Smart People

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 4/19/08 at 4:42pm

I stumbled into this interminably dull piece of tripe last night. Dennis Quaid wears a really fake looking gut, Sarah Jessica Parker expects the audience to believe she pull off a character who's supposed to be 31 or 32, Christine Lahti wanders in and out a couple times but serves no purpose for an actress of her stature, and Juno was Juno. Avoid at all costs!

[LePetiteFromage]

Posted: 4/19/08 at 5:06pm

Updated On: 1/23/09 at 05:06 PM

[Auggie27]

Posted: 4/19/08 at 5:13pm

I enjoyed it. The 3rd act plot "twist" to unite people who have no business together for longer than 36 hours is a ghastly, low-blow contrivance, and the resolution strains credibility, but before that, I was genuinely engaged and bought most of it.

But ... oh whatever, it's not the sort of material to debate. It's not a spoonful of nasty cynicism or yet another story of 29 year old chubby adolescent boys obsessing on bong, unscorable babes and old toy collections, and it wasn't written by a committee, so I was just glad to be there.

Updated On: 4/19/08 at 05:13 PM

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 4/19/08 at 5:17pm

I still want to see it.

[DG]

Posted: 4/19/08 at 5:25pm

"It's not a spoonful of nasty cynicism or yet another story of 29 year old chubby adolescent boys obsessing on bong, unscorable babes and old toy collections, and it wasn't written by a committee, so I was just glad to be there."

I wasn't drawn to this at all - but this statement alone might get me to rent the DVD.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 4/19/08 at 5:35pm

Well more power to anyone who enjoyed it, but I thought it was ghastly.

[Auggie27]

Posted: 4/19/08 at 5:40pm

It's this year's FRIENDS WITH MONEY, the mid-Spring film with an indie feel for grown-ups.