Smart People deeply shocked me.
It shocked me because it's the first time that I manage to go through a movie (or tv show for that matter) with Sarah Jessica Parker in its entirety.
No, don't worry, I am not crazy, SJP was her usual ugly obnoxious persona.
But, she had little dialog, and was surrounded by a great cast.
Dennis Quaid plays a widowed, depressed, unambitious, English-Lit professor.
Ellen Page plays his early-accepted in Stanford hyper smart daughter
Thomas Haden Church plays the "adopted" brother of Dennis Quaid.
And every single character in this movie is depressed.
I guess that since its been fashionable lately to have movies and tv shows about very rich people who also have "real problems", Someone finally decided to do a movie about the "real problems" of smart people.
In one small sequence, Ellen page asks a girl in a bar: "What is it like to be stupid?", the answer "It's pretty much like sitting alone at lunch every day" was quite a good comeback.
The movie is worth watching if only because of Thomas Haden Church.
This guy has true funny bones. he really steals the show.
All in all, a relaxing afternoon.
