Smart People

I think I'm finally sick of dysfunctional Indie movies. It's actually depressing. Plus, I'm mentally exhausted from all the witty sarcasm I have to endure just to keep up with all the characters' dialogue. It's like hanging out with a group of band geeks all day long. Or being on Team Fantastic Four.

SMART PEOPLE stars that JUNO girl Ellen Page, Thomas Haden Church, Sarah Jessica Parker, and John Wilkes Booth...I mean, Dennis Quaid. Quaid is the a$$hole college professor who can't relate to people whose wife died recently, Church is the freeloader slacker brother living it up with no job or aspirations, Parker is the former student/nurse who takes care of Quaid in the hospital, and Page is the GT know-it-all, but naive, perfect daughter. She pretty much plays the same character she did in Juno.

Sidebar: You ever notice that when students have crushes on their teachers, it's ALWAYS an English teacher?

The movie follows Quaid's family as they interact with people and go through their mundane, but somehow interesting lives. Dysfunctional realism is what draws you in. Actually, it's starting to turn me off lately. Time to watch a Disney movie to escape from reality again.

Everyone in the movie seems to be extremely intelligent, but not smart enough to figure out the simple things in life. Socially, they just don't get it. Or maybe they do and the rest of us are idiots for caring about petty, social stuff. Sorry. Had to throw that in.

If you're in the mood for something deep, this may be the movie for you. If not, stay away. The movie's not bad. I probably would've liked it if I saw it a couple of months ago. I give this movie two math teachers who only want to teach GT and Algebra and want to get rid of all their low kids...