Smart People is brilliant!!

I've spent enough time up close and personal with miserable old professors who have nothing better to do than to make their student's lives miserable for their own amusement to be drawn in initially to Smart People as it appears to be just a movie about a cranky professor. I can't help myself, you know as much as I hate professors like that, there is something just kinda sexy about the whole worldly wise professor thing. Whatever you do though, please don't even remotely mention this to my current professors as I know they are lurking out there, and no.. I'm not talking about any of you. ahem. (Will this affect my grade?)

Smart People is so much more than I ever expected and its downright hillarious, Dennis Quaid plays a professor named Lawrence Wetherhold, who is as miserable as his name sounds. A widower with a teenage daughter who is just as miserable as he is. Things start to change when Lawerance's freeloading adopted brother shows up to help take care of him after an illness which leaves him unable to drive. In the end though the brother ends up as being the one little thing that the family needs to really mix things up and get life going again. To top it off Sarah Jessica Parker shows up as a love interest that will make you smile. It's kind of a mix of an awkward comedy, romance, and indy flick all rolled into one yummy package.

Here is the official news :

Despite their high IQ’s, the Wetherhold family has a lot to learn in the critically acclaimed SMART PEOPLE. This Sundance Festival favorite stars Dennis Quaid as Professor Lawrence Wetherhold, a curmudgeonly tenured professor. Ellen Page plays his sarcastic and studious daughter. Sarah Jessica Parker is Wetherhold’s former student and love interest; and Thomas Hayden Church plays his “less academic” estranged brother. From the producer of Sideways SMART PEOPLE comes to DVD on August 12th. Bonus features include interviews with the cast, producers, and crew; writer and director audio commentaries; deleted scenes; and exclusive footage from the film’s premiere at the 2008 Sundance Festival.

Smart People is available on DVD starting today and its worth every penny. You can pick up your copy on Amazon!

I have two copies of Smart People to give away on DVD to my readers!

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