart People

Apr 11, 2008

1h 35m

★ 5.8

Sometimes the smartest people have the most to learn

Overview

Professor Lawrence Wetherhold 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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

GEM Global Entertainment Magyar

Miramax

Sherazade Film Development

Groundswell Productions

QED International

Corduroy Films

Visitor Pictures

Chesterfield Writer's Film Project

Smart People Trailers

Cast

Lawrence Wetherhold

Dennis Quaid

Janet Hartigan

Sarah Jessica Parker

Vanessa Wetherhold

Elliot Page

Chuck Wetherhold

Thomas Haden Church

James Wetherhold

Ashton Holmes

Julia Knight

Jane Mowder

Joseph

Barret Hackney

Nancy

Christine Lahti

Missy

Camille Mana

William

David Denman

Hadley

Don Wadsworth

Roth

Robert Haley

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