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(1 - 22) of 22 OFCS Rating: 41% Rotten Page   1   D+ "The film offers some witty one-liners, but it's largely a by-the-numbers affair that really just made me feel better about myself."   FromTheBalcony   Bill Clark D+ "The film certainly feels like it had more to say with these complex characters, only to be gutted by an undefined entity more interested in infuriating brevity than fulfilling storytelling."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf C+ "Somebody should have told screenwriter Mark Poirier that it's oxymoronic to trumpet a Republican character as a "smart" person in this well-acted but underwhelming comedy."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "Will Lawrence, at long last, be nice to someone who needs it? "I do have hope for myself," he declares. Good for him."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs C "The film was one big tedious contrivance, but for trying so hard deserves a Gentleman's C."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 2.5/4 "A smart film about smart people, as the title promises, but they are also humanely flawed. Like all of us, they don't hold the key to life's questions and dilemmas, and all the intelligence in the world isn't going to change that."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman B "The theme is common in these rumpled-professor stories, but Smart People handles it with wit and charm and even a little poignance."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider B "Isn't a work of genius, but it's clever enough to make you forgive its missteps."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/5 "Illustrates how the difficult people in our lives can teach us a thing or two about intimate relationships."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 2.5/4 "Those who find comfort in competently made but overly familiar stories may enjoy what Smart People have to offer. For me, it was too thin to truly satisfy."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli B- "Thomas Haden Church and Ellen Page steal the show in this amusing comedy about the isolation of self-absorption."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 2.5/5 "From a technical standpoint, Smart People is incredibly lacking"   Goatdog's Movies   Michael W. Phillips, Jr. 3/4 "Smart People has its finger on an idea that has become an adage: some folks are book-smart but life-dumb. I found the film fascinating."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B- "The characters might be too smart for their own good, but the movie could use a few more IQ points."   Beliefnet   Nell Minow 1/4 "Smart People is a borderline-excruciating exercise in trying to replicate the eccentric charm of Little Miss Sunshine."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 2/5 "These are all good and talented actors and it is difficult to understand why such smart people would make such foolish choices by agreeing to appear in a film that was so far beneath those talents."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski B- "Murro works overtime to find the humanity in his characters, and with help from the cast, the search eventually pays off."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux 2/4 "As much as I enjoyed Quaid's introspective turn, his co-stars play characters lifted straight out of Screenwriting 101."   Charlotte Weekly   Sean O'Connell "Memo to the Miramax marketing department: You might want to think about changing that title."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 5/10 "Some 'smart people' can be thick as planks...and this is a fragmented, derivative, predictablly underwhelming family drama."   SSG Syndicate   Susan Granger 6/10 "Dennis Quaid's performance is the only thing that keeps the film from tipping too far into flat-out misanthropy."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 22) of 22 OFCS Rating: 41% Rotten Page   1