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Smart People

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Commercial director Noam Murro makes the leap to feature films with this comedy drama concerning an aging professor-turned-bitter eccentric due to the death of his longtime wife. Ever since his wife passed away, Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid) has become overly acerbic and self-absorbed. He's alienated his son (Ashton Holmes) and transformed his daughter (Ellen Page) into a friendless overachiever. Now, at the precise moment Lawrence thought he had finally figured it all out, his life comes crashing...more

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"You Cant Read" by Daydream
"What is it like sitting alone at lunch everyday?" Smart People is a cranky movie with dialogue meant to go over your head. Excellent self-absorbed acting by...

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barely a "go" by eyeful
an interesting story another slice o'life of the in's and out's of an academic family that just hovers outside of dysfunctional not really a black comedy, not...

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