Smart People

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Smart People

"Sometimes the smartest people have the most to learn"

2008

1h 35m

5.8(275 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Romance

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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Cast & Crew

15 members

Acting

Dennis Quaid

Lawrence Wetherhold

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Sarah Jessica Parker

Janet Hartigan

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Elliot Page

Vanessa Wetherhold

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Thomas Haden Church

Chuck Wetherhold

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Ashton Holmes

James Wetherhold

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Jane Mowder

Julia Knight

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Barret Hackney

Joseph

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Christine Lahti

Nancy

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Camille Mana

Missy

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David Denman

William

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Don Wadsworth

Hadley

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Robert Haley

Roth

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Patrick Sebes

Curtis

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Richard John Walters

Parking Lot Attendant

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Jackson Nunn

Club Scene: Dining (uncredited)

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