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Smart People (2008)

Smart People (2008)

R 95 minutes EN Comedy , Drama , Romance
Sometimes the smartest people have the most to learn
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.
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