Miles and Jack take a vacation to wine country a week before Jack's wedding. They meet two women that remind them what life should be about. Each is trying to overcome personal issues and the two come to terms with their failures, successes and lives. ... more about Sideways
Warren Schmidt (Nicholson) is forced to deal with an ambiguous future as he enters retirement. Soon after, his wife passes away and he must come to terms with his daughter's marriage to a man he does not care for and the failure that his life has become. ... more about About Schmidt
Tracy Flick is the smartest student in all Carver High and the only one having an affair with a teacher. Her other teacher Mr. McAllister is the most involved teacher at Carver High and is messing around with his wifes best friend. ... more about Election
Ruth Stoops is a poor indigent drug-user (a huffer - inhaling glue and paint for a high) whose down and out existence is complicated once more by becoming pregnant (she has had and lost four children already). ... more about Citizen Ruth