MUDDLE CLASS; Acting's great but the movie's just not up to it SMART PEOPLE ROM-COM Cert: 15 ***.(Features) From: The People (London, England) | Date: May 11, 2008 | COPYRIGHT 2008 MGN LTD. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

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HAVING watched the very middle-class Smart People, I wondered what it would be like if all films were written by the middle classes.

The Godfather wouldn't be about a Mafia don, it'd be about one of your dad's old university friends who never forgot your birthday.

Taxi Driver would become Privately-Booked-Five-Door-Saloon Driver. Jaws wouldn't be about a shark - it'd be about a fillet of sea bass that terrified peoplewith its exorbita...

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