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Sometimes the smartest people have the most to learnPlot:
Into the life of a widowed professor comes a new love and an unexpected visit from his adopted brother. | add synopsisUser Comments:
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Dennis Quaid | ... | Lawrence Wetherhold |
 | Sarah Jessica Parker | ... | Janet Hartigan |
 | Thomas Haden Church | ... | Chuck Wetherhold |
 | Ellen Page | ... | Vanessa Wetherhold |
 | Ashton Holmes | ... | James Wetherhold |
 | Christine Lahti | ... | Nancy |
 | Camille Mana | ... | Missy Chin |
 | David Denman | ... | William |
 | Don Wadsworth | ... | Hadley |
 | Robert Haley | ... | Roth |
 | Patrick Sebes | ... | Curtis |
 | Kevin James Doyle | ... | Rodney |
 | Paul Huber | ... | Ben Onufrey |
| Iva Jean Saraceni | ... | Volunteer |
 | Richard John Walters | ... | Parking Lot Attendant |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
95 minCountry:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) | USA:R (certificate #43519) | Canada:G (Québec) | Ireland:15A | UK:15 | Australia:M | Canada:PG (British Columbia)Filming Locations:
Allegheny General Hospital - 320 East North Ave., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA moreMOVIEmeter: 
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Rachel Weisz was originally cast opposite Dennis Quaid in this film, but she decided to leave the project. She was then replaced with Sarah Jessica Parker. moreGoofs:
Continuity: When Lawrence leaves the hotel room in New York, to meet with his publisher, he's walking down the hotel corridor carrying his tie and a champagne bottle in his hand, however he doesn't remove his tie or buy the champagne until after his meeting. moreQuotes:
Lawrence Wetherhold: Why would you have a baby with me?Janet Hartigan: Because you don't know how to properly use a condom.
Lawrence Wetherhold: Point taken.
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Not for your average movie-goer, this one. Although the situation is teed up nicely for a typical feel-good ensemble gush-fest, it resists that temptation and takes you to a place where the characters are not, although they seem to need it, ready for rehab. It has an easy, rambling style that gradually rather than gratuitously opens their world to us without (for the most part) overly relying on hackneyed situations and gimmicks (although Quaid's insistence on keeping his wifes clothing was not one of them). In fact, the situations portrayed are so dark and lo- keyed that I wondered if this movie could have been made without the ready-made typecast qualities of Quaid, Haden-Church and Parker. ...Gritty Pittsburgh backdrop in a very real academic surrounding adds to the slice-of-life tone.