定年退職、妻の死、娘の結婚。すべてを失いかけたとき、人生最高の贈り物が届く……。名優ジャック・ニコルソンと新鋭アレクサンダー・ペインが、すべての人々におくる深い感動のストーリー。
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製作費: $30,000,000 (45億円)
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監督: Alexander Payne
脚本: Alexander Payne / Louis Begley / ジム・テイラー
音楽: Rolfe Kent
制作: レイチェル・ホロヴィッツ / ビル・バダラート / Harry Gittes
撮影監督: James Glennon
制作会社: Avery Pix / New Line Cinema
***Quietly amusing meditation on one’s life post 9:00-to-5:00 grind*** Warren Schmidt (Jack Nicholson) retires from an insurance agency in Omaha and takes a road trip in his new RV, hoping maybe to reconnect with his daughter (Hope Davis) during her wedding in Denver. The distinguishing bracket for the story revolves around Warren honestly writing his new sponsor-child in Tanzania. June Squibb plays his wife, Dermot Mulroney his imminent son-in-law and Kathy Bates the latter’s mother. Howard Hesseman also shows up. “About Schmidt” (2002) is a coming-of-old-age road flick, far superior to the similar “Everybody’s Fine” (2009) with De Niro. You can’t help but think of Thoreau’s observation “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.” But, unlike the dull De Niro film, this one has a sense of humor amidst the melancholic-but-insightful proceedings. It’s a lesson on the negative side of giving up your life to the grind for a good paycheck and nice house in the ’burbs. Yet, also, that it’s never too late to live again, as well as realize & perhaps make up for your sincere, but sincerely wrong shortcomings. The movie runs 2 hours, 5 minutes, and was shot in Nebraska and surrounding points. GRADE: B
Jack Nicholson proved he's not just an interesting face.
