Smart People : Dumb Movie
Well that is almost two hours of my life I cannot get back.
Amrican movies seem to be going the same way these days (Sideways, Darjeeling Limited, Juno etc)-making movies about losers and passing it off as "comedy" with a happy ending.
In typical American movie tradition -since the movie is about losers a New York location is out of the question (New York = successful people), so the movie is set in Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh = ordinary people stagnant in their lives ho ho ho).
Four unlikeable characters-even Ellen Page plays a Young Republican Reagan loving bitch (who paradoxically is not pro-life).
What exactly does the Sarah Jessica Parker character actually see in the the Dennis Quad character apart from re-creating some freshman crush? Quad's character has zero redeemable features and we do not even see his mellow side once he falls in love.
And what was the meaning of the main character delving into the archives to re-mark a 1992 exam paper only to re-mark it again?
The Page character's relationship with her step Uncle is weird- and repetative shots of the step Uncle's butt raised few laughs.
A really unenjoyable movie with four awful characters.