Smart People

April. 11,2008      R
Rating:
6.1
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Dennis Quaid as  Lawrence Wetherhold
Sarah Jessica Parker as  Janet Hartigan
Elliot Page as  Vanessa Wetherhold
Thomas Haden Church as  Chuck Wetherhold
Ashton Holmes as  James Wetherhold
Barret Hackney as  Joseph
Christine Lahti as  Nancy
Camille Mana as  Missy
David Denman as  William
Don Wadsworth as  Hadley

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