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NUMBERS
Box Office: $64,962,450
VHS Rentals: $7,520,000
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CONSENSUS
In this funny, touching character study, Nicholson gives one of the best performances of his career.
CAST & CREW
Jack Nicholson, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney
Directed by Alexander Payne
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SYNOPSIS
Warren Schmidt (Jack Nicholson) has arrived at several of life's crossroads all at the same time. To begin with, he is retiring from a lifetime of service as an actuary for Woodmen of the World Insurance Company, and he feels utterly adrift. more...
MPAA RATING
R, for some language and brief nudity
RUNTIME
2 hours, 5 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Dec 13, 2002
Video: Jun 3, 2003
RELEASE COMPANY
New Line Cinema
GENRE
Dramas, Comedy, Marriage
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official About Schmidt Site
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SOUNDTRACK REVIEWS
PARENTS EVALUATION
TRAILER & MEDIA
PHOTOS
TIDBITS
PRODUCTION NOTES
NEWS ARTICLES
LINKS
SUBMIT/EDIT ARTICLE
SUBMIT USER REVIEW
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 "Some may choose to interpret the film’s end as hopeful or optimistic but I think Payne is after something darker."
-- Beth Accomando, KPBS.ORG
 "It’s a brilliant, honest performance by Nicholson, but the film is an agonizing bore except when the fantastic Kathy Bates turns up. Bravado Kathy!"
-- Victoria Alexander, FILMSINREVIEW.COM
"Sensitive, insightful and beautifully rendered film. One of the best of the year."
-- Boo Allen, DENTON RECORD CHRONICLE (TX)
"About Schmidt can be rough going; the laughter always hurts just a little bit."
-- Jeffrey M. Anderson, SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
"Warm in its loving yet unforgivingly inconsistent depiction of everyday people, relaxed in its perfect quiet pace and proud in its message. I loved this film."
-- Ross Anthony, HOLLYWOOD REPORT CARD
"The beauty of Alexander Payne's ode to the Everyman is in the details."
-- Jeanne Aufmuth, PALO ALTO WEEKLY
"I liked About Schmidt a lot, but I have a feeling that I would have liked it much more if Harry & Tonto never existed."
-- Joe Baltake, SACRAMENTO BEE
"About Schmidt is slice-of-life filmmaking at its sharpest and truest."
-- Rob Blackwelder, SPLICEDWIRE
"About Schmidt is a curious slice of Americana...the characters are so clearly drawn and the dialogue so rich, you are immediately hooked."
-- Kit Bowen, HOLLYWOOD.COM
"Payne pokes fun of these people and these places because they're what he knows best. And, to my eye, he's also not above finding redeeming virtues in every last one of them."
-- Josef Braun, VUE WEEKLY (EDMONTON, CANADA)
"I just loved every minute of this film."
-- Gary Brown, HOUSTON COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS
"Nicholson’s understated performance is wonderful. As Warren he stumbles in search of all the emotions and life experiences he’s neglected over the years."
-- Jeffrey Bruner, DES MOINES REGISTER
"...planos fijos, tomas largas, un ritmo pausado y una sutil observación de sus personajes, sin estridencias ni grandes revelaciones."
-- Enrique Buchichio, URUGUAY TOTAL
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"It's a boring movie about a boring man, made watchable by a bravura performance from a consummate actor incapable of being boring."
-- Todd Anthony, SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL
"About Schmidt is Nicholson's goofy, heartfelt, mesmerizing King Lear."
-- William Arnold, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
"'La actuación de Jack Nicholson mueve a la ternura y la compasión. Verdaderamente entrañable.'"
-- Jorge Avila Andrade, MOVIOLA
"The movie is our story as much as it is Schmidt's, no matter if it's viewed as a self-reflection or cautionary tale."
-- Marjorie Baumgarten, AUSTIN CHRONICLE
"About Schmidt belongs to Nicholson. Gone are the flamboyant mannerisms that are the trademark of several of his performances. As Schmidt, Nicholson walks with a slow, deliberate gait, chooses his words carefully and subdues his natural exuberance."
-- Bob Bloom, JOURNAL AND COURIER (LAFAYETTE, IN)
"A thought-provoking and often-funny drama about isolation."
-- Jay Boyar, ORLANDO SENTINEL
"Ultimately this is a frustrating patchwork: an uneasy marriage of Louis Begley's source novel (About Schmidt) and an old Payne screenplay."
-- Xan Brooks, SIGHT AND SOUND
"Writer/director Alexander Payne (Election)and his co-writer Jim Taylor brilliantly employ their quirky and fearless ability to look American angst in the eye and end up laughing."
-- Luanne Brown, CHICO ENTERPRISE-RECORD
"An American masterpiece with Jack Nicholson as an angry and disappointed sixty-six year old whose heart is softened by a moment of grace delivered by a stranger from afar."
-- Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, SPIRITUALITY AND HEALTH
"Takes us on a journey toward self-awareness that is both deadpan hilarious and profoundly moving."
-- Robert W. Butler, KANSAS CITY STAR
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FRESH 95%
Avg. Rating: 9/10 |
"This road movie gives you emotional whiplash, and you’ll be glad you went along for the ride."
-- David Ansen, NEWSWEEK
"On balance, I recommend the movie both for Nicholson's performance and for the opportunity to spend some time with the kind of man that we often meet in real life, but rarely see on screen."
-- James Berardinelli, JAMES BERARDINELLI'S REELVIEWS
"One of the best, most understated performances of [Jack Nicholson's] career."
-- Jami Bernard, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
"A brutally dry satire of Middle American numbness."
-- Ty Burr, BOSTON GLOBE
"Flamboyant in some movies and artfully restrained in others, 65-year-old Jack Nicholson could be looking at his 12th Oscar nomination by proving that he's now, more than ever, choosing his roles with the precision of the insurance actuary."
-- Mike Clark, USA TODAY
"About Schmidt is undoubtedly one of the finest films of the year. If you're not deeply touched by this movie, check your pulse."
-- Paul Clinton, CNN
"Perfectly pitched between comedy and tragedy, hope and despair, About Schmidt instead comes far closer than many movies to expressing the way many of us live -- someplace between consuming self-absorption and insistently demanding otherness."
-- Manohla Dargis, LOS ANGELES TIMES
"That Jack Nicholson makes this man so watchable is a tribute not only to his craft, but to his legend."
-- Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
"This is Christmas Future for a lot of baby boomers."
-- Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
"The film aims to be funny, uplifting and moving, sometimes all at once. The extent to which it succeeds is impressive."
-- Eric Harrison, HOUSTON CHRONICLE
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"Payne has created a beautiful canvas, and Nicholson proves once again that he's the best brush in the business."
-- Larry Carroll, COUNTINGDOWN.COM
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