About Schmidt

About Schmidt

2002

When insurance actuary Warren Schmidt (Jack Nicholson) retires and his wife dies, he looks for life's meaning on a road trip to his daughter's (Hope Davis) upcoming wedding to a waterbed salesman (Dermot Mulroney). But Warren can't seem to get anything right. En route to the wedding, he shares his life through letters with a Tanzanian boy he's sponsoring for 73 cents a day ... and soon, Warren discovers renewed purpose.

Schmidt Happens

JBscale
82
Excellent

Film Detail

Genre
Comedy - Drama
Length
2 hrs. 4 mins.
US Theatrical Release
December 20, 2002
US Box Office
$65,010,106 (#1389 of 7074)
Global Office
$105,834,556 (#1541 of 3929)
Rating
R
Restricted
Brief Nudity, Some Language

Collection Detail

Release Method
Digital Only
Aquired Format
Fandango at Home Fandango at Home
Aspect Ratio
WS 1.85:1
Audio
English: DD+ 5.1
Studio
New Line Cinema
Released
June 3, 2003
Acquired Date
July 10, 2004
Times Seen
2 Times
Last Watched
July 11, 2008

Actors

Jack Nicholson
Jack Nicholson
Hope Davis
Hope Davis
Kathy Bates
Kathy Bates
Dermot Mulroney
Dermot Mulroney
June Squibb
June Squibb
Howard Hesseman
Howard Hesseman
Harry Groener
Harry Groener
Connie Ray
Connie Ray
Len Cariou
Len Cariou

Directors

Alexander Payne
Alexander Payne

Producers

Michael Besman
Michael Besman
Harry Gittes
Harry Gittes

Writers

Alexander Payne
Alexander Payne
Jim Taylor
Jim Taylor

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User Reviews

  • 7.11.2008 by biglummox (8/10)

Ratings

JB Users
80
Excellent
RT Fresh Certified
86%
Tomatometer
203 votes
RT Hot
74%
Popcornmeter
2,726 votes
METASCORE
85
40 votes
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
135,209 votes

Additional Info

  1. IMDb
  2. Official Website
  3. Kids-in-Mind
  4. Common Sense Media