DVD Movie Rating for: About Schmidt

Rating 3 out of 5 stars

Movie Plot of: About Schmidt

Warren Schmidt (Nicholson) is forced to deal with an ambiguous future as he enters retirement. Soon after, his wife passes away and he must come to terms with his daughter's marriage to a man he does not care for and the failure that his life has become

DVD Production Details of: About Schmidt

Starring: Jack Nicholson, Hope Davis
Director: Alexander Payne
Format: Widescreen, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound
Studio: New Line Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: February 3, 2004

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Cast of the movie: About Schmidt

• Jack Nicholson .... Warren R. Schmidt
• Kathy Bates .... Roberta Hertzel
• Hope Davis .... Jeannie Schmidt
• Dermot Mulroney .... Randall Hertzel
• June Squibb .... Helen Schmidt
• Howard Hesseman .... Larry Hertzel
• Harry Groener .... John Rusk
• Connie Ray .... Vicki Rusk
• Len Cariou .... Ray Nichols
• Mark Venhuizen .... Duncan Hertzel
• Cheryl Hamada .... Saundra
• Phil Reeves .... Minister in Denver
• Matt Winston .... Gary Nordin
• James M. Connor .... Randall's Best Man (as James Micheal Connor)
• Jill Anderson .... Bridesmaid Reading St. Paul
• Vaughan Wenzel .... Man Mourning Helen
• Judith Kathryn Hart .... Woman Mourning Helen
• Marilyn Tipp .... Mrs. Brusch (scenes deleted)
• Robert Kem .... Priest in Omaha (as Reverend Robert Kem)
• Melissa Hanna .... Dairy Queen Employee
• Tung Ha .... Frat Kid
• James J. Crawley .... Other Frat Kid
• Mary Beth Nelson .... Bartender
• Steve Heller .... Tire Store Employee (as Stephen Heller)
• Lester Kills Crow .... Native American Cashier
• Thomas Michael Belford .... Funeral Director
• McKenna Gibson .... Six-year-old Jeannie
• Beth Heimann .... Wedding Singer #1
• Linda Wilmot .... Wedding Singer #2
• Tim Driscoll .... Grocery store manager (scenes deleted)
• Jeff Morris .... Farmer at gas station (scenes deleted)
• Chris Huse .... Chuck Woodard (uncredited)
• Angela Lansbury .... Herself (voice) (uncredited)
• Abdallah Mtulu .... Ndugu (uncredited)
• Jody Vinci .... Airline ticket agent (uncredited)

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Reviews of the movie: About Schmidt

This is a grim and somewhat dark comedy about a recently retired widower (Jack Nicholson)who travels across country from Nebraska to Colorado in an RV to try and stop his only daughter's(Hope Davis)wedding. Kathy Bates has a brief nude scene...heaven forbid. Not one of Jack's better movies, but definitely the only reason to watch ABOUT SCHMIDT

While confirming Jack Nicholson's status as an American national treasure, About Schmidt is sure to provoke polarized reactions. Stoked by the success of Election, director Alexander Payne and cowriter Jim Taylor have altered Louis Begley's novel to suit their comedic agenda, turning Nicholson's titular character into a 66-year-old, newly retired Omaha insurance actuary, weary from decades of drudgery and passionless marriage. When his wife suddenly dies, he attempts to reclaim his life in a king-sized Winnebago, desperate to convince his daughter (Hope Davis) not to marry the Denver dimwit (Dermot Mulroney) whose mother (Kathy Bates) has her own baggage of peculiar peccadilloes. Nicholson perfectly (and often hilariously) nails the seething anger beneath his character's façade of resignation, but Payne and Taylor convey cold-hearted contempt for these Midwestern malcontents. Think of this as Ikiru with bleaker humanity, until Schmidt finds meaning--and some small reward--in a quiet gesture of goodwill. Love it or hate it, About Schmidt is a movie you won't soon forget.