Smart People (2008)
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.
Top billed cast
Dennis QuaidLawrence Wetherhold
Sarah Jessica ParkerJanet Hartigan
Elliot PageVanessa Wetherhold
Thomas Haden ChurchChuck Wetherhold
Ashton HolmesJames Wetherhold
Jane MowderJulia Knight
Barret HackneyJoseph
Christine LahtiNancy
Camille ManaMissy
David DenmanWilliam
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