About Schmidt
Retired insurance salesman Warren Schmidt embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter's wedding only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected.
10 September 1951, Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany
30 September 1939, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
23 March 1964, Englewood, New Jersey, USA
6 November 1929, Vandalia, Illinois, USA
28 June 1948, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
27 February 1940, Lebanon, Oregon, USA
3 February 1970
January 10, 2016
[It] toys with convention, leading us down that happy ending path and then hopping off of it again. It's refreshing, if not humorously frustrating.
September 02, 2010
Heartfelt Nicholson, not for kids at all.
January 03, 2003
A thought-provoking and often-funny drama about isolation.
April 15, 2009
"About Schmidt" is a hostility-provoking film for the same reason that American citizens have lost their civil rights. The picture endorses, nay lionizes, complacency, inaction and the privilege of the greedy to steal whatever they covet simply because th
January 03, 2003
Each deft stroke of Payne's pen is matched by a Nicholson flourish, transforming the film into a moving, bittersweet ballet.
January 08, 2003
A poignant marker in the career of a major artist.
December 20, 2002
Nicholson ... produces the most understated -- and one of the most powerful -- performances of his career.
January 03, 2003
A cuttingly funny, moving portrayal of a man searching for meaning in his unremarkable, unmemorable life.
January 20, 2011
Sharply observed, Alexander Payne's poignant comedy is a character study of an ordinary American, who embarks on a journey of self-discovery and in the process becomes humanized and extraordinary.
February 06, 2009
A simple, silent, static shot of Nicholson's face is one of the most beautiful, powerful, indelible images of the 2002 movie year.
January 16, 2003
These filmmakers have a feeling for the isolation of blasted lives, but they also can't resist putting them down.
July 06, 2010
About Schmidt is a touching, human story about a man who comes to the realisation that his life is nothing more than a failure.
