Film

Smart People

2008 · 1h 35m · Comedy · Drama · Romance

Sometimes the smartest people have the most to learn

IMDb

6.1

Rotten Tomatoes

50%

Metacritic

57

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.

Dennis Quaid

Lawrence Wetherhold

Sarah Jessica Parker

Janet Hartigan

Thomas Haden Church

Chuck Wetherhold

Elliot Page

Vanessa Wetherhold

Ashton Holmes

James Wetherhold

Christine Lahti

Nancy

Camille Mana

Missy

David Denman

William

Don Wadsworth

Hadley

Robert Haley

Roth

Patrick Sebes

Curtis

Kevin James Doyle

Rodney

Paul Huber

Ben (as Paul J. Huber)

Iva Jean Saraceni

Volunteer

Richard John Walters

Parking Lot Attendant

Scott A. Martin

Weller

• Noam MurroDirector
• Mark PoirierScreenplay
• Michael CostiganProducer
• Bridget JohnsonProducer
• Michael LondonProducer
• Bruna PapandreaProducer
• Paul HansonExecutive Producer
• Toby IrwinDirector of Photography
• Nuno BettencourtOriginal Music Composer
• Robert FrazenEditor

Smart People Trailer

Release date

April 11, 2008

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

R

Budget

$7,000,000

Revenue

$10,569,964

Genres

Comedy, Drama, Romance

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