About Schmidt

About Schmidt

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About Schmidt

Jack Nicholson, Kathy Bates, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, June Squibb

Warren Schmidt is a retired insurance salesman, who at age 66 has no particular plans other than to drive around in the motor home his wife insisted they buy. He's not altogether bitter, but not happy...( read more  read more... ) either, as everything his wife does annoys him, and he disapproves of the man his daughter is about to marry. When his wife suddenly dies, he sets out to postpone the imminent marriage of his daughter to a man he doesn't like, while coping with discoveries about his late wife and himself in the process.

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  • December 13, 2009
    One of my all-time favorite Jack Nicholson characters and another great film by Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor. The film's sad wisdom and philosophical underpinnings are perfectly staged and presented as a depressing but enlightening entertainment.
  • September 28, 2009
    This is a fantastic comedy, it has to be one of Jack Nicholson?s best performances in ages. Brilliant.
  • April 18, 2009
    I dunno, it's fine. And sad.
  • March 21, 2009
    We were going to watch this when we go on our RV trip, but couldn't renew it from the library anymore. Just like Harry and Tonto this is a funny and sad movie. Jack doesn't act anything like the charismatic joker he often plays in movies. His voice doesn't sound exactly the sa...( read more)me, and you see him cry a couple times. Great use of the RV as a home away from home. Touching look at the next chapter in a retired widower's life who's only daughter is being married off. Funny and clueless how he writes about all his problems and upper-class financial successes to his sponsored child from Africa. But hey, he cares and it shows he has made some difference in the world. It also shows how much he doesn't understand other people's problems especially children in third world countries. And the movie should move people to not wait till the end of life to reach out and take an interest in helping people.
  • February 7, 2009
    a good film about retirement, life for those who can't relax and just don't fit into a niche. jack nicholson is good as always. also some witty dialogue. i think it's his best part to date
  • December 17, 2009
    It´s so extraordinary and so ordinary at the same time. About peaple that are looking for a meaning to their lifes. A Honest Dark comedy for the ages!
  • November 6, 2009
    Ma quanto è bravo Nicholson? Ma quanto?
  • October 17, 2009
    Very funny and very classy. I smile just thinking about this film.
  • October 15, 2009
    A wonderful movie on all levels - story, writing, directing, casting, acting, music. I found myself wishing it were longer. The underlying, and sometimes overt, humor blended with the seriousness of the character and his situations was astounding. Bravo.
  • October 10, 2009
    Divertida y emotiva; vale la pena verla porque garantiza un rato agradable, pero siento que es de estas peliculas que sin su protagonista, no llegarian a ser lo que son. La actuacion esta por encima de todo lo demas... Jack Nicholson es increible y tiene el poder de darle nombre ...( read more)a una pelicula en donde lo mejor y lo mas sobresaliente, es la actuacion.

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