Smart People (Blu-ray) R

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  • Rated: R
  • Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
  • Released: June 15, 2021
  • Originally Released: 2008
  • Label: Miramax

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User Ratings: 102,384
Rating: 3/4 -- Smart People is an indie film that plays the (jangle, jangle) same chords (strum, strum) as a lot of other heartfelt comedies about too-wise children and codgers taking humanity lessons. Full Review
New York Post
Apr 16, 2008
3 stars out of 5 -- The real stars are JUNO's Ellen Page...and SIDEWAYS' Thomas Haden Church....They give SMART PEOPLE an edge...
Uncut
Jun 1, 2008
[A] small, sharp, and pleasingly literate comedy....Poirier's script is full of nicely offhand slap-down banter... -- Grade: B
Entertainment Weekly
Apr 18, 2008
Rating: 1/4 -- Unfortunately, Smart People has nothing original to say about its characters' dilemmas, but is content to tread waters that previous films have navigated with more humor and insight. Full Review
Miami Herald
Apr 6, 2015
Smart People is just a funny, sturdy, touching movie about the way grief keeps on rippling. Full Review
The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
Aug 21, 2017
So much good work must not go overlooked. I just loved this movie because it's witty, intellectual without being pretentious, and filled with characters who are logically stressed and anxious to connect to a world outside of themselves.
Observer
Apr 16, 2008
[I]t feature witty dialogue and good performances...Church has some of the film's funniest lines, along with Ellen Page...
USA Today
Apr 11, 2008

Product Description:

Dennis Quaid stars as a bitter, washed out widower in SMART PEOPLE, a film that tackles the lives of several seriously unhappy people in surprisingly funny and touching ways. A hated literature professor at Carnegie Mellon, Lawrence Wetherhold has been earning the scorn of his students, colleagues, and family since the death of his wife several years ago. The only person on his side is his teenage daughter Vanessa (Ellen Page), whose loyalty and similarities to her father belie her tender age. Between running the Young Republicans club and aiming for a perfect SAT score, the over-achieving high school student knows no life beyond the insular world of family. When the film begins, the family dynamics are well established, with Lawrence merely going through the motions of his life, unable to muster up any passion for parenting or even his literary expertise. It takes a seizure, an unexpected visit from his adopted brother (Thomas Haden Church), and a new romantic interest (Sarah Jessica Parker) to shake things up and stir Lawrence from his constant misery.

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. Church is hilarious as Chuck, Lawrence's adopted slacker brother, adding a funny but heartfelt element to the otherwise serious film.

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  • Sales Rank: 75,727
  • UPC: 810072542540
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