About Schmidt
(2002)
Regisseur:
Alexander PayneSchauspieler:
Jack Nicholson, Kathy Bates, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, June Squibb, Howard Hesseman, Connie Ray, Harry Groener, Cheryl Hamada, Matt Winston, Len Cariou, James M. Connor, Jill Anderson, Mark VenhuizenFrisch aufs berufliche Abstellgleis geschoben, blickt der leicht misanthropisch veranlagte Ex-Versicherungsvertreter Warren Schmidt (Jack Nicholson) einer ungewissen Zukunft entgegen. Als bald darauf auch noch seine Frau verstirbt und Warren in ihrer Hinterlassenschaft Hinweise darauf findet, dass sie ihn seit Jahren mit seinem besten Freund betrogen hat, hält ihn nichts mehr an seinem Heimatort. Kurzerhand schwingt er sich in sein Wohnmobil und braust Richtung Denver, wo es die Heirat der Tochter mit einem Wasserbettvertreter zu torpedieren gilt.
Furiose One-Man-Show von Jack Nicholson in Alexander Paynes perfekt zwischen reinem Vergnügen und ergreifenden Momenten balancierender Tragikomödie.
66-year-old Warren Schmidt is a retired insurance salesman and has no particular plans other than to drive around in the motor home his wife insisted they buy. He's not altogether bitter, but not happy either, as everything his wife does annoys him, and he disapproves of the man his daughter is about to marry. When his wife suddenly dies, he sets out to postpone the imminent marriage of his daughter to a man he doesn't like, while coping with discoveries about his late wife and himself in the process.
66-year-old Warren Schmidt is a retired insurance salesman and has no particular plans other than to drive around in the motor home his wife insisted they buy. He's not altogether bitter, but not happy either, as everything his wife does annoys him, and he disapproves of the man his daughter is about to marry. When his wife suddenly dies, he sets out to postpone the imminent marriage of his daughter to a man he doesn't like, while coping with discoveries about his late wife and himself in the process.