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Meet Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid) a widowed, imperiously brilliant, and self-absorbed literature professor who has alienated his son (Ashton Holmes) and turned his teenage daughter (Ellen Page) into an acid-tongued, friendless over-achiever. After a hit to the head he falls for doctor, and a former student, Janet (Sarah Jessica Parker), at the same time, his ne'er-do-well brother (Thomas Haden Church, Sideways), unexpectedly shows up at the door, low on cash and needing a place to stay. The circumstances cause Lawrence to stir from his deep, deep freeze, with often comical, sometimes heartbreaking, consequences for himself and everyone around him.