About Schmidt

Pros: Nicholson, screenplay

Cons: None for me

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Review: Every time I see that a new movie starring Jack Nicholson is coming out I have the exact same reacti ...

Pros: Nicholson. Daring kick in the teeth.

Cons: Not really.

The Bottom Line: The best (recent) movie you'll never want to watch again.

Review: Somewhere around the mid-90s, Jack Nicholson started down a brilliant road. A road, unfortunate ...

Pros: brilliant performance by Jack Nicholson

Cons: sad

The Bottom Line: With a departure from the frantic energy Jack Nicholson displays in so many roles, About Schmidt shows us how empty life can be, and how fulfilling.

Review: My friend and I recently attended a church service as the guests of a couple in a small group Bible study we’d been attending. The study was on Rick Warren’s The Purpose-Driven Life, and the church had integrated the study into its services. The ...

Pros: Nicholson. Great supporting cast, excellent screenplay.

Cons: Poor choices made with the trailer, set the wrong expectations.

The Bottom Line: Payne has some mishaps in his career, but this film, and prior gems ( "Election", "Citizen Ruth") should keep him in the public eye. Nicholson? He's a god.

Review: The movie defies definition. Is it a depressing comedy, or a dramatic coming of age film, with comedic touches? One thing is for certain. You will LOVE it. Or, you will HATE it. I guess that's two things. Pushed into retirement by the insurance ...

Pros: ACTING, SCREENWRITING, DIRECTING

Cons: NONE

The Bottom Line: Watch this movie if you live in a Western, European-based society and you understand the struggles for security and self-empowerment that absorb the lives of its denizens.

Review: On a superficial level, ’’About Schmidt’’ appears to be based on the exasperations and insecurities of retirement, what with losing one’s attachment to societal life, and coming to a halt on a rung in that ladder of societal status ...

Pros: Great Acting, Great Directing, and a moving story

Cons: Slow, although not for this type of film

The Bottom Line: A very well done film, thought provoking, well acted, well directed, and over all enjoyable, but only for those with patience.

Review: I found this film a pleasant surprise. I hadn’t really read much about it, and had only seen one or two previews, so I didn’t really have many expectations going in. After watching it I estimate that I will watch it again, and possibly even buy a copy ...

Pros: Jack Nicholson, Kathy Bates; superb script by Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor

Cons: None

The Bottom Line: Jack Nicholson is as good as it gets in Alexander Payne's wonderful film ABOUT SCHMIDT, a film about destiny and making good with the time on earth you've got.

Review: ABOUT SCHMIDT opens in Warren Schmidt's (Jack Nicholson) deserted office at Woodmen Insurance on the ...

Pros: Emotional depth I didn't think possible for Jack Nicholson.

Cons: Kathy Bates naked.

The Bottom Line: Excellent in every sense of the word. No Hollywood sugar coating, just the story of a man dealing with his life.

Review: To say that I loved About Schmidt would be an understatement. This is one of the best movies I have ...

Pros: Good cast and characters, funny yet sad, true to life

Cons: None for me

The Bottom Line: A very thoughtful, amusing film.  

Review: The DVD box of About Schmidt has claims that this film is ‘hilarious’ and ‘a comic treasure‘. Perhaps it is because I am not that far from the age of the main characters that I felt that, despite being a funny film, it was more ...

Pros: Very easy to identify with no matter your age, race or sex

Cons: Makes one think of their own mortality and the meaning of life.

The Bottom Line: Regardless of age or circumstance, everyone who watches will identify with and probably even like 'Schmidt'.

Review: Whenever I find myself thinking about a movie I watched a week earlier, I know it was a good movie. ...