Smart People

Smart People is an American comedy film from the year 2008. Noam Murro directed by, and written by Mark Poirier.

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The widowed English professor Lawrence Wetherhold can not cope with the death of his wife. He is regarded as tactless and preoccupied with himself. His introverted nature would be the emotional life of his fellow man go past him. Above all, his highly intelligent 17- year-old daughter Vanessa seems to have copied her father's behavior and cuts itself more and more from. While his son James, who studied at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, shows its face at home only for dinner, Vanessa plans for the beginning of next year to finish after Stanford, where she got a place at university.

A change in the drab everyday family life occurs as Lawrence's roughly the same age of adopted brother Chuck due to financial constraints to move in with them. Although Lawrence considers him a childish loser, he provides him a room available. His relaxed and sensitive way but misunderstood by Vanessa and she gives him after a visit to the bar a long kiss, what of Chuck, who is her ( adoptive ) uncle, is less well received. Henceforth, he 's doing more and more out of the way, what bothers Vanessa, who has no friends. Your injury, it compensates by attempted humiliation of her uncle - but also it attempts to continue to awaken his sympathy for themselves.

Lawrence learns meanwhile Janet know in the emergency room after he had a near- heart attack. Due to their colleagues, he learns that she is many years ago have been his student once, and that she had then fallen in love with him. It comes to a romantic dinner the two, which Lawrence spoils, however, since he apparently shows little interest for Janet. In a second experiment, after Lawrence has apologized, it comes to a night together.

Chuck finally makes Lawrence points out that his daughter is more similar to him in a negative way, and calls for a debate of the two. Lawrence will face his desolate feeling capable of getting conscious and speaks out with Janet, who tells him that she has become pregnant by him. After he was finally able to confess his love to her, he asks his daughter to open up to life and not to creep on. Last but not least he and Chuck have again a fraternal relationship, and Vanessa understands her mistake. In the credits you can see then, how the family is happily reunited pleased the twins Janet and Lawrence.

Criticism

" Endearing comedy about the reconciliation of reason and emotion, which offers dry wit and most vivid character drawing. "

Background

The role of Janet was first occupied with Rachel Weisz, but gave up her role. The film was shot in Pittsburgh. The world premiere took place at the American Film Market in November 2007. On 20 January 2008, a demonstration was followed at the Sundance Film Festival. The wide release in the cinemas of the United States began on April 11, 2008.

The guitarist of the group Extreme Nuno Bettencourt had significantly contributed to the creation of film music.

2007 in film Screenplay Michael London Film score Aaron Zigman 2008 in film Extreme (band)
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