Description On his retirement Warren Schmidt is uncertain about his future but when he loses his wife he has to come to terms with a son-in-law he dislikes and the waste he has made of his life...
| Credits | | Producer: | Harry Gittes, Michael Besman, Rolfe Kent | | Score Composer: | Rolfe Kent |
Editorial Reviews "...This may be Nicholson's boldest performance. It's certainly one of his best..." Rolling Stone - p.116 - Peter Travers
"...The power of this great movie -- part comedy, part tragedy, part satire, mostly masterpiece -- is in the details..." Entertainment Weekly - p.58 - Lisa Schwarzbaum
"...Instead of flash, what Mr. Nicholson brings to his role is a sorrowful awareness of human complexity whose emotional depth matches anything he has done in the movies before..." New York Times - p.15 - Stephen Holden
"...[Nicholson's] restraint is superbly on the mark..." USA Today - p.8E - Mike Clark
"...[Nicholson's] acting is at once edgy and restrained, holding his natural exuberance on a tight leash, festering with dormant energies..." Sight and Sound - p.34 - Xan Brooks
"...The film is a gutsy, truthful, deeply rooted vision of contemporary American life, scaled to the size of an ordinary man....Payne has become the most gifted comic social satirist to hit our movies since Preston Sturges..." Los Angeles Times - p.C1 - Manohla Dargis
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