Sometimes the smartest people have the most to learn
Drama · Comedy · Romance
Release date: 4/11/2008
Mark Poirier
Screenplay
Noam Murro
Director
Overview
Professor Lawrence Wetherhold 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.
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Cast
Dennis Quaid
Lawrence Wetherhold
Sarah Jessica Parker
Janet Hartigan
Thomas Haden Church
Chuck Wetherhold
Elliot Page
Vanessa Wetherhold
Ashton Holmes
James Wetherhold
Christine Lahti
Nancy
Camille Mana
Missy
David Denman
William
Don Wadsworth
Hadley
Robert Haley
Roth
Patrick Sebes
Curtis
Kevin James Doyle
Rodney
Paul Huber
Ben (as Paul J. Huber)
Iva Jean Saraceni
Volunteer
Richard John Walters
Parking Lot Attendant
Scott A. Martin
Weller
Jane Mowder
Julia Knight
Adam Kroloff
Talbot
Patrick Jordan
Waiter
Amanda Jane Cooper
Brooke
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