About Schmidt

About Schmidt (2002)

Genres - Comedy, Drama  |   Sub-Genres - Comedy of Manners, Tragi-comedy, Black Comedy  |   Release Date - Dec 13, 2002 (USA - Limited), Dec 13, 2002 (USA)  |   Run Time - 126 min.  |   Countries - United States  |   MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Perry Seibert

Jack Nicholson plays retiring insurance actuary Warren Schmidt in Alexander Payne's About Schmidt. Schmidt has settled into a dormant life. He has an unfulfilling marriage to Helen (June Squibb), and conspires to spend as much time away from her as possible. Schmidt's daughter Jeannie (Hope Davis) is engaged to Randall Hertzel (Dermot Mulroney), a man Schmidt believes is entirely unworthy of his daughter. When Helen unexpectedly dies, Warren is adrift until he discovers old love letters sent to his wife from his best friend. This inspires Warren to make a valiant effort to stop his daughter's wedding. His plans start to go awry when he meets Randall's extroverted mother, Roberta (Kathy Bates). About Schmidt was screened at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival where many were surprised that Nicholson did not take home the Best Actor award.

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daughter, death, funeral, in-law, insurance-agent, motor-home, retirement, salesperson, son-in-law, wife

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High Production Values