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About Schmidt

Movie · 2002 · 125 min

A quiet, bittersweet road movie that drifts through loneliness and regret, then lands with a small, unexpected ache of grace.

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2002 film directed by Alexander Payne
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Year
2002
Runtime
125 min
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • loneliness
  • family
  • identity
  • aging
Places
  • road trip
  • suburbs
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism9
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

Details

Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Alexander Payne
Written by
Alexander Payne, Louis Begley, Jim Taylor
Starring
Jack Nicholson, Kathy Bates, Angela Lansbury, Dermot Mulroney, June Squibb, Hope Davis, Len Cariou, Howard Hesseman
Music
Rolfe Kent
Cinematography
James Glennon
Runtime
125 min
Country
United States
Languages
English

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