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Smart People
Sometimes the smartest people have the most to learn
Sometimes the smartest people have the most to learn
Comedy, Drama, Romance - 2008
6.1
50%
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Professor Lawrence Wetherhold might be imperiously brilliant, monumentally self-possessed and an intellectual giant -- but when it comes to solving the conundrums of love and family, he's as downright flummoxed as the next guy.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
95 min
Release date:
11 Apr 2008
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$7,000,000
Revenue:
$10,569,964
Awards:
3 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
So much good work must not go overlooked. I just loved this movie because it's witty, intellectual without being pretentious, and filled with characters who are logically stressed and anxious to connect to a world outside of themselves.
– Rex Reed,
New York Observer,
16 Apr 2008
fresh:
Smart People is an indie film that plays the (jangle, jangle) same chords (strum, strum) as a lot of other heartfelt comedies about too-wise children and codgers taking humanity lessons.
– Kyle Smith,
New York Post,
16 Apr 2008
fresh:
In his first film as director, Noam Murro creates moments of comic disconnection, relieved by minuscule surges of warmth. He's very precise; he has a nice touch.
– David Denby,
New Yorker,
14 Apr 2008
fresh:
Good acting, nice smart script.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
14 Apr 2008
rotten:
[A] middling romantic comedy.
– David Edelstein,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
14 Apr 2008
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