Comedy, Drama, Romance
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.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Fuck... Fuck... Fuck Me, Tin!
Boyfriends
Romero
Gas
Humble Pie
The Vicious Kind
The Hours and Times
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
Slippery Slope
I Am Cuba
Wooly Boys
The Strongest Man in the World
The Accused
Ball of Fire
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
Methodic
The Premature Burial
A Very Serious Person
Tony Takitani
Edge of Seventeen
SIMILAR MOVIES
Fuck... Fuck... Fuck Me, Tin!
IMDB 3.6 | Dec , 1978
A poor girl works in a general store with a blind boyfriend playing guitar. He becomes famous and she also becomes blind.Boyfriends
IMDB 4.6 | Nov , 1996
Paul, Matt, and Will (in their 30s) have been friends for years. They converge at the seaside for the weekend, each with a boyfriend in tow. Paul is with Ben, his companion of five years: their relationship is on the rocks after months of Paul's moodiness since his brother Mark died. Matt brings Owen, whom he's dated for three months and wants to live with; to everyone else, they seem singularly.Romero
IMDB 7 | Aug , 1989
Romero is a compelling and deeply moving look at the life of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, who made the ultimate sacrifice in a passionate stand against social injustice and oppression in his county. This film chronicles the transformation of Romero from an apolitical, complacent priest to a committed leader of the Salvadoran people.Gas
IMDB 8 | Jan , 2004
Upon returning to Los Angeles to attend his father's funeral, Damon soon learns that in order to claim his share of the family inheritance he must work alongside his brother, Mookie — a former drug-dealer who had previously cost Damon a college scholarship — in keeping the family's long-running gas station in business for at least one year. As the siblings repeatedly butt heads over matters both great and small, they soon come to realize that it takes more than money to hold a family together.Humble Pie
IMDB 6.2 | Jan , 2007
At nearly 400 pounds, Tracy Orbison is a wide target. When he sets out to pursue his dream of acting, the grocery clerk finds an assortment of people waiting to dash his dreams. Through it all, Tracy remains irrepressibly upbeat, convinced he's destined for something big.The Vicious Kind
IMDB 6.2 | Dec , 2009
A man tries to warn his brother away from the new girlfriend he brings home during Thanksgiving, but ends up becoming infatuated with her in the process.The Hours and Times
IMDB 5.4 | Sep , 1991
A fictionalized account of what may have happened when John Lennon and Brian Epstein went on holiday together to Spain in 1963.Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
IMDB 6.1 | Oct , 1990
Movie star Roxy Carmichael is abandoning the bright lights of Hollywood, Calif. and returning to her small Ohio hometown -- at least long enough to dedicate a city building. And now the whole town of Clyde is bracing for Carmichael's return, most of all her now-married old flame Denton Webb and troubled teen Dinky Bossetti. An orphan with few friends, Dinky is convinced that Carmichael is her birth mother, and that the actress will reclaim her when she returns.Slippery Slope
IMDB 2.7 | Oct , 2006
A cash strapped feminist filmmaker secretly takes a job directing a porn film in order to get her thesis film, "Feminism For Dummies" out of the lab. Soon, her own slumbering sexuality is awakened in surprising ways. This arouses the suspicion of her politically correct husband, Hugh, and leads to a madcap finale of mistaken identity that threatens to upend Gillian's best laid plans.I Am Cuba
IMDB 7.8 | Oct , 1964
Four vignettes on the lives of the Cuban people in the pre-revolutionary era. In Havana, Maria is ashamed when a man she loves discovers how she makes a living. Pedro, an old farmer, discovers that the land he cultivates is being sold to an American company. A student sees his friends attacked by the police while they distribute leaflets supporting Fidel Castro. Finally, a peasant family is threatened by Batista's army.Wooly Boys
IMDB 5 | Jan , 2001
A sheep rancher's visit to the big city triggers a mischevious adventure with his teenage grandson.The Strongest Man in the World
IMDB 6.1 | Feb , 1975
Medfield College science major Dexter Riley and his classmates have been working on a new vitamin compound when a lab accident creates a supercharged mix that ends up in Dexter's cereal box, giving him superhuman strength. The powerful formula comes to the attention of the college dean and two rival cereal companies, touching off a hilarious chain of events.The Accused
IMDB 6.1 | Jan , 1949
A prim psychology professor fights to hide a murder she committed in self-defense.Ball of Fire
IMDB 7.4 | Dec , 1941
A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language. Here he meets Sugarpuss O’Shea, a nightclub singer, who’s on top of all the slang—and, it just so happens, needs a place to stay.The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
IMDB 6 | Dec , 1969
Some college students manage to persuade the town's big businessman, A. J. Arno, to donate a computer to their college. When the problem- student, Dexter Riley, tries to fix the computer, he gets an electric shock and his brain turns to a computer; now he remembers everything he reads. Unfortunately, he also remembers information which was in the computer's memory, like Arno's illegal businesses..Methodic
IMDB 4.1 | Oct , 2007
Possessed by an ominous presence known as "The Dollman", a young boy murders his parents in cold blood. Sentenced to a life under a microscope at the state mental hospital, "The Dollman" simply bides his time, dwelling within the boy, waiting for the day when he will become powerful enough to completely take over his human host and escape!The Premature Burial
IMDB 6.3 | Mar , 1962
An artist grows distant from his new wife as an irrational fear of premature burial consumes him.A Very Serious Person
IMDB 5.5 | Apr , 2006
Jan, an itinerant male nurse from Denmark, takes a new job with Mrs. A, a terminally ill Manhattan woman raising her parentless thirteen-year-old grandson, Gil. Spending the summer by the shore, the emotionally reserved Jan finds himself oddly cast as a mentor to Gil in having to prepare the sensitive boy for life with his cousins in Florida after his grandmother's death.Tony Takitani
IMDB 6.7 | Aug , 2004
A reclusive illustrator falls in love with a young woman who addictively shops for clothing.Edge of Seventeen
IMDB 6.5 | Jun , 1999
1984, Sandusky, Ohio. A naive 17-year-old navigates heartbreak and self-expression as he explores his sexuality.