Synopsis
A recently retired man embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter's wedding, only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected.
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Cast
- Jack NicholsonWarren Schmidt
- Kathy BatesRoberta Hertzel
- Hope DavisJeannie Schmidt
- Dermot MulroneyRandall Hertzel
- June SquibbHelen Schmidt
- Howard HessemanLarry Hertzel
- Harry GroenerJohn Rusk
- Connie RayVicki Rusk
- Len CariouRay Nichols
- Mark VenhuizenDuncan Hertzel
Recommendations
- 100
Charlotte Observer
A dark comedy that's as emotionally honest as any picture of 2002. - 100
Miami Herald
Ever the satirist, Payne mines humor from his characters, be it Randall's cockeyed pyramid-scheme ideas or the banality of a ridiculous wedding toast. - 100
Washington Post
Payne is a comic miniaturist, who works in a small compass, as if through a magnifying glass with tweezers. - 100
Philadelphia Inquirer
A quiet, heart-rending masterpiece, one with an actor's turn that people will remember, and rediscover, eons into the future. - 100
The New York Times
What makes this exquisitely observed slice of American screen realism transcend itself is finally its moral sensibility. - 75
Boston Globe
How you feel about About Schmidt may depend in large part on how you feel About Jack. - 75
New York Post
A must-see for Nicholson's mesmerizing performance, which would probably hold interest even if the sound were turned off. - 70
Chicago Reader
Much more deserving of plaudits is the secondary cast--Hope Davis as Schmidt's resentful daughter, Dermot Mulroney as the waterbed salesman she's engaged to, and, above all, Kathy Bates in a hilarious turn as the latter's New Age mother.
