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Smart People (2008) -- Into the life of a widowed professor comes a new love and an unexpected visit from his adopted brother.
Smart People (2008) -- Into the life of a widowed professor comes a new love and an unexpected visit from his adopted brother.

Overview

User Rating:
6.4/10   11,363 votes
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Director:
Noam Murro
Writer (WGA):
Mark Poirier (written by)
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Release Date:
11 April 2008 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
Sometimes the smartest people have the most to learn
Plot:
Into the life of a widowed professor comes a new love and an unexpected visit from his adopted brother. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(55 articles)
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unripe and reminiscent of the excellent 'The Accidental Tourist' more (100 total)

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Additional Details

Runtime:
95 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Spanish
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Certification:
Australia:M | Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) | UK:15 | Canada:G (Québec) | Canada:PG (British Columbia) | Ireland:15A | USA:R (for language, brief teen drug and alcohol use, and for some sexuality) | South Korea:12 | Finland:K-11 | Hong Kong:IIB | Singapore:PG | Taiwan:PG-12 | New Zealand:M | Mexico:B | Argentina:13

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Trivia:
Rachel Weisz was originally cast opposite Dennis Quaid in this film, but she decided to leave the project. She was then replaced with Sarah Jessica Parker. more
Goofs:
Continuity: A classroom scene near the end of the movie shows the same items written on the board as a scene at the beginning of the movie - and all of the students are wearing the same clothes. more
Quotes:
Vanessa Wetherhold: [stressed] I'm in an after-school special. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Ellen Page/Wilco (#33.6)" (2008) more
Soundtrack:
Pursuit of Happiness more

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27 out of 46 people found the following comment useful.
unripe and reminiscent of the excellent 'The Accidental Tourist', 28 April 2008
6/10
Author: cohnmartin from United States

I've just seen this film and read a number of reviews about it. Many reviewers are referencing 'Little Miss Sunshine', 'The Family Stone', etc. But I left the theatre thinking of the wonderful, beautifully balanced and developed, fun film, 'The Accidental Tourist'--another film about an emotionally deadened, difficult man who is suffering from the loss of a loved one and is 'redeemed' through love. Talk about quirky families; the one in 'Tourist' puts most of the rest to shame. The difference perhaps in the quality of these films (Tourist very high, Smart People quite low, many others in the 'genre' somewhere inbetween) lies in that The Accidental Tourist was based on the highly crafted, moving novel of the same title by the gifted writer Anne Tyler. What stands out for me again and again as I work up my courage to attend recent releases is that the quality of screenplay writing in Hollywood and elsewhere is low, low, low. Rushed, pressured, unbaked--too many films being made too fast, with scripts that bore and confuse us with unconvincing plots and thin characters. This film, Smart People, could have been--with revision and review--a much better, more engaging, moving picture. The script simply wasn't ready for production; the story isn't there.

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