SMART
PEOPLE
With
Dennis
Quaid,
Sarah
Jessica
Parker,
Ellen
Page,
Thomas
Haden
Church
Ashton
Holmes,
Christine
Lahti,
Camille
Mana
Written
by Mark
Poirier
Directed
by Noam
Murro
A maladjusted
college
professor
is very
much
out
of touch
with
his
reality,
especially
after
the
death
of his
wife
(clinging
to things
like
her
clothing).
His
son
is stuck
between
him
and
his
bright
but
equally
odd
daughter
(who
has
pretty
much
taken
the
mother's
place
in the
home).
After
a seizure
forces
him
to re-look
his
self-centered
life,
especially
when
meeting
the
attractive
doctor
(and
ex-student)
who
took
care
of him,
life
doesn't
exactly
click
right
into
place.
His
in-limbo
estranged
step-brother
arrives,
but
in stead
of further
disrupting
their
lives,
he actually
ends
up giving
it a
new,
but
not
less
odd
perspective.
What
makes
this
difficult
to watch
is the
annoying
low
energy
personalities
with
their
grating
dysfunctional
characteristics
- not
funny,
just
irritating,
making
you
feel
“why
the
hell
am I
forced
to glimpse
into
the
insignificant
lives
of these
idiots
(no
matter
how
smart
they
may
be)?”
With
the
doctor
trying
to prove
a point
(he
didn't
remember
her
from
his
classes),
you
also
ask
the
question
why
she
would
push
to connect
with
this
unpleasant
asshole.
Her
compassionate
humanity
or her
bored
ignorance?
While
making
impressive
turns
in Hard
Candy
and
Juno,
Ellen
Page's
style
has
now
run
its
course
for
me -
the
“intelligent,
monotonous,
acerbic
old
soul
laden
with
irony”
act
is stale
and
no longer
cool.
While
from
the
producers
of Sideways,
I suggest
you
rather
watch
that
one
if you
missed
it,
as it
is a
far
more
enriching
viewing
experience.
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- Paul
Blom
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