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DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 2 hours, 5 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: June 3, 2003
- Originally Released: 2002
- Label: New Line Home Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Jack Nicholson & Kathy Bates | |
Performer: | Dermot Mulroney, Hope Davis, Howard Hesseman, Len Cariou & June Squibb | |
Directed by | Alexander Payne | |
Edited by | Kevin Tent | |
Screenwriting by | Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor | |
Composition by | Rolfe Kent | |
Produced by | Michael Besman & Harry Gittes | |
Director of Photography: | James Glennon | |
Executive Production by | Bill Badalato & Rachael Horovitz |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 3.5/4 --
A simple, silent, static shot of Nicholson's face is one of the most beautiful, powerful, indelible images of the 2002 movie year.
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TheMovieReport.com
Rating: A- --
Sharply observed, Alexander Payne's poignant comedy is a character study of an ordinary American, who embarks on a journey of self-discovery and in the process becomes humanized and extraordinary.
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EmanuelLevy.Com
Rating: 3/5 --
Mostly, the satire here amounts to nudging us into feeling superior to other people's lives.
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eFilmCritic.com
...The power of this great movie -- part comedy, part tragedy, part satire, mostly masterpiece -- is in the details...
Entertainment Weekly
A character study that has the emotional richness of the great Italian and Eastern European films of the 1960s, in which humor and pathos rode up and down on the seesaw together.
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L.A. Weekly
[Y]ou laugh with a growing sense of dread because it makes you feel what it's like to realize it's too late to help yourself.
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Blogcritics.org
[T]his is a film of ostensibly modest but utterly effective directorial touches.
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Product Description:
In Alexander Payne's ABOUT SCHMIDT, Warren Schmidt (Jack Nicholson) is retiring from a long, dedicated tenure at Woodmen of the World Insurance Company. Though he is proud of this achievement, he finds some difficulty adjusting to life without work. To make matters worse, his loving wife Helen (June Squibb) passes away, leaving him all alone. He turns to his daughter, Jeannie (Hope Davis), for support, but she is busy planning her marriage to Randall (Dermot Mulroney), who Warren just can't stand. He decides to sponsor a Tanzanian child, Ndugu, through a program advertised on television, and sends elaborate letters to the 6-year-old boy along with his $22 monthly checks. Meanwhile, he sets off on a soul-searching voyage across the west in his new RV.
Nicholson's deadpan voice-over narration, especially in his letters to Ndugu, give ABOUT SCHMIDT a solid balance between comedy and drama. The crux of the film is the daughter's wedding in Denver, where Warren is the guest of Randall's outrageous, new-agey mom (Kathy Bates). Though the funny moments make light of Warren's state in life, the overall feel of the film is a bit sad, and its enigmatic ending will keep viewers guessing what will happen to this uniquely knowable character.
Nicholson's deadpan voice-over narration, especially in his letters to Ndugu, give ABOUT SCHMIDT a solid balance between comedy and drama. The crux of the film is the daughter's wedding in Denver, where Warren is the guest of Randall's outrageous, new-agey mom (Kathy Bates). Though the funny moments make light of Warren's state in life, the overall feel of the film is a bit sad, and its enigmatic ending will keep viewers guessing what will happen to this uniquely knowable character.
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- Sales Rank: 123,190
- UPC: 794043631924
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