About Schmidt
Alexander Payne / US, 2002 / 124 min.
Tragicomedy featuring Jack Nicholson in top form as a retired widower reminiscing about his life whilst driving to his daughter’s wedding. The road trip devolves into a painful evaluation of his past. Was his life a failure?
"I thought we were shooting a comedy," said Jack Nicholson when accepting his Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama. About Schmidt indeed contains a plethora of funny scenes, such as the excruciating dinner with Warren Schmidt’s future in-laws including the, in his eyes, disturbingly independent Kathy Bates.
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Director
Alexander Payne
Production year
2002
Country
US
Original title
About Schmidt
Length
124 min.
Language
English
Subtitles
NLD
Format
35mm
Part of
Eye Classics
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