Smart People

(2008)

★ 5.8 IMDb · 295 votes

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Year: 2008

Runtime: 95 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Noam Murro

Cast: Деннис Куэйд, Сара Джессика Паркер, Томас Хейден Чёрч, Эллиот Пейдж, Эштон Холмс, Кристин Лати, Camille Mana, Дэвид Денман, Don Wadsworth, Robert Haley

Plot

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.

Lawrence Wetherhold is miserable and misanthropic: he's a widower, a pompous professor at Carnegie Mellon, an indifferent father to a college student and a high-school senior, and the reluctant brother of a ne'er-do-well who's come to town. A seizure and a fall send Lawrence to the emergency room where the physician, a former student of his, ends up going on a date with him. His daughter, Vanessa, lonely and friendless, who's been bonding with his brother, tries to sabotage dad and the doctor's relationship, but Lawrence is good at that without help. Is there any way these smart people can get a life? Can happiness be pursued beneath layers of irony?