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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) ...more
MPAA Rating: R | Year: 2002 | Running Time: 124 minutes
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About Schmidt is another pitch-black comedy from director Alexander Payne and co-screenwriter Jim Taylor, the team responsible for Citizen Ruth and Election. While About Schmidt features Jack Nicholson's most impressively controlled performance in many years, the film's mix of bleakness and cheap laughs has to be seen as a disappointment after the sharp satire and moral complexity of Election. The film starts well, with Nicholson bringing a bitter retiree into sharp focus. His contempt for his ...more
- Jack Nicholson - Warren Schmidt
- Hope Davis - Jeannie
- Dermot Mulroney - Randall Hertzel
- Kathy Bates - Roberta Hertzel
- Cheryl Hamada - Saundra
- Len Cariou - Ray
- Howard Hesseman - Larry
- June Squibb - Helen Schmidt
- Alexander Payne - Director
- Rachel Horovitz - Executive Producer
- Bill Badalato - Executive Producer
- Michael Besman - Producer
- Harry Gittes - Producer
- Jim Taylor - Screenwriter
- Alexander Payne - Screenwriter
- Louis Begley - Book Author
- Lisa Beach - Casting
- Sarah Katzman - Casting
- John Jackson - Casting
- Wendy Chuck - Costume Designer
- George Parra - First Assistant Director
- Kevin Tent - Editor
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Release Date: 06/03/2003
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