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Smart People Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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Smart People

Release Date: Friday, April 11, 2008

A recently widowed professor must juggle a new love, a failing career and an unexpected visit from his adopted brother.

Director: Naom Murro

Starring: Dennis Quaid Thomas Haden Church Sarah Jessica Parker Ellen Page Ashton Holmes

R Comedy N/A

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Plot – What's the story about?

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Plot
"Smart People" is the darkly comic story of Lawrence Wetherhold, a widowed and unhappy English professor played by Dennis Quaid, who has alienated his son and turned his daughter into an overachieving, friendless teen. He falls for Janet (Sarah Jessica Parker), one of his former students, while at the same time his ne'er-do-well brother (Thomas Haden Church) shows up at his door unexpectedly, triggering a series of comic crises and eventually growth in the family as they learn to reconnect.
Comedy Drama

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Who stars in Smart People – Cast List

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Who is making Smart People – Crew List

The film's writer Mark Poirier last penned Hateship, Loveship and Goats.

Director
Naom Murro
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Producers
Michael Costigan
Bridget Johnson

Production – What we know about the Smart People

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Parent Rating
R Restricted for language, brief teen drug and alcohol use, and for some sexuality
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Language
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Smart People Release Date: When was the film released?

Smart People was released in on Friday, April 11 , 2008. There were seven other movies released on the same date, including Prom Night, The Take and Young@Heart.

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