Movie Info
Genre
Drama, Comedy, RomanceRelease Date
April 11, 2008MPAA Rating
RStudio
Miramax FilmsOfficial Site
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Cast and Crew
Director
Noam MurroProducer
Bill Block, Michael Costigan, Bridget Johnson, Michael London, Bruna PapandreaScreenwriter
Mark PoirierStarring
- Dennis Quaid as Lawrence Wetherhold
- Sarah Jessica Parker as Janet Hartigan
- Thomas Haden Church as Chuck Wetherhold
- Ellen Page as Vanessa Wetherhold
- Ashton Holmes
- Christine Lahti
- Camille Mana
- David Denman
Movie Story
Professor Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid) 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. His teenaged daughter (Ellen Page) is an acid-tongued overachiever who follows all too closely in dad's misery-loving footsteps, and his adopted, preposterously ne'er-do-well brother (Thomas Haden Church) has perfected the art of freeloading. A widower who can't seem to find passion in anything anymore, not even the Victorian Literature in which he's an expert, it seems Lawrence is sleepwalking through a very stunted middle age. When his brother shows up unexpectedly for an extended stay at just about the same time as he accidentally encounters his former student Janet (Sarah Jessica Parker), the circumstances cause him to stir from his deep, deep freeze, with often comical, sometimes heartbreaking, consequences for himself and everyone around him.
Reader's Reviews
It seemed as if the music took precidence over the script as most of the time I couldn't hear the dialouge.
posted by RPaola on Apr 02, 2009great acting by a great cast. script was okay.
posted by rdog on Oct 16, 2009