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Mar 21, 2003 · Even Schmidt’s reminiscences of Jeannie (as a little girl, riding horseback, playing violin in concert, speaking German) are so completely colored with nostalgia that he fails to see that she has moved away from those early interests almost completely.
- Girish Shambu
Nov 17, 2011 · Jeannie was selfish, narcissistic, judgmental and angry just like her father. Her behavior toward her dad is the result of a dysfunctional and disconnected relationship with him. As hard as it is to feel sympathetic toward her, she's not a bad person; she's an apple from Warren Schmidt's tree.
One of the few things that keeps him going is his daughter Jeannie (Hope Davis), who is about to get married to a dimwitted and sleazy waterbed salesman named Randall (Dermot Mulroney), who also turns out to be a pyramid scheme recruiter.
Jeannie appears nervous, but Warren goes into a speech, then pauses. He mentions Helen dying and delivers an impassioned speech about how Helen wanted to see Jeannie happy. He then offers a nice tribute to Roberta and Larry, as well as Larry's wife, and even finds something nice to say about Duncan.
Jeannie, their daughter, and her fiancé, Randall Hertzel, a waterbed salesman, arrive from Denver. Consoling him at the funeral, she later berates him for taking his wife for granted, refusing to fully pay for the Winnebago (he wanted the cheaper model) and getting her a cheap casket.
Schmidt tries to have Jeannie fill in Helen’s shoes and be his new caretaker, tasking her to bring him a ham and cheese sandwich with chips and milk. Jeannie refuses to become Schmidt’s new caretaker, reminding him that she has a job and has to plan her upcoming wedding.
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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.
