Script, cast of 'Smart People' help balance film's uneven direction

 

Published: April 11, 2008

"Smart People” is about people whose identities are wrapped up in being intelligent and educated but whose day-to-day behavior is self-absorbed at best, painfully stupid at worst. Noam Murro 's directorial debut often feels like a hastily assembled bundle of quirks, but a bright script by novelist Mark Poirier and an able cast make "Smart People” seem a little more human.

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