Smart People (Noam Murro, 2008)

I wanted to like this film, but that was really hard to do. First off, very hard to relate to anyone in the film: Denis Quaid as the washed out widower professor. It's like you want to tell his character to "get over it all ready." He's grumpy and does not undergo any transformation. Next, Sarah Jessica Parker, feeling like she just stepped out of "Sex and the City" and donned a Doctors robe. Not feeling it. Ellen Page carries over her "Juno" style acting as the doted on daughter. And Thomas Haden Church is the loser brother. Not a lot of chemistry. Quite depressing really. Poorly acted. Not much joy in any of these lives.