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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Louis Begley (novel)
Alexander Payne (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
20 December 2002 (USA) more
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Schmidt Happens
Plot:
Warren Schmidt is a man in his 60's. While trying to run his daughter's life, he realizes that he wasted his. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 19 wins & 29 nominations more
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Decade in Review: 2002 Top Ten
 (From FilmExperience. 2 December 2009, 7:58 PM, PST)

Everybody's (Sorta) Fine
 (From IFC. 12 November 2009, 3:00 AM, PST)

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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jack Nicholson ... Warren Schmidt

Kathy Bates ... Roberta Hertzel

Hope Davis ... Jeannie Schmidt

Dermot Mulroney ... Randall Hertzel
June Squibb ... Helen Schmidt

Howard Hesseman ... Larry Hertzel
Harry Groener ... John Rusk
Connie Ray ... Vicki Rusk

Len Cariou ... Ray Nichols
Mark Venhuizen ... Duncan Hertzel
Cheryl Hamada ... Saundra

Phil Reeves ... Minister in Denver

Matt Winston ... Gary Nordin - Warren's Replacement

James M. Connor ... Randall's Best Man (as James Micheal Connor)
Jill Anderson ... Bridesmaid Reading St. Paul
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MPAA:
Rated R for some language and brief nudity.
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125 min
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The exterior shots of the "fraternity house" are of the actual Delta Delta Delta house at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. more
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Continuity: Warren Schmidt's home address is listed as 5042 Farnam Street for most of the film, but at the end, when he gets the letter from the nun, the address on the envelope is listed as 5402 Farnam Street (although, admittedly, it is not unheard of for mis-addressed letters to be delivered). more
Quotes:
Warren Schmidt: Relatively soon, I will die. Maybe in 20 years, maybe tomorrow, it doesn't matter. Once I am dead and everyone who knew me dies too, it will be as though I never existed. What difference has my life made to anyone. None that I can think of. None at all. more
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You Wear It Well more

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29 out of 45 people found the following comment useful.
Masterpiece, 15 April 2004
Author: bat2111 from Aachen, Germany

This film was a masterpiece. It even shows that Nicholson is able to act unusually. We are used to him as grinning a man with pointed irony and sarcasm. But in the role of Warren Schmidt he did not use this specific talent just to entertain us but to open our mind for the possibly deep emptiness of people who call somewhere in their life and recognize that they aren't as rich as they are supposed to be. Schmidt tries to convince the audience that a full life should be the goal instead of just living without being aware of the own role. This can give a very positive motivation for every age.

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