Smart People

Smart People

Sometimes the smartest people have the most to learn

2008•1h 35m•5.8/10

ComedyDramaRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.8/10(279)

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.

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Production

GEM Global Entertainment Magyar, Miramax, Sherazade Film Development, Groundswell Productions, QED International, Corduroy Films, Visitor Pictures, Chesterfield Writer's Film Project

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Dennis Quaid

Dennis Quaid

Lawrence Wetherhold

Sarah Jessica Parker

Sarah Jessica Parker

Janet Hartigan

Thomas Haden Church

Thomas Haden Church

Chuck Wetherhold

Elliot Page

Elliot Page

Vanessa Wetherhold

Ashton Holmes

Ashton Holmes

James Wetherhold

Christine Lahti

Christine Lahti

Nancy

Camille Mana

Camille Mana

Missy

David Denman

David Denman

William

Don Wadsworth

Don Wadsworth

Hadley

Robert Haley

Robert Haley

Roth

Patrick Sebes

Patrick Sebes

Curtis

Kevin James Doyle

Kevin James Doyle

Rodney

Paul Huber

Ben (as Paul J. Huber)

Iva Jean Saraceni

Volunteer

Richard John Walters

Richard John Walters

Parking Lot Attendant

Scott A. Martin

Scott A. Martin

Weller

Jane Mowder

Jane Mowder

Julia Knight

Adam Kroloff

Adam Kroloff

Talbot

Patrick Jordan

Patrick Jordan

Waiter

Amanda Jane Cooper

Amanda Jane Cooper

Brooke

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