Smart People
Apr 11, 2008 | IMDB 5.8
95 min Watch NowComedy, 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.
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