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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.
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Dec 20, 2002 · Here is a man who did not “plan for retirement.” “About Schmidt” has backed itself into a corner with its hero, who is so limited it would be torture to watch him for two hours, even played by Nicholson. The film puts Schmidt on the road, in a reversal of Nicholson’s youthful journey in “Easy Rider.” He and the film are in search ...
"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.
Jan 3, 2003 · His verbal impotence and self-doubt are made all the more affecting because it is Nicholson who displays them, a star who usually appears charismatic, witty and sexually...
Dec 17, 2002 · What sad history of hers makes it worth settling for him? Finally, we have to wonder why this man appears to have no friends, and pours his heart out to a six year old child in Tanzania. It is in many ways a charming idea for a movie, but it leaves us unsatisfied. How has this isolation happened?
Jan 14, 2023 · “About Schmidt,” about a recently retired man (Nicholson) who embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter’s wedding, only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected, was...
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W ith three films — Citizen Ruth, Election and now About Schmidt — Alexander Payne has become perhaps American cinema’s most perceptive and engaging social satirist. His debut feature, Citizen Ruth, was a wildly funny black comedy set against the politics of reproductive rights.
