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Sometimes the smartest people have the most to learn - Smart People
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Title: Smart People

Release Date: 11 Apr 2008

Runtime: 1h 35m

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: GEM Global Entertainment Magyar, Miramax, Sherazade Film Development, Groundswell Productions, QED International, Corduroy Films, Visitor Pictures, Chesterfield Writer's Film Project

Production Companies: GEM Global Entertainment Magyar, Miramax, Sherazade Film Development, Groundswell Productions, QED International, Corduroy Films, Visitor Pictures, Chesterfield Writer's Film Project

Overview: 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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Ratings

Average Vote: 5.9 (260 votes)

Cast

  • Lawrence Wetherhold: Dennis Quaid
  • Janet Hartigan: Sarah Jessica Parker
  • Vanessa Wetherhold: Elliot Page
  • Chuck Wetherhold: Thomas Haden Church
  • James Wetherhold: Ashton Holmes
  • Julia Knight: Jane Mowder
  • Joseph: Barret Hackney
  • Nancy: Christine Lahti
  • Missy: Camille Mana
  • William: David Denman
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