Smart People

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.

Cast

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

Jane Mowder

as Julia Knight

Barret Hackney

as Joseph

Christine Lahti

as Nancy

Camille Mana

as Missy

David Denman

as William

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