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Release Date:
20 December 2002 (USA)
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Tagline:
Schmidt Happens
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Warren Schmidt is a man in his 60's. While trying to run his daughter's life, he realizes that he wasted his. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
Another 19 wins
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29 nominations
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Everybody's (Sorta) Fine
(From IFC. 12 November 2009, 3:00 AM, PST)
De Niro to the 7th? (Oscar's Male Hierarchy)
(From FilmExperience. 6 November 2009, 3:46 AM, PST)
(From IFC. 12 November 2009, 3:00 AM, PST)
De Niro to the 7th? (Oscar's Male Hierarchy)
(From FilmExperience. 6 November 2009, 3:46 AM, PST)
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One of Jack Nicholson's best and certainly to be remembered as one of the best films of the first decade of the 21st century
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jack Nicholson | ... | Warren Schmidt |
 | Kathy Bates | ... | Roberta Hertzel |
 | Hope Davis | ... | Jeannie Schmidt |
 | Dermot Mulroney | ... | Randall Hertzel |
 | June Squibb | ... | Helen Schmidt |
 | Howard Hesseman | ... | Larry Hertzel |
| Harry Groener | ... | John Rusk |
| Connie Ray | ... | Vicki Rusk |
 | Len Cariou | ... | Ray Nichols |
| Mark Venhuizen | ... | Duncan Hertzel |
| Cheryl Hamada | ... | Saundra |
 | Phil Reeves | ... | Minister in Denver |
 | Matt Winston | ... | Gary Nordin - Warren's Replacement |
 | James M. Connor | ... | Randall's Best Man (as James Micheal Connor) |
| Jill Anderson | ... | Bridesmaid Reading St. Paul |
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Rated R for some language and brief nudity.
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125 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Malaysia:U |
Portugal:M/12 (original rating) |
Finland:K-3 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Brazil:12 |
Canada:14A |
France:U |
Germany:6 (bw) |
Hong Kong:IIA |
Iceland:L |
Netherlands:AL |
New Zealand:M |
Norway:7 |
Peru:14 |
Singapore:NC-16 |
South Korea:12 |
Spain:T |
Sweden:7 |
Switzerland:12 (canton of the Grisons) |
Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:15 |
USA:R (certificate #38731)
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The church shown during the wedding rehearsal is in Boulder, Colorado, 20 miles northwest of Denver. The church can be seen on the right from Hwy. 36 just as you enter town.
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Continuity: The broccoli changes position between shots on Schmidt's plate during Ray's speech.
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Warren Schmidt:
Relatively soon, I will die. Maybe in 20 years, maybe tomorrow, it doesn't matter. Once I am dead and everyone who knew me dies too, it will be as though I never existed. What difference has my life made to anyone. None that I can think of. None at all.
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Jack Nicholson was robbed of another deserving Oscar for his portrayal of the lead character in this movie. This movie was very funny, but in a very dry, painfully realistic manner, like hitting your funny bone.
Nicholson plays a man, who upon retiring, loses his wife of many years. His daughter who lives in another state and who he isn't very close to informs him that she's about to marry. He goes out to meet the future son-in-law and his family who turn out to be basically one rung up the ladder above trailer trash.
Dermot Mulroney turns in another excellent performance this time as the dim witted fiancé. Why he's not more respected in the industry I'll never know. Hope Davis is perfect in this role as the daughter who somehow always gets the short stick in life. Kathy Bates as an abrasive, obnoxious mother of the groom is something to see. She deserved her Oscar nomination as well.
The movie is an extremely stark, gray, black humor piece that is frighteningly true to life. Pushed a few more degrees in another direction and it could have been just one long root canal, but the director, Alexander Payne, walked just this side of that fine line between comedy and tragedy. Will most assuredly be one of the best movies of the fist decade of the new century.