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Academy Award®-winner Kathy Bates and Academy Award®-nominee Alfre Woodard star as the matriarchs of two very different families being torn apart by greed and scandal in the contemporary drama "Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys." The sixth feature film by Perry chronicles the inner workings of two familiesone upper-crust and the other working classthat become inextricably linked by scandal. Wealthy socialite Charlotte Cartwright (Kathy Bates) and her dear friend Alice Pratt (Alfre Woodard), a working class woman of high ideals, have enjoyed a lasting friendship throughout many years. Suddenly, their lives become mired in turmoil as their adult children's extramarital affairs, unethical business practices and a dark paternity secret threaten to derail family fortunes and unravel the lives of all involved. Alice's self-centered newlywed daughter Andrea (Sanaa Lathan) is betraying her trusting husband Chris (Rockmond Dunbar) by engaging in a torrid affair with her boss and mothers best friends son William (Cole Hauser). While cheating on his wife Jillian (Kadee Strickland) with a string of ongoing dalliances with his mistress Andrea, William's true focus is to replace the COO of his mothers lucrative construction corporation. Meanwhile, Alice's other daughter Pam (Taraji Henson), a kind but no nonsense woman married to a hard working construction worker (Tyler Perry), tries to steer the family in a more positive direction. While paternity secrets, marital infidelity, greed and unsavory business dealings threaten to derail both families, Charlotte and Alice decide to take a breather from it all by making a cross-country road trip in which they rediscover themselves and possibly find a way to save their families from ruin in "Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys."

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In a shocking change of pace for Tyler Perry, "The Family That Preys" is, get this, a southern-fried melodrama, frosted with overbearing performances, low-budget production polish, and obscene displays of artistic and moral ineptness. It's nice see that Perry, in his fifth directorial effort, has decided to test himself with deeply challenging material, rising above his past transgressions, at last offering the screen a tightly wound story that speaks universal truths about the state of the human condition.

All kidding aside: "Preys" stinks.

Lifelong friends, Alice Pratt (Alfre Woodard) and Charlotte Cartwright (Kathy Bates) have enjoyed watching their children grow and their businesses flourish. When Charlotte's shifty son William (Cole Hauser) begins an extramarital affair with Alice's daughter Andrea (Sanaa Lathan), the secret is impossible to cover, tearing up both families as the lies and manipulation start to pile up. With Charlotte and Alice trying to keep some sense of order, Andrea's clueless husband, Chris (Rockmond Dunbar), still hopes to solicit seed money for his construction business dreams from William, leaving Andrea's sister Pam (Taraji P. Henson) and her husband Ben (Tyler Perry) at a loss for words, observing the madness from the comfort of their stable marriage.

Unlike the rest of the Tyler Perry catalog, "Preys" is engineered to win over a large, crossover audience for the Georgian mogul. Not that the film doesn't have huge, wet Perry stamps all over it, but there's a new angle to "Preys" that Perry hasn't sampled before: the Caucasian experience.

Previous Perry pictures traditionally looked upon white people as comedic foils who were quick with a racist remark or nugget of high-society disgust. "Preys" gives us Charlotte, who doesn't approach her friendship with Alice through skin color, but through honest admiration and companionship. It's a superb change of pace for Perry, who resists nearly any opportunity to inject racial animosity into the picture. However, it's the last moment of invention the film will enjoy.

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A television producer with a penchant for drinking and gambling is sent to Las Vegas to convince his troubled niece to enter rehab.

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"Finding Amanda" could easily be lumped into the growing "awful people doing awful things" genre. It's a story of unlikeable characters forced into a position where they're expected act honorably, yet can't exactly temper their nature to destroy their own lives. Yes, it's a comedy.

A struggling sitcom writer with enough vices to make Charles Bukowski blush, Taylor (Matthew Broderick) is facing the last days of his marriage to Lorraine (Maura Tierney) due to his compulsive gambling. To save face and regain trust, Taylor volunteers to travel to Las Vegas to help his niece Amanda (Brittany Snow) get out of prostitution and into rehab. Once there, Taylor finds the lure of gambling too much to ignore and immediately snowballs into old habits, while trying to convince Amanda that her life is a total wreck.

"Finding Amanda" marks the feature-film directorial debut of writer Peter Tolan, who has spent a majority of his career racking up some impressive comedy credits ("The Job," "Rescue Me," "The Larry Sanders Show"). His familiarity with uneasy laughs and edgy mannerisms comes into play in a major way during "Amanda," a prickly comedy that takes meticulous care to arrange serious decision-making flaws for its characters.

It's an uncomfortable film, as Taylor is a man bent on nurturing his addictions, even while it costs him his life. Yet "Finding Amanda" is uproarious too. Tolan snatches a few pages from the Larry David/Woody Allen neurotic files, but the tributes work, creating a sly collection of humiliations and snappy one-liners delivered with a renewed zeal from the recently sleepy Broderick. The picture is a caustic collection of exposed vices, yet Tolan can find the humor in nearly every diseased scene when he actually puts forth the effort.

Following Thomas on his trip to Vegas offers the screenplay plenty of moments of both panic and dry reaction, as the character falls victim to his impulses and remains wildly aware of the hypocrisy of his mission. Tolan is best with the minor moments of Taylor's day: the interaction with a passive-aggressive casino manager (Steve Coogan), his reactions to Amanda's rather competent assembly of a misled life, and the bitter losses racked up on the ponies. Between Broderick's contained alarm and Tolan's machine-gun quips, "Finding Amanda" can be a real knee-slapper, yet the filmmaker isn't always concerned with the big laugh.

For reasons I'm having trouble processing, "Finding Amanda" turns abruptly serious. Not just melodramatic, but crying-in-a-bathroom-stall heavy, paying off some emotional connection between the characters that was never there to begin with. It's disorienting to say the least, and really forces the film down to its knees in the final 20 minutes. More baffling is why it's even there to begin with. "Finding Amanda" is a generously funny, sharp-edged comedy with unusual promise, and to watch it grow a conscience when clearly the film needed more generous helpings of acid is one of the year's great mysteries.

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After a power source for the community of Krypton survivors is accidentally whisked to earth, Kara-El, cousin to Superman and niece to Jor-El, chooses to go to earth to find it, and bring it back. Upon her arrival, she becomes just a powerful and Super as her cousin, but encounters dangerous battles and unexpected obstacles when a mean spirited woman who practices rituals of the occult takes the power source for herself, and uses it to cause destruction and attempt zenith human status. Written by CoachTophie

Introducing a brand new superhero--the beautiful and mighty Girl of Steel in her very first adventure. Her name is Kara, and she's Superman's cousin from Krypton. Coming to Earth on a mission to save her dying city, Supergirl has to find and recover the Omegahedron, a source of almost unlimited power. But it's fallen into the hands of an amateur witch named Selena--who intends to use it to rule the world! To get it back, Supergirl has to fight not only evil humans, but the unimaginable forces of Black Magic (including a hundred-foot monster made of pure energy), and make a perilous journey into the forbidden depths of the Phantom Zone. Written by Robert Lynch {docrlynch@yahoo.com}

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The charisma resonating from a star and the support structure from a well-known franchise can only go so far in a motion picture. Supergirl is an amazing example. This film ends up trying to build a sturdy frame by relying on high-quality established components, such as well-regarded production elements, brand recognition (the "S"), and a star-speckled cast. There's one problem: the foundation for this film, namely the script and story, pale dramatically in weight to the aforementioned bits and pieces. Because of this, Supergirl collapses by relying too heavily on the success of Supergirl's relative. Note: This review is of the "International"/European Theatrical cut of the film, clocking in at 125 minutes. The prior Supergirl: Limited Edition 2-Disc DVD includes both this cut and the 138-minute Director's Cut. The Film: Directed by Jeannot Szwarc, this adaptation from the DC comic character introduces Kara (Helen Slater), one of a small group of survivors from the planet Krypton residing in a far-off city called Argo. Oddly enough, she is the cousin of Kal-El, otherwise known as Superman. Kara travels from her homeland in search of a vanished orb called the Omegahedron, the source of power for Argo. The orb soars through the fabric of space and time to Earth and falls in the clutches of Madame Selena (Faye Dunaway), a sorceress bent on harnessing the orb's power for world domination. In an effort to redeem herself since her and the Argoion Artist Zaltar (Peter O'Toole) sent this orb into space because of an accident, Kara travels to Earth to reclaim the Omegahedron. When she lands, Kara discovers her mystical Kryptonian powers. Since she's related to the big red and blue guy, pretty much every single power he possesses has transferred over to her (laser beams through the eyes, gale wind breath, unlimited strength and, of course, the ability to fly). Once Kara has caught a grip on how special she is, she lands a cover-up position as a private-school student named Linda Lee. From there, Supergirl's quest to relocate the Omegahedron takes her ordeal after ordeal tossed at her by the mystical Madame Selena. Plus, Kara must deal with one of the biggest problems she'd ever face on earth: romance. Supergirl boasts a smidge of potential from the get go in the form of two strengths: the creative precedence from Superman and the talented cast. Some of the effects team behind Superman lends their talents to the production of Supergirl, most notably the flying sequences. While by modern day standards the visual splendor seems aged, these techniques still fuel these Super characters with charisma. The flying sequences are still a joy to behold. These effects couldn't fluidly be executed without an able cast to back up the activity. Helen Slater possesses the visual charisma that Supergirl should possess. Strong, wide-eyed, and blaringly innocent, Slater's Kara fits the female superhero moniker. Plus, Faye Dunaway and Peter O'Toole lend star power and overall quality to two larger roles in the film. Though not their best performances by a long shot, the gripping demeanor of O'Toole and the execution of voice projection from Dunaway cannot be denied. Some serviceable support work, including Jimmy Olsen himself played by Marc McClure, contributes to Supergirl's faint spark. On paper, Supergirl appears to have moderately winning capabilities. The problem lies within poor storytelling and fairly abhorrent dialogue. Due to actor on-screen presences and appealing cinematography, the urge to appreciate and enjoy certain scenes is there. However, with dialogue accompaniment, the mood and weight of these scenes falls quicker than a ten-ton boulder from the sky. This dialogue feels terribly forced, awkward, and overacted from nearly every player. Helen Slater isn't given much substance to grasp as Supergirl, yet what she attempts to grasp doesn't flow naturally. Moreover, this underdeveloped dialogue fights to support a very simple, dull story that just doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Part of what made Superman: The Movie attention-grabbing was the rich narrative about Kal-El and his past. Kara's story is left without substantial attention geared towards her character development. Moreover, many questions go unanswered once the conflict begins to erupt, such as how a "sorceress" who comes into contact with a magical orb can harness its power so readily. Strangely enough, interest can be found primarily when elements of the outer Superman universe are referenced. Referencing repeatedly to the Man of Steel seems to be both Supergirl's strong point and a major hindrance simultaneously. Nonetheless, with this watered-down and misdirected quality of storytelling, everything in the film sinks below interest. Relying on Superman's success and his presence as Kara's cousin end up more as persistent reminders of how appealing he can be to watch. Instead of adding fuel to this fire, it makes the viewer wish they were watching him instead. This, however, might please fans of the Superman universe that might appreciate a consistent stream of reference to Kara's relative. Needless to say, even as a very remotely fun and campy film, it's a shame more attention wasn't shown to developing Supergirl. The DVD: Warner Bros. has released the Supergirl European Theatrical Version DVD in a single disc keepcase with Photoshopped/illustrated coverart. The Video: Supergirl is presented in a very attractive, richly detailed anamorphic image that has really withstood the years. The palette of colors really popped from the very attractive cinematography. Detail was surprisingly brilliant in a few scenes, while shadows and darker scenes were reasonably deep. In previous DVD editions, Supergirl has boasted a pretty decent transfer. Although the details on the prior editions can't be fully recalled and compared, the WB disc does possibly seem brighter and richer in color. The Audio: Presented in Dolby 5.1, the audio was very clear and crisp throughout the film. Dialogue was easily heard, hitting higher and lower tones fairly well. The bass portions and sound effects don't pack very much punch, but still resonated with decent clarity. Overall, Supergirl sounds very nice. Audio is available in English and French, while subtitles are included in English, French, and Spanish for the film. The Extras: WB has presented Supergirl in a fairly bare-bones edition DVD. Included on this DVD are: A Director Commentary from Jeannot Szwarc, also including historian Scott Bosco. This could very well be the same commentary from the previous release. A Theatrical Trailer. A Legend of Superman mosaic on all things Man of Steel that can be purchased on DVD. Final Thoughts: Supergirl is pure, campy '80s style superhero action with solid special effects and moderately successful performances. Sadly, the storyline and dialogue make this film much more grating on the nerves than fun to watch. Those who own the Limited Edition DVD from years ago might want to pass up this edition due to the lack of extras, even though there is a potentially better transfer. Fans of the Superman series might also want to rent this DVD for the references to the Superman universe. However, it's very good that this DVD is stripped down and inexpensive for those who enjoy Supergirl because a Rental is suitable enough for most casual viewers.

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A paranoid thriller about a family on the run from a natural crisis that presents a large-scale threat to humanity.

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The opening movement of "The Happening" is a virtuoso guitar solo of alarm. It's the sharpest collection of footage writer/director M. Night Shyamalan has ever committed to the screen, launching his latest picture on a giddy note of assured doom; a chilling introduction to the human race's greatest adversary: the unknown.

When a deadly toxin is released into the air, it causes the public to lash out in violent ways, rolling out waves of suicides that officials are baffled by. When the panic hits Pennsylvania, high school science teacher Elliot Moore (Mark Wahlberg, miscast as a boy scout type) takes his wife Alma (Zooey Deschanel) and a small pack of survivors into the countryside to escape the invisible threat, finding bodies everywhere they turn. Suspecting a terrorist attack, Elliot looks for clues to support a logical explanation, but what he finds are answers that reach beyond the realm of human understanding.

Licking his wounds after the justifiable pummeling he took with the inane 2006 bedtime story "Lady in the Water," "Happening" shows an exciting new level of aggression for the habitually lyrical Shyamalan. As the marketing trumpets, this is Shyamalan's first R-rated feature, and "Happening" willingly doles out the nightmares as the bravura suicide sequences are revealed in lurid detail. Hairpins are jammed into jugulars, zoo employees encourage lions to snack on their limbs, and suburban dads crawl under lawn mowers; Shyamalan summons a bleak mood of mass death as it blows from city to city. It's a blood-spurting, skin-crawling first act that's worth the price of admission alone to witness the coldly reserved filmmaker revel in a bit of uncharacteristic pandemonium.

The rest of "Happening" slips helplessly into familiarity once Shyamalan fattens himself on the calories of the early going. Always a distanced filmmaker, I had hope that Shyamalan could ditch his beloved community theater atmospherics and try to forge new ground with this film, but the opportunity is squandered. "Happening" starts to resemble a retread of "Signs" in the second half, as Elliot and his "family" seek out abandoned homes in the countryside for shelter. The film exhausts its claustrophobia here, hopelessly bending to standard Shyamalan touches that he milked dry long ago. The more Elliot leaves the masses behind, the less special "Happening" becomes, tiring out Shyamalan's imagination and his ability to properly unnerve the audience.

There's no reason for me to reveal who or what is behind the deadly attack, but I will say it's a fantastic starter pistol for a horror film. Unfortunately, Shyamalan doesn't follow through on this premise, allowing "Happening" to slowly, painfully deflate as he scrounges to erect a button of terror for the third act and unearth fruitless emotional content between Elliot and Alma. Too many old habits break down the picture, especially the staccato rhythms of the acting and the script's tendency to chase plot threads that distract the suspense further. "Happening" is only 85 minutes long, but it's oddly winded by the conclusion, which effectively smudges the contact high of the throat-slashing, body-breaking commencement.

It's become clear that if you've seen one Shyamalan film, you've seen them all. "Happening" promises a change of pace, but the magic only lasts for a few moments, then it's all open acre isolation, media blackouts, and mysterious threats with extended, mouth-agape pauses. One could say these are endearing motifs, but I'm more inclined to reject them as Shyamalan's crutches: acts of storytelling repetition that have grown moldy and dramatically inert.

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FAMILY GUY SEASON 2 NOW AVAILABLE

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The Griffin household includes two teenagers, a cynical dog who is smarter than everyone else, and a mutant baby who makes numerous attempts to eradicate his parents and siblings. Heading up this eclectic household is Peter Griffin. Peter does his best to do what's right for the family, but along the way, he makes mistakes that are the stuff of legends. Written by Ronos

The Griffin household includes two parents Peter (Seth McFarlane) and Lois (Alex Borstein), two teenagers Chris (Seth Green) and Megan (Mila Kunis), a dog who is smarter than everyone else in the house Brian (Seth McFarlane), and a mutant baby Stewie (Seth McFarlane) who makes numerous attempts to eradicate his parents and siblings. Written by Corey Semple {Superman2002}

The wacky, occasionally irreverent misadventures of a Rhode Island family whose number includes a morbidly obese moron; his martini loving, genius dog; his sexpot wife; his gigantic thirteen year old son; his whiny, awkward daughter; and his homicidal infant son. Written by Jojo Mac

Family Guy revolves around a less than normal family in a less than normal world. With obsurd and often spontanious events this show will keep you laughing from the it starts up untill it ends. The family Consists of 6 members Peter the father, Lois the mother, Stewie the homocidal baby, chris the son, meg the daughter and Brian the dog who is often the smartest out of all of them. Written by TJB

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Out of the small animation boom that happened a couple of years ago (see also "Futurama", "Clerks", "Dilbert" and a couple of WB animated shows I can't remember the names of) came "Family Guy", one of the most hilarious and controversial shows that Fox has aired. A mixture of "The Simpsons" and the darkest parts of "Married With Children", the TV-MA show seemed to take pride in pushing the limits and seeking out as many targets in current society to goof on as possible. The show developed a cult audience that followed it despite Fox's frequent shifts in the show's timeslot. The show's poor treatment and eventual cancelation angered fans, although at least Fox has finally issued the remaining episodes on DVD.

For those unfamiliar with the show, it focuses on the Griffin family, residents of Quahog, Rhode Island. Peter (creator Seth MacFarlane) is the heavy-drinking father who works in a toy factory, Lois (Alex Borstein of "Mad TV") is the calm leader, Meg (Mila Kunis of "That 70's Show" and Lacey Chabert for the earlier episodes) is the insecure daughter, Chris (Seth Green) the chubby and dim-witted son, Brian (MacFarlane) is the alcoholic dog who talks and Stewie (creator Seth MacFarlane earned an Emmy for his voice work on the character) is the diabolical baby who is bent on world domination.

This second DVD volume of the series includes the third and final season of the series, along with the controversial unaired episode, "Wish Upon a Weinstein", where Peter tries to get Chris to become Jewish because he believes he'll be successful if he does. The plots of season three still get laughs fairly often, although I don't think they reach the inspired heights of earlier episodes, such as the one where Peter's house became its own country or lead his family towards a twinkie factory after the apocalypse.

Still, there are certainly some highlights throughout many of the episodes. In "Peter Griffin: Husband, Father...Brother?" Peter takes Chris to an Irish Heritage Museum to learn more about his heritage, where both find out that, before alcohol, Ireland was a futuristic utopia. "Mr. Saturday Knight" has Peter working at Quahog's Renaissance Faire as a jouster when his boss accidentally dies at dinner. His competition is the Black Knight, brilliantly voiced by Will Farrell. "Thin White Line" and "Brian Does Hollywood" have Brian overdoing his new job as drug sniffing police dog, then running off to Hollywood and ending up with a job directing porn (at the adult awards in the episode, John Williams is one of the composers nominated for Best Original Score). In "Lethal Weapons", Peter uses Lois's newfound fighting skills to drive out New Yorkers who come up to Rhode Island just to stare at the leaves changing color.

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Here are the episodes of season 2 of Family Guy

Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
Episode 5
Episode 6
Episode 7
Episode 8
Episode 9
Episode 10
Episode 11
Episode 12
Episode 13
Episode 14
Episode 15
Episode 16
Episode 17
Episode 18
Episode 19
Episode 20
Episode 21

FAMILY GUY SEASON 1 NOW AVAILABLE

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The Griffin household includes two teenagers, a cynical dog who is smarter than everyone else, and a mutant baby who makes numerous attempts to eradicate his parents and siblings. Heading up this eclectic household is Peter Griffin. Peter does his best to do what's right for the family, but along the way, he makes mistakes that are the stuff of legends. Written by Ronos

The Griffin household includes two parents Peter (Seth McFarlane) and Lois (Alex Borstein), two teenagers Chris (Seth Green) and Megan (Mila Kunis), a dog who is smarter than everyone else in the house Brian (Seth McFarlane), and a mutant baby Stewie (Seth McFarlane) who makes numerous attempts to eradicate his parents and siblings. Written by Corey Semple {Superman2002}

The wacky, occasionally irreverent misadventures of a Rhode Island family whose number includes a morbidly obese moron; his martini loving, genius dog; his sexpot wife; his gigantic thirteen year old son; his whiny, awkward daughter; and his homicidal infant son. Written by Jojo Mac

Family Guy revolves around a less than normal family in a less than normal world. With obsurd and often spontanious events this show will keep you laughing from the it starts up untill it ends. The family Consists of 6 members Peter the father, Lois the mother, Stewie the homocidal baby, chris the son, meg the daughter and Brian the dog who is often the smartest out of all of them. Written by TJB

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The Movie: Out of the small animation boom that happened a couple of years ago (see also "Futurama", "Clerks", "Dilbert" and a couple of WB animated shows I can't remember the names of) came "Family Guy", one of the most hilarious and controversial shows that Fox has aired. A mixture of "The Simpsons" and the darkest parts of "Married With Children", the TV-MA show seemed to take pride in pushing the limits and seeking out as many targets in current society to goof on as possible. Every week, the show turned pop culture on its head, offering twisted and laugh-out-loud spoofs of "Tron", "The Truman Show", "The Brady Bunch", "Willy Wonka" and "Dawson's Creek", among many others. Most episodes smoothly tied in as many of several of these hits at the entertainment industry. For those unfamiliar with the show, it focuses on the Griffin family, residents of Quahog, Rhode Island. Peter (creator Seth MacFarlane) is the heavy-drinking father who works in a toy factory, Lois (Alex Borstein of "Mad TV") is the calm leader, Meg (Mila Kunis of "That 70's Show" and Lacey Chabert for the earlier episodes) is the insecure daughter, Chris (Seth Green) the chubby and dim-witted son, Brian (MacFarlane) is the alcoholic dog who talks and Stewie (creator Seth MacFarlane earned an Emmy for his voice work on the character) is the diabolical baby who is bent on world domination. This first volume of the show on DVD offers both the first and second seasons of the show and gives viewers who missed it another chance to witness some of "Family Guy"'s most brilliant moments. "E. Peterbus Unum" has Peter breaking off from Quahog to form his own country when he finds out that his house is a blank spot on the map. When confronted after breaking the law, he gets out of it due to diplomatic immunity ("like that guy in 'Lethal Weapon 2'", says Peter). "The Son Also Draws" has Peter and Chris going on a Vision Quest when they lose their car at an Indian casino. When the trees start chatting with Peter, he asks, "If one of you falls, and no one's around, does it make a noise?" The tree responds, "Are you kidding? Scott fell last week, and he hasn't shut up about it since." In "Death Is a Bitch", Death (voiced by Norm MacDonald) comes after Peter after he fakes death to get out of paying his hospital bill. When Death sprains his ankle, Peter has to take over. "Da Boom" has the family searching for food (they dismiss a potential house after they find out Randy Newman is there, singing about everything he sees) after information hears about the world nearly coming to an end after Y2K turns out to be true.

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SMART PEOPLE NOW AVAILABLE

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Into the life of a widowed professor comes a new love and an unexpected visit from his adopted brother.

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Movies teach us many things. Guns can solve problems, the nice guy may not get the redhead but he's got a blonde waiting for him in the parking lot, Patrick Dempsey is harder to get rid of and more dangerous than mold, and smart people are really stupid when it comes to things that have to do with love and emotions and having private lives. Books are good for some things, but not understanding what you really need to be fulfilled. If they taught us stuff like that, why would we need movies? Thank you, Cinema!

Of course, movies also teach us that any hoary old chestnut can be made to taste fresh again with the right cast and a decent script, and so Smart People somehow manages to show us once again how stupid brainy people can be and make us like it, damn it!

Dennis Quaid plays Lawrence Wetherhold, a literature professor so stuffy that even his name is bursting with pedantry. Stuck in the same gear ever since his wife passed away, Lawrence has lost all passion for teaching. It's not his fault, though, it's the students who have stopped caring. His fellow scholars aren't much good either, peddling hackneyed ideas and failing to see the genius of the book he wrote that lays out exactly what is wrong with their way of thinking. Lawrence's defeat is like that Patrick Dempsey mold: it's everywhere, and it's creeping.

The professor lives alone with his daughter, Vanessa (Ellen Page), a grade-obsessed Young Republican who has stepped into her mother's shoes. When her nose is not buried in a book or stuck in the air so she can look down on others, Vanessa is making dinner or doing the laundry. Her older brother, James (Ashton Holmes), has made a mediocre escape, moving into the dorms across town to get free tuition from daddy's bosses and write poetry. Also lurking around is Lawrence's deadbeat adopted brother, Chuck (Thomas Haden Church), who may not have a job but who knows how to have fun and sees where the rest of the family has gone wrong. I cringed when Chuck first appeared, photocopying his navel for the delight of co-eds, but rather than being as broadly drawn as you would first assume, Chuck turns into a real boy by the end. He may be an oaf, but he has some actual heart and knows when to dial down the antics.

In fact, all of the characters in Smart People have more nuance than is initially evident. Sure, they fit neatly into pre-assigned slots, but all of the actors manage to work within those confines very well. Ellen Page is essentially playing the evil twin of her Juno character, but this time she actually is as smart as she thinks she is. This gives a whole new twist to regular teenage insecurities, and she manages to convey the pain of her loss and the fear of the oncoming life changes by cutting off the flow of words and letting a well-placed expression of pain do the talking.

So, too, does Dennis Quaid bring real sympathy to a shlubby performance. Wearing a fake potbelly under his ill-fitting shirt and shuffling down the halls of academia as if death awaits him wherever he may be going, the actor takes all of his natural charisma and scatters it on the wind, giving his character something to search for throughout the picture. Seeing him crawl out of a crusty shell of mourning to try and date one of his former students (Sarah Jessica Parker), a doctor who treats him after an accident, has a real sweet center to it that makes you care for the man and understand why this woman keeps giving him more chances, even if his actions don't really suggest she should.

Which I actually think puts the finger on the nagging feeling that something is not entirely right about Smart People: the actors are so good and are all people we like, and so maybe they convince us to invest a little more into what happens to their characters than Smart People actually deserves. Directed by first-time director Noam Murro and written by debut scribe Mark Jude Poirier, the film suffers from a propensity to travel down the middle of the road. Murro in particular shoots the film in a very generic style, relying heavily on wordy soft-pop songs to prop up his poignant scenes rather than letting his performers find the emotional thrust. The songs seem to be shortcuts to try to give Smart People a lighter air, something more akin to a film by Alexander Payne or Paul Weitz; Poirier's writing is good, but he lacks the wit of either writer. He also lacks the gravitas and the self-mockery of a Noah Baumbach, and so the film doesn't manage to strike a heavier tone, either. Instead, again, it's somewhere in the middle, a picture in search of a purpose.

That's not enough to suggest you should stay away from Smart People. It may be slightly hobbled, but it's still very good. The life wreckage the movie sifts through is severe, and it doesn't take the soft options that more conventional fare would naturally go for. Despite the vanilla that they've frosted this cake with, Murro and Poirier do deserve some measure of applause for being tough-minded and avoiding healing their characters with easy medicine. The direction is bland and the overall tone a little flat, yet there is still real drama here and actual people to care about. Even with my grumbling, I really wanted to see how all of them people would make it out of the woods and was happy when they found a way

Jamie S. Rich is a novelist and comic book writer. His current novel is entitled Have You Seen the Horizon Lately? and was released by Oni Press in the summer of 2007. It follows up on both of his successful books from 2006, the pop-culture hit The Everlasting, and his original graphic novel with Joëlle Jones, 12 Reasons Why I Love Her. Rich is currently writing the ongoing independent comic book series Love the Way You Love.

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