About Schmidt Summary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alexander Payne
Genres: Comedy Drama
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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) is engaged to Randall Hertzel (Dermot_Mulroney), a man Schmidt believes is entirely unworthy of his daughter. When Helen unexpectedly dies, Warren is adrift until he discovers old love letters sent to his wife from his best friend. This inspires Warren to make a valiant effort to stop his daughter's wedding. His plans start to go awry when he meets Randall's extroverted mother, Roberta (Kathy_Bates). About Schmidt was screened at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival where many were surprised that Nicholson did not take home the Best Actor award. Perry Seibert, Rovi
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