SMART PEOPLE
BPR Rating = 9 (out of 10)
- Smart, lively and entertaining
- Showcases the joys of family dysfunction
- Grim humor amid academic relationships
- An oddball’s delight
The Story Line
When the adopted brother of a pompous university Victorian literature professor moves in, the sharp splinters of a dysfunctional family fly until the pedantic academic learns the lessons of being human.
The 411
Written by Mark Jude Poirer; and directed by Noam Muro, it's the best work Dennis Quaid has done since The Rookie. The cast works very well: Ellen Page of Juno fame is the socially inept, young Republican daughter. Thomas Haden Church is the charming screw-up adopted brother/uncle and Sarah Jessica Parker is the ex- student turned ER doctor who still has a crush on her old college professor.
The Bottom Line
If you like odd ball, quirky comedies where the lessons of life have to be learned before they can be lived, this is a well-worth movie that can be enjoyed by all.
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