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Smart PeopleThough smarter-than-your-average Hollywood comedy, this tale of academia and dysfunction still works only fitfully, despite a top-notch cast that includes Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Thomas Haden Church and Ellen Page, who earned an Academy Award nomination for the title role in 2007s Juno. Quaid plays a curmudgeonly college professor who sustains a head injury that throws him together with a former student turned doctor (Parker), while he copes with his shady... (MSNBC -- Movies)
New DVDs: catch Blu-ray reissues and some offbeat gems Aug 13, 2008
"Smart People" is about yet another middle-aged academic male (Dennis Quaid) who has been in an emotional dead zone since his wife passed away (shades of Robin Williams in "Good Will Hunting" and Richard Jenkins in "The Visitor"). But things pick up around the instructor's house after he suffers an injury that forces his ne'er-do-well adoptive brother (Thomas Haden Church) to come and stay for a spell. (OregonLive, OR -- Living)
New Releases Aug 10, 2008
SMART PEOPLE'': The film stars (from left) Dennis Quaid, Ellen Page, Thomas Haden Church, and Ashton Holmes ... As Poirier sums up in bonus materials, this is a story of "these really highly educated people trying to make their way through the world - but they're just emotional idiots." Dennis Quaid channels a bit of Jack Nicholson in "As Good As It Gets" in playing Lawrence Wetherhold, a widowed, pompously abrasive lit prof who's got a curmudgeonly clone in his teenage daughter, Vanessa (Ellen... (Boston Globe)
'Smart People' hits the shelves this week Aug 10, 2008
When dad (Dennis Quaid) suffers a seizure, he's taken to the hospital where a former student (Sarah Jessica Parker) checks in as his physician. She puts the brakes on his driving, prompting his brother (Thomas Haden Church) to take over. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Hellboy's Hungarian Studio Loses as Costs Stall Fledgling Movie Industry Aug 8, 2008
While the number of films being shot in the Czech Republic has fallen, Prague has hosted two Hollywood productions this year: ``G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra,'' starring Dennis Quaid, and the adventure film ``Solomon Kane. . (Bloomberg)
'Express' movie will premiere in Syracuse's Landmark Theater Jul 30, 2008
All the principle stars of the film - including Rob Brown ("Finding Forrester"), who plays Davis, and Dennis Quaid ("The Rookie"), who plays legendary SU coach Ben Schwartzwalder - will attend the screening. The stars of the film will arrive at the Landmark in classic automobiles, while bleachers will be set up on Salina Street for the public to watch. (Daily Orange, NY)
Far from Heaven Jul 25, 2008
The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading newspaper. Scott Murray, ReviewerJuly 24, 2008. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The Original Story of "The Parent T... Jul 25, 2008
Before Walt Disney got a hold of the story and it became a well-known film starring Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara, and Brian Keith (or Lindsay Lohan, Natasha Richardson, and Dennis Quaid in the 1998 version), "The Parent Trap" was actually a book by children's author Erich K. stner. (Suite101.com)
Scandals can't touch the box office Jul 24, 2008
Meg Ryan left husband Dennis Quaid amid an on-set affair with her Proof of Life co-star Russell Crowe; studio reps at Warner Bros. chalked up the dismal opening in December, 2000, to a moralistic streak among Americans. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Keep an eye on these Kids Jul 13, 2008
Brown, who got his big break with Sean Connery in "Finding Forrester" and also starred with Samuel L. Jackson in "Coach Carter," now plays college running back Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy, in "The Express," also starring Dennis Quaid and Charles S. Dutton, out in October. For the kiddies (and their Nickelodeon-lovin' parents), Janice Burgess, producer of "The Backyardigans," will talk about her creative process, accompanied by one of her characters - the... (Boston Globe)
Infant deaths raise new heparin questions Jul 13, 2008
Unlike a previous case involving twins of actor Dennis Quaid, the Texas newborns got the overdose because of an error at the hospital pharmacy, not a labeling problem. Quaid sued one of heparins manufacturers last year after his childrens overdose was traced to a hospital pharmacy worker who grabbed vials of the wrong dosage because the labels looked almost identical if turned a certain way. (MSNBC -- Health)
Parents plan funerals for twins given heparin Jul 13, 2008
And actor Dennis Quaid brought the dangers of Heparin overdoses into the public eye when he sued the hospital that overdosed his twins, who survived. Nurses at Christus Spohn Hospital South discovered Sunday night that several infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit received heparin overdoses of as much as 100 times the normal amount. (KHOU.com, TX)
The Visitor (15) Jul 4, 2008
Think of Paul Giamatti in Sideways, Steve Carell in Dan in Real Life, Dennis Quaid in Smart People, Bill Murray in just about everything. To this august crew you can add Richard Jenkins, and, before you say, "who?", be assured that you'll know his face from minor roles in at least half-a-dozen Hollywood movies. (Independent)
DVD reviews: Vantage Point, Drillbit Taylor Jul 4, 2008
Holden (Richard T. Jones) and Thomas Barnes (Dennis Quaid) try to make sense of the scene after the president in shot in"Vantage Point" ... The cast includes Dennis Quaid, William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver and Forest Whitaker. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Platinum Picks on DVD: Arquette's 'Baby,' Yankee Stadium, 'Blueberry Nights' Jul 3, 2008
A ludicrous waste of Dennis Quaid, Forest Whitaker, Sigourney Weaver and more, but February audiences were so starved for movies about grown-ups that this non-entity grossed $72 million in North America alone. The Man Who Could Cheat Death* *; 1959, Paramount/Legend, unrated, $15 Normally one of Nazi cinema's most recognizable faces, lead Anton Diffring here plays a Brit villain who has trouble with women, in part because he's a youthful 104. (USA Today -- Life)
New DVD releases Jul 2, 2008
The cast includes Dennis Quaid, William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver and Forest Whitaker ... Dennis Quaid in "Vantage Point," out July 1, 2008 on DVD.. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
A Scorpion Where? Jul 1, 2008
"But I just don't feel like my business and my whole life is the whole world's business. "I want people to pay attention to my work because I work really hard and I work all the time and my personal life should be my personal life, so I don't necessarily want to go to all the places that I know I'm going to get photographed or I know there are going to be people staring at me," she said. Related Column Archive Speaking of which, Duff was spotted hiding out with her New York Islander beau Mike... (Fox News)
Newsweek: Why do politicians pander? Jun 30, 2008
Under enormous chandeliers at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, wealthy donors mingled with showbiz types (Dennis Quaid, Samuel L. Jackson, Jennifer Beals) and ate endive spears stuffed with brie. Couples willing to donate $28,500 got to dine beforehand with the candidate, , who gave his usual stump speech and mocked his opponent, , for believing "that a bunch of oil rigs along the California coast was a good idea." (McCain had just recommended that states be allowed to opt out of the federal ban... (MSNBC -- Politics)
Scoop: Pals worry clingy Jen is re-emerging Jun 30, 2008
Las Vegas: On June 27, Dennis Quaid along with Ray Allen and Paul Pierce of the Boston Celtics dropped by The Bank Nightclub at the Bellagio. Don't miss this on msnbc. (MSNBC -- News)
This week's new releases (June 29) Jun 29, 2008 Hours after Hollywood funding gala, Obama issues new appeal to small Internet givers Jun 25, 2008 L.A. EVENT: Celebrities give Obama $5M at fundraiser Jun 25, 2008 Obama corners the market in Hollywood Jun 24, 2008 Puffball Pattern At 'gma' Jun 22, 2008 Quaid flees Hollywood Jun 17, 2008 All-Time Top Five Football Movies Jun 16, 2008 The week's best films on TV Jun 7, 2008 The Digbees, staying home and collecting the check Jun 5, 2008 Starz Entertainment's Weekly Hot Items List June 9-15 May 31, 2008 Critic's corner May 30, 2008 Shock! Horror! Scandal! May 22, 2008 Viewpoint: 'Rudy' is Cream of the Sports Movie Crop May 22, 2008 Smart People - the Sunday Times review May 18, 2008 Late TV listings May 18, 2008 White House tilts field in favor of industry May 18, 2008 Not as Smart as it likes to think May 17, 2008 Dennis Quaid Gives Congress An Earful May 15, 2008 CBS goes for laughs May 15, 2008 Dennis Quaid Testifies on Twins' Near Death Experience May 15, 2008 Dennis Quaid testifies of peril to newborns May 15, 2008 Dennis Quaid backs drugmaker liability suits May 15, 2008 "Survivor" All-Stars Ready for Battle May 15, 2008 At Capitol, a defense of lawsuits May 15, 2008 Actor testifies about newborn twins' overdose May 15, 2008 White House rules limit lawsuits May 14, 2008 Which youngster should Braves bring up? May 13, 2008 In brief: Warners closes troubled divisions May 9, 2008 Sienna Miller hits photographer May 9, 2008 Hirsch's low-key life and rising career May 9, 2008 He serves the perfect slice May 9, 2008 Still brushing up May 5, 2008 People like, love and hate ‘Smart People' May 3, 2008 At the movies May 3, 2008 Movie Review Apr 22, 2008 Smart career move Apr 19, 2008 Flaccid Penis Not the Only Funny Part of Forgetting Sarah Marshall Apr 18, 2008 Smart People fails to score indie-flick success Apr 17, 2008 Box Office Analysis, April 14: Slasher Remake 'Prom Night' on Top Apr 17, 2008 Pediatric Medication Mix-ups Targeted Apr 15, 2008 Page shines, co-stars falter in 'Smart People' Apr 15, 2008 Horror remake is top US film Apr 15, 2008 Audiences make a date for 'Prom' Apr 15, 2008 Rowling to testify Apr 14, 2008 Nice Try, Smart Ass ... Apr 14, 2008 'Prom Night' crowned box office winner Apr 14, 2008 BUILDING PERMITS Apr 14, 2008 Smart acting in a smart movie Apr 14, 2008 I See Smart People Apr 14, 2008 New at the movies: 'Street Kings,' 'Smart People' Apr 13, 2008 I Like to Watch Apr 13, 2008 I'm non-sticking with you! Apr 12, 2008 Parker and Quaid flip their images for "Smart People" Apr 12, 2008 Breaking Promises Apr 12, 2008 'Smart People': Home Grueling, By Kurt Loder Apr 12, 2008 "Smart People" Apr 12, 2008 Crying at the movies OK, so just go with the flow Apr 12, 2008 In 'Smart People,' it's all academic Apr 11, 2008 Films have viewers yukking it up -- unintentionally Apr 11, 2008 'Leftovers' swamp box-office Apr 11, 2008 Makeup wrecking Paulas love life Apr 11, 2008 'Smart People' is good for only about a C+ Apr 11, 2008 Sony asks audiences to 'Prom' Apr 11, 2008 Smart People Apr 11, 2008 A guide to the movie's local scenes Apr 11, 2008
Dennis Quaid is most visible as a jittery Secret Service agent, but he plays it with draining Harrison Ford grimness, and is given the unforgivably dopey moment of blurting out intel in front of news producer Sigourney Weaver. You might instead want to check out director Pete Travis's infinitely more thoughtful Irish terrorism drama "Omagh.". (Boston Globe)
Chew on this:'Cud' a locallymade horror flick Jun 25, 2008
"JAWS 3-D" (1983) The 3-D version of the shark attack franchise starring Dennis Quaid was shot at SeaWorld. "CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON" (1954) The horror classic was partly filmed in Silver Springs as well as Wakulla Springs. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
The event in which top tickets went for more than US$30,000 ( 19,000) drew top-tier celebrities like actors Don Cheadle, Dennis Quaid and boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard. Also in attendance was Black Eyed Peas frontman will. (International Herald Tribune -- Health)
Actor Dennis Quaid said Obama is "the Superman for everyone.". Obama's campaign refused to say how many millions he and the Democratic National Committee raised at the gala, but Democratic officials put the number at close to $5 million. (USA Today)
s gala fundraiser Tuesday will attract the mandatory lineup of big-screen talent and boldface names actors Samuel L. Jackson and Dennis Quaid, model Cindy Crawford and boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard and confirm again that the entertainment industry remains one of the most reliable and abundant sources of Democratic campaign cash. The party's 2008 presidential candidates pocketed eight of every $10 coming from movie, TV and music businesses, and Hillary Rodham Clinton's withdrawal from... (MSNBC -- Politics)
June 22, 2008 -- TV insiders have noticed a pattern of softball questioning in the interviews at "Good Morning America." Among celebrity guests who recently enjoyed kid-glove treatment: Jennifer Lopez, who wasn't asked about her pregnancy even though she was showing; Dennis Quaid, who wasn't asked about the accidental overdosing of his twin babies, though it had made huge headlines; Katie Holmes, who wasn't asked about a Scientology expos out that week speculating her daughter might have been... (New York Post -- Gossip)
Dennis Quaid and his family are leaving Hollywood. The 'Vantage Point' star and his wife Kimberly have decided to move to Kimberly's hometown in Austin, Texas, because they want to bring up their seven-month-old twins - Thomas Boone and Zoe Grace - away from the public spotlight. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Any Given Sunday (1997; Written by John Logan & Oliver Stone and Directed by Oliver Stone): Tony D"Amato (Al Pacino) is the aging coach of a struggling fictional team called the Miami Sharks. When the team's star quarterback, Jack Rooney (Dennis Quaid), gets knocked out of the game, a third-string quarterback, Willie Beamen (Jamie Foxx), is called in as a replacement and dazzles with his skills. With a new star player, plus a new and tough female owner, Coach D'Amato struggles to acclimate and... (Suite101.com)
This intriguing time-hopping thriller has Jim Caviezel as a cop who turns on an obsolete radio set and tunes into his own fireman father (Dennis Quaid) from 30 years earlier, just before he died in a warehouse blaze. Tipping off Dad leads into all sorts of past/present conundrums: it also sheds new light on the hunt for a serial killer in a not entirely successful, but enjoyable yarn. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Their first licensed tune was heard on The CW's "Veronica Mars." The next on ABC Family's "Greek." They also did a theme song for the web cast series "High Heel Samurai." Now "I'm a Wanker" from their CD "Rubber Revolver: The Stinky Blackwater Tapes Vol. II" is scheduled for "Ball's Out" a new film starring Dennis Quaid, scheduled for 2009. WHAT The Digbees. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Altar'd States An all-day marathon of wedding-related movies on Encore Love, hosted by Finesse Mitchell from "Saturday Night Live." -- 12:40 a.m. Conversations with Other Women (Aaron Eckhart, Helena Bonham Carter, Nora Zehetner) -- 2:10 a.m. The Wedding Banquet (Winston Chao, May Chin, Mitchell Lichtenstein) -- 4 a.m. Once Around (Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, Danny Aiello) -- 6 a.m. Jump Tomorrow (Tunde Adebimpe, Hippolyte Girardot, Patricia Mauceri) -- 7:40 a.m. Marie Antoinette (Kirsten... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Despite some holes in the plot larger than the national debt, this Peter Yates film is saved by great performances from Cher (above, with Liam Neeson) and Dennis Quaid and a sharp, cynical view of the nation's capital. (R;runs through June 5). (Boston Globe)
Cuckolded hubby Dennis Quaid was able to cash in on his wifes infidelities by starring in a couple of instantly forgettable films. Nipplegate. (iAfrica.com)
"Miracle": Not only a great movie featuring a super performance from Dennis Quaid, but the real story is among professional sports greatest underdog defeats of all time. 4. (The Daily Universe, UT)
This fractured family is headed by Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid), a bearded Eng Lit professor who has lost interest in teaching and his students. Recently widowed, Lawrence walks around in a daze of self-pity. (Times Online)
Topics: Getting through the allergy season, Dennis Quaid and Sandra Day O'Connor testify on Capitol Hill, hospital privacy lawsuit, N.H. autism policy proposal, Tick Tactic (a kit that may help prevent the spread of Lyme disease), three breast cancer stories that cover mammograms, exercise, and family history. Guest: Dr. John Costa. (Boston Globe)
Agencies rewrite pre-emption rules to allow companies to escape liabilityCombined News ServicesArticle Last Updated: 05/17/2008 01:06:51 PM MDTClick photo to enlargeActor Dennis Quaid, left, testifies Wednesday before the House Reform and Government Oversight Committee hearing on the Food and Drug Administration drug and medical device regulations and state liability claims ... Limits on lawsuits have been ordered or proposed for drug labeling and packaging - one issue that received a big airing... (Salt Lake Tribune)
Film: Smart People is a dumbed down Squid And The Whale (Daily Mail)
Actor Dennis Quaid testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 14,2008, before the House Reform and Government Oversight Committee hearing on Food and Drug Administration drug and medical device regulations and state liability claims ... Dennis Quaid Before Congress ... Actor Dennis Quaid was in Washington fighting for the right to sue drug makers protected by the FDA, after his twins were given a near-fatal dose of a blood thinning drug. (CBS News)
Quaid takes his case to Congress Dennis Quaid told Congress yesterday of a near-fatal drug mix-up in which his newborn twins were administered 1,000 times the normal dose of a blood thinner. The 54-year-old actor (inset) said his family's ordeal underscores the need to hold pharmaceutical companies accountable through lawsuits. (Boston Globe)
Actor Dennis Quaid Testifies Before Congress on Twins' Near Death Experience, Legal Battle With Drug Co. ... Actor Dennis Quaid and wife Kimberly Buffington ... WASHINGTON Actor Dennis Quaid told Congress on Wednesday of a harrowing, near-fatal drug mixup in which his newborn twins were administered 1,000 times the normal dose of a blood thinner. (Fox News)
May 14: Actor Dennis Quaid tells a Congressional hearing of a near-fatal drug mixup, in which his newborn twins were administered 1,000 times the normal does of the blood thinner heparin ... WASHINGTON - Actor Dennis Quaid told Congress on Wednesday of a harrowing, near-fatal drug mixup in which his newborn twins were administered 1,000 times the normal dose of a blood thinner. (MSNBC -- Politics)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Actor Dennis Quaid urged the U.S. Congress on Wednesday to preserve patients' rights to sue drugmakers for injuries, recounting how his newborn twins nearly died from an accidental drug overdose. Quaid and his wife have sued Baxter International Inc, the maker of the blood-thinning drug given to his twins in a hospital last year. (Reuters)
Dennis Quaid was a man on a mission today. Motivated by the pain experienced by his own family, the actor testified before Congress Wednesday about the overdose of blood thinners his newborn twins were gi 000005A8 ven at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in November, which led to his current lawsuit against heparin maker Baxter Healthcare Corp.. (Yahoo News -- Survivor)
WASHINGTON -- Actor Dennis Quaid, a Republican who once thought there were too many frivolous lawsuits flooding the courts, told Congress yesterday he received a rude awakening last year when his newborn twins were given nearly fatal overdoses of a poorly labeled blood-thinning drug. "Now, I know that the courts are often the only path that families have that are harmed by drug companies' negligence," Quaid told the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (NJ.com -- Times)
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Actor Dennis Quaid told lawmakers Wednesday how his newborn twins came close to death after an overdose of blood-thinning medication, the fault of a drug company that did not recall easily confused bottles despite previous problems, he said. Actor Dennis Quaid says that what is happening in the nation's courts "is no fiction.". (CNN -- Showbiz)
Limits on lawsuits have been ordered or proposed for drug labeling and packaging one issue that will get a big airing, on Wednesday, because of a case involving actor Dennis Quaid's newborn twins and for rules ranging from mattress flammability standards to school bus passenger seating to dietary sweeteners and roof-crush requirements in car rollovers ... The real-world impact of preemption will be on display Wednesday when a congressional committee hears from actor Dennis Quaid and his wife,... (San Diego Union-Tribune)
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Dennis Quaid is to play an astronaut who wakes up on a spaceship with no idea of who he is or his role in a monumental mission that could decide the fate of mankind. Quaid, who has been enjoying a resurgence in recent years with films such as Vantage Point, In Good Company and The Day After Tomorrow, will act in Pandorum opposite rising star Ben Foster. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
Sienna has been in Los Angeles filming 'G.I. Joe', alongside Dennis Quaid and Channing Tatum. In the movie, she plays 'The Baroness', a character described as a femme fatale skilled in espionage. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
"My mom loved it. The weird thing is, it looked more like Dennis Quaid than me. I was kind of flattered.". Posted. (USA Today -- Life)
Dennis Quaid [who makes a cameo appearance] calls you "an angster." Do you consider yourself a perfectionist. A If it's not perfect, it's not good enough. (National Post)
Dennis Quaid: The actor told Newhouse News Service this year about his early acting days: I did a lot of different jobs. I waitered, I worked construction. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
The audience in the screening I attended of Smart People, starring Dennis Quaid and Sarah Jessica Parker, had mixed reactions. Actually, I'd say, that opinions were split nearly half and half, with me leaning toward the liked it side of the line. (Cedar Park Hill Country News Weekender, TX)
Smart People 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 collegiate son (Ashton Holmes) won t confide in him, his teenage 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... (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
I'm sure we've all had at least one professor like Lawrence Wetherhold, played by Dennis Quaid, in the new film "Smart People." As the title infers, he's smart, and he knows it. And he has no problem lording his intellectual superiority over his students, much to their, and our chagrin. (University News, MO)
A slyly witty character piece that co-stars Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker and Juno's Ellen Page, the independent feature joins Haden Church's small but impressive body of post-Sideways work: mournful villain Sandman in Spider-Man 3 and a cowhand in the highly successful western miniseries Broken Trail. "Good scripts are few and far between, but only because a lot of movies are expressly designed to superficially entertain," says Haden Church. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Quaid, Ellen Page, and Thomas Haden Church in a shambolic comedy. Dana Stevensposted April 11, 2008. (Slate)
So here's the rundown -- Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid) is a grumpy jerk who teaches Victorian literature at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. You can tell he's a grump because he wears a scowl throughout the entire movie. (The Cavalier Daily, VA)
Particularly a younger audience, they pretty much make up their own mind," Rory Bruer, Sony head of distribution told The Associated Press. With prom season also at hand, that "brings an element of fun," Bruer added.The cop drama Street Kings, starring Keanu Reeves and Forest Whitaker, opened in second with $12 million, while the weekend's other new wide release, Smart People, starring Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ellen Page and Thomas Haden Church, debuted at No. 7 with $4.2... (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Actor Dennis Quaid and wife Kimberly suffered a high-profile pediatric mixup when their newborn twins were accidentally given massive doses of a blood thinning drug. (GETTY IMAGES/Michael Buckner). (CBS News)
Media Credit: Special to The Daily GamecockSarah Jessica Parker and Dennis Quaid star in director Noam Murro's "Smart People." ... The events of the movie revolve around widower Lawrence Wetherhold, a crotchety curmudgeon of a Carnegie Melon professor, played by Dennis Quaid ... The relationship between the two characters is so contrived, implausible and lacking in any real emotion or even attraction that it is difficult to differentiate which is more repulsive: the couple or watching Dennis... (Gamecock Online, SC)
The only other new release in the top 10 was oddball comedy Smart People, which stars Dennis Quaid as a crusty English professor. US AND CANADA BOX OFFICE. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Dramedy, whose cast includes Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker and Ellen Page, revolves around a college professor whose normally staid existence is upturned. Also about a college professor, Overtures The Visitor got off to a stronger start on the strength of glowing reviews, even though it didnt have the advantage of a well-known cast. (Variety)
"Smart People" stars Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ellen Page, and Thomas Haden Church in a comic drama about a crusty English professor and his oddball family and associates. Box office doldrums continued, with the top 12 movies taking in $82. (Boston Globe)
The story begins with Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid), an English professor at Carnegie Mellon, bumbling around campus and pissing off everyone he meets. In the first five minutes of the film, it is made blatantly obvious that Wetherhold is an introverted asshole who is haunted by the memories of his wife, bitter at all the publishing companies who rejected his new book and a negligant parent who ignores his two bright children, James (Ashton Holmes) and Vanessa (Page). (Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun)
Miramax Films' "Smart People," a romantic comedy-drama starring Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Thomas Haden Church and Ellen Page, opened at No. 7 with an estimated $4. 2 million. (Los Angeles Times)
Miramax Starring Dennis Quaid and "Juno" sensation Ellen Page, Sundance Film Festival hit "Smart People" is interesting but short on laughs. . (Kalamazoo Gazette, MI)
But in Smart People, Dennis Quaid and Sarah Jessica Parker pull off realistic and touching performances that differ from their typical romantic-comedy roles ... In Noam Murro's directorial d;but, Dennis Quaid plays surly English Professor Lawrence Wetherhold at Carnegie Mellon University who can't shake the melancholy left from his wife's death while also raising his two children. (Daily Iowan, IA)
Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Quaid, Ellen Page, and Thomas Haden Church in a shambolic comedy ... Played with shaggy gusto by Dennis Quaid, Wetherhold is a widowed Victorian-literature scholar raising a teenage daughter and son on his own. (Slate)
Dennis Quaid plays against type as acerbic, self-absorbed English professor Lawrence Wetherhold, who infamously has forgotten the names of his students at Carnegie Mellon for decades. A bump on the head he suffers while trying to get his car out of the campus impound lot (again) lands him in the hospital, where the chief emergency room doctor, Janet Hartigan (Sarah Jessica Parker), just happens to be one of his former students. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ellen Page and other fine actors do their damnedest to make this dumb movie look sharp. By Stephanie Zacharek. (Salon)
Worthy actors like Guy Pierce and Kevin Spacey and Dennis Quaid and Christian Bale must ask themselves what it takes to get voted into the club of Teflon thespians who are never hauled up on charges of professional malfeasance, who are never called on to the carpet and asked to atone for their cinematic crimes. The situation is equally baffling on the distaff side. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - For Sarah Jessica Parker and Dennis Quaid, the decision to work on the film "Smart People," which opens on Friday, might seem like a risky choice given the jarring contrast between their roles as a lonely doctor and cranky professor and their public images. But Parker and Quaid said they think their decisions were, in fact, smart choices. (Reuters)
Starring Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker and Ellen Page ... The film is thoughtful and well acted, with three appealing performers at its center: Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker and Ellen Page. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Ellen Page and Dennis Quaid fend off family-comedy cliches ... Dennis Quaid, bearded, paunchy and sodden with self-loathing, is Lawrence Wetherhold, a middle-aged lit professor who's soured on his job, his students and life in all of its dismal particulars. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Dennis Quaid and Sarah Jessica Parker in "Smart People." ... Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ellen Page and other fine actors do their damnedest to make this dumb movie look sharp ... "Smart People" is so preoccupied with congratulating us for getting it that it fails to give us much to get in the first place, even though it features a respectable ensemble of actors -- among them Dennis Quaid, Thomas Haden Church and Sarah Jessica Parker -- squeezing as hard as they can to wring some life... (Salon)
Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid) teaches English at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University. Victorian literature is his field, but his wife's death when or why, we never learn has left him lethargic in the classroom. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Dennis Quaid plays an in-the-dumps professor and Sarah Jessica Parker is his doctor and former student ... The movie conjures up Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid), a self-absorbed, sad-sack English lit professor at Carnegie Mellon ... Starring: Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ellen Page, and Thomas Haden Church. (Boston Globe)
Smart People'' (R) -- A college professor (Dennis Quaid) tries to cope with an aloof daughter (Ellen Page), a potential new romance (Sarah Jessica Parker) and a wayward brother (Thomas Haden Church). This acidic comedy was one of the few films to come out of this year's Sundance Film Festival with generally positive buzz surrounding it. (Kalamazoo Gazette, MI)
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Its the first film from Ellen Page since Juno, and it co-stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Quaid and Thomas Haden Church. Crime thriller Street Kings should do well, too. (MSNBC -- News)
Smart People* * 1/2 (out of four)Stars: Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Thomas Haden Church, Ellen PageDirector: Noam MurroDistributor: Miramax Films Rating: R for language, brief teen drug and alcohol use, and some sexuality Running time: 1 hour, 33 minutesOpens Friday nationwide ... A widowed and curmudgeonly professor (Dennis Quaid) finds his ordered and rather dull world upended by a visit from his ne'er-do-well adopted brother (Thomas Haden Church) and a chance meeting with a former... (USA Today -- Life)
Also in the mix is Sundance player "Smart People," which stars Dennis Quaid, Ellen Page and Sarah Jessica Parker. Miramax is bowing the dark comedy at 1,106 theaters. (Variety)
With: Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Thomas Haden Church, Ellen Page, Ashton Holmes, David Denman, Camille Mana ... Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid) is a widowed English-lit professor at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon. (Variety)
Bruce Birmelin Thomas Haden Church and Dennis Quaid kick back in a scene shot at the Goodwill store in Cheswick ... "Heck, yeah." It's not often a homeowner can say Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Thomas Haden Church, Ellen Page and Ashton Holmes ate or slept or played here. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
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