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2002 · 125 min · R

About Schmidt

Directed by Alexander Payne · Drama, Comedy

About Schmidt (2002) is a Drama film, directed by Alexander Payne set in Omaha and Denver during the 2000s. It runs 125 minutes and is rated R.

A road trip, with a melancholic and darkly comic tone. Themes of mortality & aging, grief & loss, and family & loyalty play out through frame narrative.

Composer
Rolfe Kent
Cinematography
James Glennon
Cast
Jack NicholsonKathy BatesHope DavisDermot MulroneyJune SquibbHoward HessemanHarry GroenerConnie Ray

The world of this film

Setting

Where
OmahaDenver
Setting
SuburbanRural
When
2000s

Premise & themes

Premise
Road Trip
Themes
Mortality & AgingGrief & LossFamily & Loyalty
Structure
Frame Narrative
Tone
MelancholicDarkly ComicContemplative

Shape

Protagonist
Solo LeadAntihero
Pacing
Measured
Based on
Pure Fiction

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