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Dec 20, 2002 · Schmidt, who has hardly has a surprise in 40 years, now finds himself wrestling with a water bed, and joined in a hot tub by the topless and terrifyingly available Roberta. Roberta is intended as a figure of fun, but at least she approaches life hungrily and with good cheer.
Mar 21, 2003 · About Schmidt opens with a striking montage of a grey and drab downtown evening. Shots of unexceptional buildings, both tall and small, are captured from various vantage points. Somewhere in each image is Schmidt’s Woodmen Of The World insurance company office building.
- Girish Shambu
About Schmidt is a 2002 American comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Alexander Payne and starring Jack Nicholson in the title role. The film also stars Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, and Kathy Bates. It is loosely based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Louis Begley.
Warren Schmidt (Jack Nicholson) has led a safe, predictable life working in the insurance industry in Omaha, Nebraska for many years, yet now faces retirement. At the same time, he is forced to take a hard look at his wife, his life, and his relationship with his estranged daughter.
Jan 3, 2003 · About Schmidt (2003) Jack Nicholson is like oxygen: easy to take for granted. With his trademark grin, lupine air and irrepressible rebelliousness, he is an icon whose talent is too...
May 22, 2002 · US. 2002. 125 mins. Screened in Competition. Underplaying the overt social satire of Citizen Ruth and Election, Alexander Payne's remorselessly interior dramedy is centred...
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Jan 1, 2000 · About Schmidt. In the year Jack Nicholson turned 65, while the tabloids still persist in focusing on his Lothario ways, this thoughtful, understated black comedy proves there's more to him...
