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Newly retired from the insurance industry, Omaha native Warren Schmidt embarks on an RV journey to his estranged daughter Jeannie's wedding in Denver Colorado, only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected.
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Warren Schmidt (Jack Nicholson) has led a safe, predictable life working in the insurance industry in Omaha, Nebraska for many years, yet now faces retirement. At the same time, he is forced to take a hard look at his wife, his life, and his relationship with his estranged daughter.
ABOUT SCHMIDT puts a new face on film satire, embodied in a towering performance by Jack Nicholson. The movie presents America's heartland with a richness of detail that brings a unique light to this funny, sad and always captivating tale.
Schmidt has newly retired from a lifetime of working in the insurance industry. His replacement a young hotshot has no time for him. Schmidt is secretly irritated by his wife and she by him after we find out when she suddenly dies that she had an affair.
Warren is in a hot tub. Roberta drops her robe to enter the hot tub, revealing her breasts for about a second; she reaches under the water to touch his leg while making a mildly suggestive remark. He recoils and gets out of the hot tub. A man and a woman kiss; he touches her clothed breast. A man kisses a woman and she pulls away, yelling at him.
Two sequels to the novel "About Schmidt" were written by Louis Begley: "Schmidt Delivered" and "Schmidt Steps Back". Writer and director Alexander Payne, who has the movie rights to the series, has declined to produce either, as he avoids making sequels of his work.
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Newly retired from the insurance industry, Omaha native Warren Schmidt embarks on an RV journey to his estranged daughter Jeannie's wedding in Denver Colorado, only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected.
