

Smart People
2008-04-11 · 95 min · ★ 5.9
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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Production details
- Directors
- Noam Murro
- Production companies
- GEM Global Entertainment Magyar, Miramax, Sherazade Film Development, Groundswell Productions, QED International, Corduroy Films, Visitor Pictures, Chesterfield Writer's Film Project
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 7,000,000
- Revenue
- USD 10,569,964
Top Cast
Dennis QuaidLawrence Wetherhold
Sarah Jessica ParkerJanet Hartigan
Thomas Haden ChurchChuck Wetherhold
Elliot PageVanessa Wetherhold
Ashton HolmesJames Wetherhold
Christine LahtiNancy
Camille ManaMissy
David DenmanWilliam
Don WadsworthHadley
Robert HaleyRoth
Patrick SebesCurtis
Kevin James DoyleRodney
Richard John WaltersParking Lot Attendant
Scott A. MartinWeller
Jane MowderJulia Knight
Adam KroloffTalbot
Patrick JordanWaiter
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