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April 06, 2008

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ColeSmithey.comSomebody should have told screenwriter Mark Poirier that it’s oxymoronic to trumpet a Republican character as a "smart" person in this well-acted but underwhelming comedy.

Dennis Quaid plays Lawrence Wetherhold, a disaffected and widowed English professor living in Pittsburgh with his rightwing teen-aged daughter Vanessa (played with confident aplomb by the ever-watchable Ellen Page).

Lawrence is looking for a publisher for his latest book, entitled "You Can’t Read," when his good-for-nothing adopted brother Chuck (played by Thomas Haden Church) shows up out of the blue for an extended round of couch surfing.

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An accidental head injury brings Lawrence face to face with emergency room doctor Janet Hartigan (played by Sarah Jessica Parker), a former student with just enough of a lingering crush for the two misfits to start dating.

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Thomas Haden Church steals every scene he’s in, in this post-midlife-crisis coming of age movie that carries its emotional baggage like a badge.

Rated R. 111 mins.

2 Stars

Cozy Cole

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