You know the [title] must be double edged; it just has to be an ironic cue for a tale about folk with stratospherically high IQs but with emotional intelligence that would shame an amoeba.

| Nov 12, 2020

Perfectly cast, intelligently written, and a nicely paced blend of humor and heart.

| Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Sep 23, 2020

Murro tends to deal in surfaces. It's hard to get a sense of the human beings beneath the cardboard facades.

| Jan 28, 2020

Very much a poor man's Wonder Boys, Smart People is almost a non-entity due to its utter prototypicality and extremely transparent attempts to force its folksy, screwball tone

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 8, 2019

An amiable, often insightful presentation of brainy characters in a dysfunctional family.

| Feb 5, 2018

Sounds like a movie I would by dying to see. But It's one of the worst films I've seen in months, a fact that became obvious within the first 15 minutes, if not the first few frames.

| Nov 30, 2017

Smart People is just a funny, sturdy, touching movie about the way grief keeps on rippling.

| Aug 21, 2017

Unfortunately, Smart People has nothing original to say about its characters' dilemmas, but is content to tread waters that previous films have navigated with more humor and insight.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Apr 6, 2015

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 17, 2011

Doesn't exactly oust The Royal Tenenbaums or The Squid and the Whale, but this family-go-round sitcom is a lot more accessible.

| May 6, 2010

Noam Murro's direction follows a sitcom blueprint

| Aug 27, 2009

Smarter than your average romantic comedy it may be, but this family-dysfunction indie is playing it a bit safe.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 18, 2008

It's so well-made, so well-acted and so impressively (for lack of a better word) smart that anyone who seeks it out will find something to admire and enjoy in its craft and heart.

| Oct 18, 2008

Award-winning commercial director Noam Murro helms a fine cast playing all-too-familiar roles.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 18, 2008

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 18, 2008

| Original Score: B+ | Oct 18, 2008

| Original Score: 4/10 | Oct 18, 2008

Cutesy early and then becomes more complicated.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 18, 2008

All atmosphere and no plot makes Smart People a dull watch.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Sep 8, 2008

... a deadly dull narrative about four depressed stereotypes who spend an hour and a half going from unhappy to slightly less unhappy.

| Aug 27, 2008