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About Schmidt (2002)

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All Time

of 190,116

446

2000's

of 33,985

106

2002

of 8,086

14
Comedy
- Comedy All Time
  
  of 36,542
  
  68
  
  Comedy of 2002
  
  of 858
  
  2
  
  Comedy of the 2000's
  
  of 7,297
  
  15

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About Schmidt (2002) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:3.1481

Avg Critic Score:3.1124

About Schmidt (2002) Movie Reviews

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Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice

It's that face that lingers in one's mind, long after the closing credits. You've likely seen the face before, albeit in slightly different mutations. ...read the complete About Schmidt movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice

Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

Get this: Jack Nicholson -- still the epitome of cool at sixty-five -- starring as an unhip, unhappy Nebraska actuary in About Schmidt. There's no bad-boy DNA in Warren Schmidt. ...read the complete About Schmidt movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

It is also Nicholson at his bravest and riskiest. By banking his fires and staying alert to the smallest details, he delivers a monumental performance that blasts your expectations and batters your heart. ...read the complete About Schmidt movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

Nicholson's acting sets a new gold standard, making Schmidt a movie you won't forget. ...read the complete About Schmidt movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

About Schmidt is billed as a comedy. It is funny to the degree that Nicholson is funny playing Schmidt, and funny in terms of some of his adventures, but at bottom it is tragic. ...read the complete About Schmidt movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

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Orlando Weekly (--)

The people in Schmidt's life are just like the people in ours: flawed, frequently ridiculous, but possessed of their own peculiar dignity....read the complete About Schmidt (2002) review at Orlando Weekly (--)

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Lobo Howls (Judith Wolfe)

What's a guy to do when he retires, is pretty much alone and has no hopes or dreams? How does a road trip to self-discovery in a Winnebago going from Omaha to Denver sound to you? Well, our protagonist, Warren Schmidt is faced with this dilemma and...read the complete About Schmidt (2002) review at Lobo Howls (Judith Wolfe)

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All Movie Guide (Josh Ralske)

While About Schmidt features Jack Nicholson's most impressively controlled performance in many years, the film's mix of bleakness and cheap laughs has to be seen as a disappointment after the sharp satire and moral complexity of Election ....read the complete About Schmidt (2002) review at All Movie Guide (Josh Ralske)

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San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)

Payne has taken a giant of American acting and awakened a midget in him -- a miserable, grumpy bore who seems to deserve his pipsqueak destiny....read the complete About Schmidt (2002) review at San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)

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