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About Schmidt is a 2002 drama comedy film, directed by Alexander Payne, starring Jack Nicholson, Kathy Bates and Hope Davis.
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60 of 71 · most liked firstOnly one King... Happy Bday, Jack Nicholson 4/22/37 12 Oscar nods: 69 Easy Rider 70 Five Easy Pieces 73 Last Detail 74 Chinatown 75 One Flew Over Cuckoo's Nest (w) 81 Reds 83 Terms of Endearment (w) 85 Prizzi's Honor 87 Ironweed 92 Few Good Men 97 As Good As It Gets (w) 02 About Schmidt #filmsky 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →Only one King... Happy Bday, Jack Nicholson 4/22/37 12 Oscar nods: 69 Easy Rider 70 Five Easy Pieces 73 Last Detail 74 Chinatown 75 One Flew Over Cuckoo's Nest (w) 81 Reds 83 Terms of Endearment (w) 85 Prizzi's Honor 87 Ironweed 92 Few Good Men 97 As Good As It Gets (w) 02 About Schmidt #filmsky 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →Sometimes I think the best movie about being kind of an old guy is About Schmidt
positive · AI labelView post →Johnny's Cafe won a James Beard Award! My husband and I had our rehearsal dinner there almost 25 years ago & it's still a favorite ❤️ Non-locals might recognize Johnny's from the movie About Schmidt (photos below) flatwaterfreepress.org/iconic-steak...
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie haul after work right as the thrift store was closing: 1. Revenge Of The Sith, special edition 2. About Schmidt 3. Ocean's Twelve 4. Scarface, special edition 4. I'm surprisingly not a big Tolkien fan but the Lord Of The Rings trilogy because fuck it, $3
neutral · AI labelView post →Finally, an excuse for me to share the greatest film ever made about Omaha: "Short Film #4" from the "About Schmidt" DVD bonus features. youtu.be/fHBQU6EEghQ?...
positive · AI labelView post →My favorite niche fact is the film About Schmidt had a handful of shots of Jack Nicholson on my college campus.
neutral · AI labelView post →Today is Jack Nicholson's 89th birthday. When I think of which Jack movie had the greatest impact on me, it's not Chinatown, Cuckoo's Nest, or even Batman. It's About Schmidt, a darkly comic cautionary tale I saw at the precise age I needed to (I just turned 18). Let Roger explain.
positive · AI labelView post →On this day in movie history: About Schmidt directed by Alexander Payne released December 13, 2002. Cast: Jack Nicholson, Kathy Bates, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, June Squibb, Howard Hesseman, Harry Groener, Connie Ray, Len Cariou, Matt Winston, Phil Reeves, Mark Venhuizen, Cheryl Hamada. #Drama
neutral · AI labelView post →Bookshop dot org and Thriftbooks delivered today (well, yesterday). @donikakelly.bsky.social and @ilanaslightly.bsky.social , I’m reading y’all this weekend 💗 (The Begley books are because I want the About Schmidt source material, which seems v different from the film)!
neutral · AI labelView post →I see that Jack Nicholson is "trending," for it is his birthday (his 88th). When people mention his great roles, his great movies, they usually omit "About Schmidt" (2002). An opinion: If he had made no other movie at all, Nicholson should be known as a great actor for that.
positive · AI labelView post →My favorite film performances from the 2000s. Jack Nicholson, Warren Schmidt, "About Schmidt" (directed by Alexander Payne). #movies #films #aboutschmidt #jacknicholson #alexanderpayne
positive · AI labelView post →I have never in my life watched the ending of About Schmidt without crying actual tears down my face. I don't even have to have watched the rest of the film.
positive · AI labelView post →Re: accurate portrayals of professions in movies, the only actuary in a movie is Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt (Ben Stiller in Along Came Polly was not an actuary contrary to public perception). Can confirm you get jaded in your boring insurance job and end up in a hot tub with naked Kathy Bates
positive · AI labelView post →Kathy Bates was director Rob Marshall's first choice to play Matron Mama Morton, but she was scheduled to film About Schmidt. Instead, he turned to singer-actress Queen Latifah. 22/40
neutral · AI labelView post →That guy running out of his swangin' also always makes me laugh as well. It's a great film. Reminds me of showing my parents "About Schmidt" right before I left for Peace Corps when they were both just after 50, and I think that hit them both pretty hard.
positive · AI labelView post →Spell a film you love with the first letters of other films you love: Barton Fink Reds About Schmidt Zabriskie Point Internal Affairs L’Amour en fuite #filmsky #moviesky
neutral · AI labelView post →Bales2025FilmChallenge Day 31 - A Letter About Schmidt (2022) Alexander Payne WarrenSchmidt decides to sponsor and receives an info package with a photo of his foster child, a small Tanzanian boy named Ndugu Umbo, to whom he relates his life in a series of letters. --such a beautiful film!
positive · AI labelView post →New from Solzy at the Movies: About Schmidt Marks 20th Anniversary #AboutSchmidt #film #movies https://www.solzyatthemovies.com/2022/12/13/about-schmidt-marks-20th-anniversary/
neutral · AI labelView post →If they gave Jack Nicholson yet another Oscar for About Schmidt instead of Adrian Brody who won that year for The Pianist, then Chalamet would've won for the Bob Dylan movie. (What?) Idk i think it's entirely possible that the reason Brody won the second time was because he won a first time!
neutral · AI labelView post →I've never watched "About Schmidt" and know nothing about it beyond having heard of the film title. Sigh . . . guess this is another one to add to my growing list. Your film recs are pretty good.
neutral · AI labelView post →Watch: About Schmidt. Great movie. Trash: The Abyss. I'm so fed up with Cameron as a person, plus I feel like the ham fisted delivery of the film's message hasn't aged that well. Give me Deepstar Six or Leviathan over this any day...
positive · AI labelView post →Second-chance tour: Alexander Payne’s funny, defiantly unsentimental, yet ultimately moving road movie ABOUT SCHMIDT (2002) "audits the life of a career curmudgeon in retirement". My ancient review. projectedfigures.com/2025/12/27/a...
neutral · AI labelView post →About Schmidt when I was maybe 15. Not a great movie to try and winch to!
negative · AI labelView post →Dear NDugu, my favorite Nicholson is a restrained one. So THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS is edged out by ABOUT SCHMIDT, a film of defeat worthy of Alexander Mackendrick. In it, he is tasked with embodying complete lack of self-respect in a buttoned-down mind.
positive · AI labelView post →A movie that takes place where you’re from. About Schmidt. movie-locations.com/movies/a/Abo...
neutral · AI labelView post →Excited about seeing a new Alexander Payne movie today. Lowkey one of the best directors of my lifetime. About Schmidt and Nebraska, although not as popular as Sideways or Election, are my two favorites of his.
positive · AI labelView post →Yes, probably the only Coen Bros. movie I didn't like. I thought it looked great but I hated every aspect of the character. Felt the same way towards 'About Schmidt'.
negative · AI labelView post →I only saw it once and don’t remember a second of it, offensive or otherwise. Or maybe it was About Schmidt that I saw. Eh, they’re basically the same movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Rewatching About Schmidt 2009 I am on a Mr. Jack Nicholson binge! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ youtu.be/G-dafG40eGU?...
positive · AI labelView post →Adjacent to this: I love the movie "About Schmidt". Even closer to what you're talking about: "Henry Himself" by Stewart O'Nan.
positive · AI labelView post →I didn't see anyone list "Manchester by the Sea," but that devastated me, but also surprisingly humorous in parts. An even more comedic film that will sneak up on you until the very last shot: "About Schmidt." My favorite Jack Nicholson performance too! "Aftersun" is another recent one...
positive · AI labelView post →I think a lot about the genius film About Schmidt. The last letter he writes. I think about how it handles mortality. The best reading Jack Nicholson ever gave was “I’m going to die soon.” He doesn’t deliver it in horror or fear. He’s content and at peace. And I find that so poetic.
positive · AI labelView post →This is from the movie "About Schmidt". When I watched the movie, very long ago, me and the person I was with noticed this shot to be a clear reference to the painting Death of Marat. Ever since, whenever I see the painting, I immediately remember this shot from the movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →So last night I browsed every comedy TV series and comedy movie they offer. It took me a while to find how to do this. And now I feel greatly rewarded. They have About Schmidt! I've long thought this movie is a masterpiece.
positive · AI labelView post →Reminds me of that movie "About Schmidt" Schmidt visits his young successor at the company where he used to work to offer his help, but he is politely declined. As he leaves the building, he sees the contents and files of his office set out for the garbage.
neutral · AI labelView post →It reminds me of right after my mom died I watched “About Schmidt” and I don’t remember much about that movie tbh but I remember the character’s wife dying, and Jack Nicholson is my dad’s age, and me thinking “WHY AM I WATCHING THIS RIGHT NOW”
neutral · AI labelView post →Go on, BlueSky! In order, 1-5, (1 top) your favourite Jack Nicholson films? 1. Chinatown 2. King of Marvin Gardens 3. The Postman Always Rings Twice 4. About Schmidt 5. The Pledge #movies #film #JackNicholson
neutral · AI labelView post →I got this one, the ‘66 Batman movie, the Mask, Mars Attacks and About Schmidt at the Goodwill 😁😁😁😁😁 I pity the fool who throws out their DVDs.
neutral · AI labelView post →NEBRASKA (2013) - I wavered on this but I really liked it in the end, hit that bittersweet spot just right - I also just realised Alexander Payne also did About Schmidt which I remember liking and is basically the same movie - needed more of my babygirl 🥺
positive · AI labelView post →I was born in 1974. I’m choosing one movie per day from each year to today. (Playing along with @freddy3.bsky.social ) #filmsky #moviesky 🎥 🍿 29 out of 51, 2002: ‘About Schmidt’
neutral · AI labelView post →If you want the most accurate depiction of people from Kansas, it’s the Alexander Payne movie “About Schmidt” with Jack Nicholson.
positive · AI labelView post →Realized today that "Dear Ndugu" still lives rent-free in my mind as honorific of choice when writing letters LOL (from the 2002 movie "About Schmidt")
neutral · AI labelView post →A new prestige episode of @attcpod.bsky.social is here! This week, @trippburton13.bsky.social and I discuss the Academy Award nominated film ABOUT SCHMIDT. A rare instance where Tripp has seen the film before but I haven’t! Spoiler: I liked it! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
positive · AI labelView post →Ha, and there I go spelling the movie title wrong... Oh well. It's About Schmidt, not Shmidt!
neutral · AI labelView post →Sometimes all you need is a sit and vibe movie. Mine, for whatever reason, is About Schmidt. No idea why, it just is.
positive · AI labelView post →I guess the problem is that I pretty much always feel like Jack Nicholson's character at the end of About Schmidt, except unlike in the movie, the letter from the little African boy never comes.
positive · AI labelView post →"About Schmidt" (2001) is a film about a man whose wife dies and him coping with it. It's a very intimate story and, as I call it, a small-town. It was listed as dark comedy, but I think it's wrong. It's a quiet drama with some funny angles; because life's funny sometimes, too. Jack Nicholson […]
positive · AI labelView post →"About Schmidt" (2001) is a film about a man whose wife dies and him coping with it. It's a very intimate story and, as I call it, a small-town. It was listed as dark comedy, but I think it's wrong. It's a quiet drama with some funny angles; because life's funny sometimes, too. Jack Nicholson nailed a man without characteristics. The sections where he reads letters to an African boy, often conflicting with what's on screen, were a nice technique. #AboutSchmidt
positive · AI labelView post →The (movie) About Schmidt 1080p (Prime)(US) $4.99 (Comedy) (iMDB) 7.3 Cast: Jack Nicholson, Kathy Bates, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, June Squibb, Howard Hesseman
neutral · AI labelView post →The movie About Schmidt. Which isn't really remarkable except it makes you realize that Jack Nicholson was already *really goddamned old* when ICE was created.
neutral · AI labelView post →The (movie) About Schmidt 1080p (iTunes)(DE) €3.99 (Comedy) (iMDB) 7.3 Cast: Jack Nicholson, Kathy Bates, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, June Squibb, Howard Hesseman
neutral · AI labelView post →About Schmidt, one of the great acclaimed movies and the big peak itself The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. So, I rather watch one of the best movies of 2002/03 in case of The Return of the King than one of the worst movies of the 2002. View From the Top is the true worst movie of 2002....
negative · AI labelView post →About Schmidt Alexander Payne, 2002 This movie hits differently at 52 than at 32. Time running short pings to midlife doldrums. Birth, school, work, death-level doom. The clock's ticking. Do your life before it's too late. Schmidt is the warning. #FilmReview: larrys100.writeas.com/about-schmid...
positive · AI labelView post →Jack Nicholson's finest performance was in ABOUT SCHMIDT, and if you were to watch only one movie of his, that is the one you should watch.
positive · AI labelView post →Rewatched “About Schmidt.” Still holds up. Great film. Rewatched “Inception.” Still don’t quite understand what happens. But maybe get 75% of the plot now, as opposed to 45%.
positive · AI labelView post →There's a scene in About Schmidt (underrated movie!) where the retired character goes back to see some colleagues. He walks by a dumpster and finds the plans he'd worked on diligently for years. Not sure why this scene occurred to me on reading about Sen. Wyden's letter to Trump's DOJ.
positive · AI labelView post →The (movie) About Schmidt (HD/HDX) (SD) is available today on (Vudu) (US) for $5 Cast: Jack Nicholson, Kathy Bates, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, June Squibb, Howard Hesseman Genre: (Comedy) (Movies Anywhere) Trailer & Reviews : www.rottentomatoes.com/m/about_schm...
neutral · AI labelView post →Ian McKellen was well-known in theatre but was 54 when he appeared in the film Richard III; June Squibb was 73 when she played Jack Nicholson's wife in About Schmidt
neutral · AI labelView post →22 May 2002: Comedy drama ‘About Schmidt’, loosely based on the eponymous 1996 novel and directed by Alexander Payne, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Rotten Tomatoes score: 86% Metacritic score: 85/100 #FilmSky #MovieSky #TodayAtTheMovies
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