Smart People (2008)

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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 chara... read more

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 m... read more

Smart People was actually surprisingly very good. I really still think Sarah Jessica Parker still plays the same character in every movie, but it did not stop me from enjoying this great comedy. What really set me off, was the story. Usually comedies don't have a decent story, well think again. Denis Quaid and Ellen Page, two people I really admire, were really great in this. Thomas Haden Church w... read more

Imperious, testy, acerbic, monumentally tactless, and maddeningly self-absorbed Victorian Literature professor Lawrence Wetherhold is a middle-aged intellectual bully, whose cutting tongue has alienated his son James and made his daughter Vanessa into an unhappy, friendless Teen. When he falls for Janet, a former student, he'll have to deconstruct all his elaborate intellectual armor if he's to win her over.