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- Dinner is a tense event. Roberta and Randall's father (her ex) Larry (an almost unrecognizable Howard Hesseman) snipe at each other. Randall's brother Duncan acts like a zombie, and Warren is watching everything and wondering why he is there. After dinner he finally gets Jeannie alone and begs her not to marry Randall, saying she deserves better.
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Warren Schmidt is retiring from his position as an actuary with Woodmen of the World, a life insurance company in Omaha, Nebraska. After a retirement dinner, Schmidt finds it hard to adjust to his new life, feeling useless.
Dec 20, 2002 · The film’s opening scenes show him suffering through a meaningless retirement dinner and returning home to ask himself, after 42 years of marriage, “Who is this old woman who is in my house?” His wife might ask the same question about her old man.
Jun 15, 2011 · At his retirement dinner there is a giant blowup of Warren's face. In retrospect, Warren might interpret this picture as part and parcel of the falsity of the event. The “blowup” conceals a man who has become very small in his own eyes, no bigger than one of his wife's little miniatures.
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Mar 21, 2003 · There is such a slice of time in About Schmidt (Alexander Payne, 2002) close to the beginning of the film when Schmidt (Jack Nicholson), after receiving rote testimonials at his retirement dinner from his colleagues and friends, excuses himself from the room while the dinner is in progress to walk over to the bar where he sits quietly and ...
- Girish Shambu
After dinner, John leaves to get some more beer, while Vicki shows Warren pictures of their family. When they are alone, Vicki makes an observation that Warren is a sad person. Warren admits this and breaks down a little bit.
Jan 2, 2003 · What do you do after you retire? What happens if the life you picked turns out to be not so valuable after all? So asks Warren Schmidt, the 66-year-old character played brilliantly by Jack ...
there was a closing close-up shot of a teary-eyed, elated Warren who realized that he had made a real difference in the illiterate young boy's life. Warren's Last Day in His Office. Warren with Wife Helen (June Squibb) at Retirement Party Dinner. Warren's Boxes of Office Files Ready for Disposal.
