Smart People (2008)

Posted : 3 months, 2 weeks ago at Aug 10 15:51

Interesting, funny, and with good performances but for me still have nothing special about it. They all made much more interesting movies.

Rating : 6/10

Posted : 1 year, 3 months ago at Aug 15 1:04

Vanessa: "You should really make your bed. It sets the tone for the day." Chuck: "But, how do you know what tone I was trying to set?" Dysfunctional family comedy-dramas have developed into an unusual beast over recent years. After the rowdy success of Little Miss Sunshine, it appears that filmmakers have grown relatively inspired to replicate the charm and quality of that memorable 2006 screen gem. Smart People is one of these recent attempts. Unfortunately, the wrong creative team were pulled onto the project: screenwriter Mark Jude Poirer had never scripted a feature film before, and director Noam Murro hadn't directed one. The central problem is that the film concentrates too extensively on the 'smart' without focusing on the 'heart'. Poirer adds various offbeat and oddball ele...Read more

Posted : 1 year, 7 months ago at Apr 12 14:03

The premise of the movie isn't the most original. Dennis Quaid plays a widowed professor at Carnegie Mellon University. He is pompous, acerbic and having a hard time moving on from the death of his wife. He doesn't have much of a relationship with his son and his daughter is an isolated teenager who tries very hard to fill the gaps in their life by being the perfect housekeeper of sorts. The characters in the movie are 'smart people', smart as in intellectual and brainy, but not very good at the social lubrication that is very much a part of everyday life. This makes them isolated and lonely. Life forces some changes on them and brings in new people into their lives. What I really like about the movie is that none of these characters have any epiphanies or life changing revelations and ...Read more

Rating : 7/10