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About Schmidt
MEANRANK
74/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1618
- IMDb #1702
- Rotten Tomatoes #1624
- Metacritic #416
- Letterboxd #1762
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1433
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2228
- Metacritic Critics #386
- Metacritic Audience #779
- Criticker #1443
- Douban #875
- Kinopoisk #1768
- AlloCiné #3210
- Trakt #3026
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 52, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 86. Critics average 86, everyone else 72.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A recently retired actuary finds himself adrift and filled with regret after the death of his wife. He embarks on a cross-country road trip in his RV to Denver to prevent his daughter from marrying a man he deems unworthy. His journey is a lonely reflection on a life he views as meaningless, leading him to question his choices and search for some form of legacy before it's too late.
Details
- Director
- Alexander Payne
- Writers
- Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
- Based on
- About Schmidt by Louis Begley
- Studio
- Avery Pix, New Line Cinema
- Released
- 12 December 2002
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $30.0M
- Box office
- $105.8M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 8 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 10 →2 major awards won · 2 wins from 10 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| 60th Golden Globe Awards 2002 | Best Screenplay | Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor | Winner |
| 60th Golden Globe Awards 2002 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Jack Nicholson | Winner |
| 60th Golden Globe Awards 2002 | Best Supporting Actress | Kathy Bates | Nominee |
| 60th Golden Globe Awards 2002 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominee | |
| 60th Golden Globe Awards 2002 | Best Director | Alexander Payne | Nominee |
| 75th Academy Awards 2002 | Best Actor | Jack Nicholson | Nominee |
| 75th Academy Awards 2002 | Best Supporting Actress | Kathy Bates | Nominee |
| 56th British Academy Film Awards 2002 | Best Actor | Jack Nicholson | Nominee |
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10 awards — About Schmidt
×| Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Jack Nicholson | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor | Winner |
| Best Director | Alexander Payne | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Kathy Bates | Nominee |
| Best Actor | Jack Nicholson | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Kathy Bates | Nominee |
| Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Jack Nicholson | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture Drama | Kathy Bates | Nominee |
| Best Actor | Jack Nicholson | Nominee |