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Production Year: 2008 - Drama - Director: Noam Murro - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over more

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For his feature film debut, director Noam Murro assembles an impressive cast: Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Thomas Haden Church, and Ellen Page. Quaid (VANTAGE POINT) stars...
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Not so smart
Review of Smart People DVD by MarcoG

Advantages: Good acting. Ellen Page
Disadvantages: Boring plot

(Film only review) On our weekly trip to the cinema, we chose to see Smart People, although not really knowing much about it, thought we'd give it a go. After seeing Juno and enjoying it hugely, primarily due to the superb acting of Ellen Page, I thought this has to be just as good…surely. I had seen snippets of trailers and quite liked the look of it, the quirky use of Scrabble tiles in the poster made me smile…I mean they use Scrabble letters ...
...a good question, because something was lacking, that I can't quite put my finger on. As the film starts, we are introduced to Laurence Wetherfold, played by Dennis Quaid (Vantage Point) who is a university lecturer of literature, recent widower and father of two teenagers, each at different stages of education. As you might expect, his life has taken a downward spiral of depression and grief. He is also not the nicest man. His arrogance and aloofness ... Read review

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Smarter than the Average?
Review of Smart People DVD by  afy9mab

Advantages: A good cast.
Disadvantages: The actors are wasted on poor writing and generic direction.

.... And as nobody shares their feelings on anything, it is impossible to understand what they're going through or empathise with their situations. This makes the pacing very slow and renders the whole movie a long hard slog from beginning to end. Murro's comic timing is slightly off so the handful of gags that appear are ineffectual because they are dragged out too long. The end result is a very mediocre character study that is nowhere near as smart as it thinks it is. The screenplay by Mark Poirier perpetuates the myth that all clever people are emotionally retarded, socially dysfunctional monsters with superiority complexes. It seems an odd prejudice to hold as without the titular smart people we would have died out as a species long ago. Nonetheless this has become a handy stereotype in recent years as the phenomenon of "dumbing down" has taken hold... Read review

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Smart People DVD

Main specs

Actor(s): Dennis Quaid, Ashton Holmes, Ellen Page, Sarah Jessica Parker, Thomas Haden Church

Director(s): Noam Murro

Genre: Drama

Classification: 15 years and over

Production Year: 2008

Official Website: http://www.smartpeople-themovie.com/

Consumer Advice: Contains strong language and soft drug use

Video Category: Feature Film

Country Of Origin: United States of America

Plot: SMART PEOPLE centres on a brilliant-but-unhappy professor whose life begins to change--for the better--when he has a stroke.

Release details

DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)

Studio(s): ICON HOME ENTERTAINMENT

Languages

Main Language: English

DVD Description

For his feature film debut, director Noam Murro assembles an impressive cast: Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Thomas Haden Church, and Ellen Page. Quaid (VANTAGE POINT) stars as a brilliant-but-unhappy professor whose life begins to change--for the better--when he has a stroke. The experience allows him to reconnect with a former student (Parker) and his adopted brother (Church). JUNO breakout Paige plays the professor's equally intelligent daughter.

Technical information

Special Features: Making of featurette, Bloopers and out-takes, Deleted scenes, Sundance Festival footage, Easter egg, Audio commentary, Icon Trailer Reel

Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen

Sound: Dolby Digital

Professional reviews

Review: [Screenwriter] Poirier is a master at dialogue. His script crackles with sharp lines and he gives all his scenes a splendid comic undertow. (Hollywood Reporter, 11/04/2008)

Hilarious and touching in equal measures (Sight And Sound, 25/07/2008)

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