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Synopsis: Warren Schmidt has led a safe, predictable life working in the insurance industry in Omaha, Nebr. 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. An often hilarious series of events follow as Schmidt embarks on an unpredictable RV journey to attend his daughter's wedding in Denver.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Alexander Payne
Production: New Line Cinema
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 25 wins & 69 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
85
Rotten Tomatoes:
85%
R
Year:
2002
125 min
$65,000,000
Website
1,738 Views


very toasted.

And I'II have

some barbecue potato chips.

Not the pIain ones,

those are your mother's.

The barbecue ones are mine.

You and RandaII

can take those pIain ones.

They'II just go to waste.

I won't eat them.

Maybe you can eat them

on the pIane.

Fine.

It's so good to see you.

I wish you didn't have

to get back so soon.

Can't you take a few days more?

CouIdn't you taIk to them

at work?

They'd understand.

Heck...

who's gonna take care of me?

Here's your sandwich.

WonderfuI. Just wonderfuI.

Dad, you have to get used to

taking care of yourseIf now.

I know, I know.

You might have to hire a maid.

A maid?

No. I'II be aII right.

I don't need the extra expense.

At Ieast for a few weeks

whiIe you're deaIing with this.

That's why I'm asking you

to stay and heIp me out.

Dad, I toId you.

I wish I couId,

but I can't.

I've got too much going on.

Even if

I couId get more time off...

I've got the wedding.

That's a fuII-time job

aII its own.

Now that you mention it,

honey...

I think you shouId

consider postponing it.

Postpone the wedding?

We can't do that.

It's aII set.

I'm just saying you might want

to take this opportunity...

to rethink things, that's aII.

But everyone's invited

and RSVP'd.

They'd understand.

Out of respect for your mother.

She wouId have approved.

Mom wouIdn't want us

to change anything.

The thing is, Jeannie...

your mother and I spoke

a number of times...

very seriousIy

about you and RandaII.

And what did she say?

Just that she Ioved you...

and she wanted you

to be very happy...

and maybe this thing

with RandaII--

She just wanted to be sure...

you weren't

going to have any regrets.

So you might want to keep

your options open.

But she heIped us pick the date.

And I was on the phone with her

aImost every day...

pIanning it and ordering things.

I don't know what

you're taIking about.

Mom wouIdn't want us

to change it at aII.

AII right!

Have it your way.

You know best,

you and your mother.

Good sandwich.

Dad?

Why did you get

such a cheap casket?

What?

I couId teII

you got the cheapest casket.

Everybody couId.

That is not true.

I specificaIIy

did not choose...

as you say,

the cheapest casket.

There was

one Iess expensive...

which they showed me,

and I refused it.

You mean a pine box?

I don't remember what it was.

She waited on you

hand and foot.

CouIdn't you have spIurged

on her just once?

What are you taIking about?

What about the Winnebago

out there?

That's an expensive vehicIe.

I didn't want to get it,

but I did.

That was compIeteIy

your mother's idea.

She had to pay for haIf of it.

She had to seII some of

her stock to pay for it.

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Alexander Payne

Alexander Payne is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer, known for the films Election, About Schmidt, Sideways, The Descendants, and Nebraska. more…

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