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Release date United Kingdom: Thursday, 15 May 2008

Director: Noam Murro

Cast:

Dennis Quaid as Lawrence Wetherhold
Sarah Jessica Parker as Janet Hartigan
Thomas Haden Church as Chuck Wetherhold
Ellen Page as Vanessa Wetherhold
Ashton Holmes as James Wetherhold
David Denman as William
Camille Mana as Missy Chin
Kiley Caughey as Linsey
Amanda Jane Cooper as Brooke
Kevin James Doyle as Rodney
Barret Hackney as Joseph
Robert Haley as Roth
Christy Harst as Waitress
Paul Huber as Ben Onufrey
Adam Kroloff as Talbot
Christine Lahti as Nancy
Scott A. Martin as Weller
Jane Mowder as Julia Knight
José A. Rivas as Student
Patrick Sebes as Curtis

About:

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. His collegiate son won't confide in him, his teenaged daughter is an acid-tongued overachiever who follows all too closely in dad's misery-loving footsteps, and his adopted, preposterously ne'er-do-well brother has perfected the art of freeloading. A widower who can't seem to find passion in anything anymore, not even the Victorian Literature in which he's an expert, it seems Lawrence is sleepwalking through a very stunted middle age. When his brother shows up unexpectedly for an extended stay at just about the same time as he accidentally encounters his former student Janet, the circumstances cause him to stir from his deep, deep freeze, with consequences for himself and everyone around him.

Genres:
Romance - Drama - Comedy

Producers: Bill Block, Michael Costigan,

Writers: Mark Poirier

Studio: Miramax Films