Smart People
2008 · 95 min · Director: Noam Murro
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
Lawrence Wetherhold is miserable and misanthropic: he's a widower, a pompous professor at Carnegie Mellon, an indifferent father to a college student and a high-school senior, and the reluctant brother of a ne'er-do-well who's come to town. A seizure and a fall send Lawrence to the emergency room where the physician, a former student of his, ends up going on a date with him. His daughter, Vanessa, lonely and friendless, who's been bonding with his brother, tries to sabotage dad and the doctor's relationship, but Lawrence is good at that without help. Is there any way these smart people can get a life? Can happiness be pursued beneath layers of irony?
Emotional fingerprint
Smart People (2008) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Humor 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Empathy30%
- Humor25%
- Anxiety20%
- Sadness15%
- Satisfaction10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Humor, Anxiety. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Humor and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 6.1/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 62/100.
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Emotional journey
- Sadness
- Sympathy
- Humor
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Humor
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Hope
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Sadness | Sympathy | Humor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 2′ | Humor | 29 % | 2 % | 8 % | 21 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 7′ | Tension | 34 % | 6 % | 15 % | 24 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 12′ | Humor | 36 % | 8 % | 18 % | 29 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 17′ | Humor | 35 % | 11 % | 16 % | 30 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 21′ | Sadness | 35 % | 19 % | 18 % | 28 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 26′ | Humor | 39 % | 27 % | 23 % | 30 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 31′ | Sadness | 43 % | 29 % | 29 % | 32 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 36′ | Humor | 44 % | 21 % | 29 % | 35 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 40′ | Humor | 45 % | 19 % | 28 % | 38 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 45′ | Hope | 48 % | 29 % | 33 % | 32 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 50′ | Sadness | 47 % | 31 % | 32 % | 26 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 55′ | Tension | 43 % | 21 % | 25 % | 27 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 59′ | Hope | 41 % | 17 % | 22 % | 28 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 64′ | Sadness | 46 % | 30 % | 31 % | 22 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 69′ | Sadness | 52 % | 46 % | 42 % | 14 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 74′ | Sadness | 54 % | 47 % | 44 % | 14 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 78′ | Sadness | 55 % | 41 % | 40 % | 20 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 83′ | Hope | 56 % | 32 % | 35 % | 24 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 88′ | Hope | 52 % | 29 % | 30 % | 19 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 93′ | Sadness | 45 % | 32 % | 23 % | 9 % |
Cinderella
Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.
Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.
Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.
Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.
Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.
Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.
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Cast
Hadley
Roth
Curtis
Rodney
Ben (as Paul J. Huber)
Volunteer
Parking Lot Attendant
Julia Knight
Talbot
Waiter
Brooke
Details
- Directed by
- Noam Murro
- Written by
- Mark Poirier
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2008
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Country
- United States
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Empathy
- Data updated
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