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- Release date: April 11, 2008
- Director: Noam Murro
- Screenwriter: Mark Poirier
- Producer: Michael Costigan, Bridget Johnson, Michael London, Bruna Papandrea
- Distributor: Miramax Films
- MPAA rating: Rated R
- Run time: 93 min
- Premiered: 2008 Sundance Film Festival
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Smart People is a 2008 comedy film directed by Noam Murro. The movie received mixed reviews upon its release.
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Cast
- Dennis Quaid: Lawrence Wetherhold
- Sarah Jessica Parker: Janet Hartigan
- Thomas Haden Church: Chuck Wetherhold
- Ellen Page: Vanessa Wetherhold
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Some critics praised Smart People for its "lively, offbeat" castEntertainment Weekly: Smart People (April 9, 2008) and "splendid" comical scenes.The Hollywood Reporter: Smart People (January 22, 2008) Others, like Roger Ebert, disliked the "drab" cast. "You would not want to spend time with any of these people," he wrote in his review.RogerEbert.com: Smart People (April 11, 2008)"[T]he characters take themselves too seriously to be funny," wrote Wesley Morris of The Boston Globe. He compared Smart People to Wonder Boys (2000), another film about a disgruntled professor. "Wonder Boys had adventure," Morris wrote, "Smart People has a lot of sitting around."The Boston Globe: In 'Smart People,' it's all academic (April 11, 2008)
At best, Smart People is a film "you can drop in on when you have nothing better to do," according to Time Magazine,
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Smart People Reviews on Amazon
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Talking to the wrong people. (Salt Lake Saga).: An article from: American Journalism Review - $5.95
This digital document is an article from American Journalism Review, published by University of Maryland on June 1, 2003. The length of the article is 1599 words. The page length s...Amazon
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Overloaded Circuits: Why Smart People Underperform (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition) - $6.50
Frenzied executives who fidget through meetings, lose track of their appointments, and jab at the "door close" button on the elevator aren't crazy--just crazed. They suffer from a ...Amazon
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How to be a problem-solving kid (and you'll really want to be one).(NOTABLE)(Problem Solving 101: A Simple Book for Smart People )(Brief article)(Book ... article from: Automotive Design & Production - $9.95
This digital document is an article from Automotive Design & Production, published by Gardner Publications, Inc. on March 1, 2009. The length of the article is 445 words. The page ...Amazon
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Teaching Smart People How to Learn (Harvard Business Review Classics) - $8.95
Why are your smartest and most successful employees often the worst learners? Likely, they haven't had the opportunities for introspection that failure affords. So when they do fai...Amazon
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Smart People Reviews Questions
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Looking for Smart Computer people. 7 AnswersJust a couple of things. The first paragraph, to me, would not make sense to your average person. A lot of people don't know what the hell a "protocol" is, or t... read more -
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Are all dogs smart? 4 AnswersI would say no. I have seen some pretty stupid dogs in my life. I've seen dogs repeatedly run into the wall, chase their own tails, run right out in front of ca... read more -
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Smart People Good Reviews
- The Hollywood Reporter: Smart People Review
- "Reminiscent of the recent Sundance hit The Squid and the Whale in its depiction of a burnt-out academic and off-campus family disruptions, Smart People should attract similar adult audiences with the caveat that the smugness of some characters may be an initial turn-off."
- EW.com (B): Smart People Review
- "...a small, sharp, and pleasingly literate comedy..."
- The New York Times: Smart People Review
- "The scenes of Lawrence in the classroom or in department meetings are among the most frighteningly, comically accurate such moments I have ever seen on film."
- The Arizona Republic (4/5): Smart People Review
- "It's not a revelatory film, but first-time director Noam Murro successfully creates a world you want to spend time in, even if it's a world marred by self-absorption and missed opportunities."
- Time: Smart People Review
- "There's nothing world shattering about Smart People. No one is ever going to call it a 'must see' movie. But it is a trim, intelligent, reasonably amusing little movie."
- TV Guide (3.5/4): Smart People Review
- "Smart indeed."
Smart People Neutral Reviews
- Variety: Smart People Review
- "...ends up less a dark comedy than a medium-gray one, the impact further muffled by its marinating in a tepid pool of generic soft-rock sounds."
- Slate: I See Smart People
- "Just when you're losing patience with the movie, it sneaks up on you with a poignant detail or a character-defining turn of phrase."
- ReelViews (2.5/4): Smart People
- "Like most simple indie character dramas, this one doesn't try to do too much. Still, there's a sense that it could have offered a more full platter had the scope been widened to better flesh out the secondary characters."
- Film Threat (3/5): Smart People Review
- "The best part of the film, other than segments of intelligent dialogue, has to be the interactions between Thomas Haden Church and Ellen Page. Both are phenomenal and make this extremely long movie (starts strong and then just drags along) more bearable."
Smart People Bad Reviews
- Village Voice: Smart People: Deeply Ordinary
- "It's almost impossible to bear the film ill will, as it makes a case for compassion and tries awfully hard to be awfully sweet. But then what?"
- Miami Herald (2/4): Smart People Review
- "tastes as fake as a Wal-Mart corn dog."
- Premiere (1.5/4): Smart People Review
- "An accumulation of meaningless family squabbles sutured together by what must be the most overwrought, intrusive score ever, Smart People should have hired a few."
- Boston Herald (2/4): Smart People Review
- "...a failure of imagination."
- Slant (1/4): Smart People Review
- "a dreary amalgam of indie cliches made bearable only by Church's ability to wring mild humor from a slacker role schematically engineered for adorably sarcastic comedic relief."
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