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Smart House

Smart House

TV Movie · Comedy · Family · 1999

Ben Cooper and his family are struggling to get a grip on household chores, school and work. So when Ben sees that a Smart House is being given away, he enters the competition as often as he can, until they eventually win the house (named Pat). After moving in, Pat's personality radically begins to change, turning the Coopers against her.

Movie details

Smart House

“Where the computer at home has opinions of her own.”

1999 TV Movie · Comedy · Family 1h 22m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

5.9 / 10

Community rating

Ben Cooper and his family are struggling to get a grip on household chores, school and work. So when Ben sees that a Smart House is being given away, he enters the competition as often as he can, until they eventually win the house (named Pat). After moving in, Pat's personality radically begins to change, turning the Coopers against her.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

LeVar Burton

Written by

Stu Krieger · William Hudson

Katey Sagal

Katey Sagal

PAT

Ryan Merriman

Ryan Merriman

Ben

Katie Volding

Katie Volding

Angie

Kevin Kilner

Kevin Kilner

Nick

Jessica Steen

Jessica Steen

Sara

E

Emilio Borelli

Miles

Paul Linke

Paul Linke

Tuttle

Court is in session

Put Smart House on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“It owes the canon nothing.”

The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.

The prosecution The Big-Idea Head

“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”

It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.