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"About Schmidt" is a hostility-provoking film for the same reason that American citizens have lost their civil rights. The picture lionizes complacency, inaction, and the privilege of the greedy to steal whatever they covet simply because they are treacherous enough to do it.
Mar 21, 2003 · The exquisite ending of the film, in which Schmidt looks at Ndugu’s stick figure drawing of adult and child holding hands, offers him a glimpse of a redeemed life. If his existence has been worth anything, it is because of his role in the lives of two children, Jeannie and Ndugu.
- Girish Shambu
Jack Nicholson plays Warren Schmidt, a 66 year-old retired and widowed insurance man from Omaha. Warren drives his 35-foot Winnebago cross country to foil his daughter's upcoming wedding in this insultingly dim movie based on a novel by Louis Begley, and directed by Alexander Payne.
"About Schmidt" is a hostility-provoking film for the same reason that American citizens have lost their civil rights.
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.
Jan 1, 2000 · Insurance-risk calculator Warren R. Schmidt retires from work and prepares for a long, uneventful journey to the grave. When his wife dies, however, he feels compelled to stop his daughter from...
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Dec 12, 2002 · The only reason I can't say that Jack Nicholson delivers his best performance in nearly a decade in Alexander Payne's new comedy-drama About Schmidt is because the legendary star was...
