Witness the highbrow side of familial dysfunction with Smart People, a lighthearted comedy from the producers of Sideways about an over-educated, emotionally challenged nuclear family.
Widower Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid) is a brilliant but disimpassioned Victorian literature professor. When it comes to solving his family, he’s flummoxed: His overachieving teenage daughter (Ellen Page) follows in his misery-loving footsteps, and his collegiate son refuses to confide in him.
Enter Chuck (Thomas Haden Church), Lawrence’s adopted, preposterously ne’er-do-well brother. An expert freeloader, Chuck pops in unexpectedly for an extended stay just as Lawrence throws the family (and himself) into a dither by dating former student Janet (Sarah Jessica Parker).
You don’t have to be a genius to find the humor in that.
Available on DVD and Blu-ray™ Hi-Def August 12. Order online at smartpeopledvd.com.