Smart People

Sometimes the smartest people have the most to learn

5.8/1020081h 35mReleased

ComedyDramaRomance

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.

Released: Apr 11, 2008

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Dennis Quaid

Lawrence Wetherhold

Sarah Jessica Parker

Janet Hartigan

Thomas Haden Church

Chuck Wetherhold

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