About schmidt is Different.
"About Schmidt" is a great film. Bitter humor, all-pervading lie, the infinite sadness of loneliness and failure, sincere egoism, everyday dullness, desperate and quiet hope - this is life, and in a non-blatant, nor melodramatic manner.
It is a story about a retired insurance biggie, who has made quite a fortune for himself, has been married HAPPILY for 42 years, and now just about to start the pleasurable post retirement journey. Everything set and done, but somewhere a little thing crops up, where was life in all those years he worked to earn a house, an adventurer caravan and a wife whom she thought to be "Who's that old lady living in my house ?"
About schmidt doesnt comes up with the "old man gettin a life" notion, instead its more of a gradual journey which ends up with the conclusion that time wasted is TIME WASTED.
Schmidt knows or as the movie progresses comes to terms with himself and discovers that when you need to fake it, you need to fake it. The movie basically scores for me for two main reasons:
One, the brilliant cinematography, the beautiful travel postcard images and the near perfect use of color hues to carry the emotions Scmidt is in (All through the film, schmidt is surrounded by melancholy blues, whether its his office, his couch, his clothes or the night sky).
Two, the film doesnt have an ending where the bucket list is completed and the protagnist dies smiling, its an end which could well tell you that you better do some thinking about your life boss.
About schmidt is certainly worth its time and a good watch. JACK NICHOLSON is a brilliant actor and anything said about his performance would be an understatement, he restrains from his wicked humor characters and delivers a perfect semi broken schmidt.
Its a Sad movie, the sort of which gives you something to churn on.
I suggest ABOUT SCMIDT to be a 7/10.
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