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Fabnsab

Monday, January 13, 2003 - 11:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, what can I say about this movie?? The acting was great. That is about it. I know alot of people are raving but I must tell you I would have been happy to leave midway. I didn't care about Schmidt one bit. Did I just rhyme? I thought it was long, and depressing. I hate that I feel this way because I enjoy movies that just tell stories-nothing more.

My husband and I just watched 4 movies in 2 days and this was ,by far, the one we could have done without. But on the other hand, some will swear by this movie.

Brenda1966

Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 9:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I was thinking of seeing this because of the great reviews it's getting, but honestly the film doesn't interest me so maybe I'll pass. What were the other things you saw that you liked better?

Ophiliasgrandma

Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 10:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hubby and I are going this afternoon. He is of an age when Schmidt may have some pertinence. I'll let you know.

Ophiliasgrandma

Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 6:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Just returned: Great! But I wouldn't recommend it for anybody under 50, although I think if you are younger and having to deal with older people such as parents, it would be of benefit for you to see. Old age is hell and not for sissys as this movie so elequently points out.

Hummingbird

Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 10:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
What!!! I loved this movie! But why, why, why does Kathy Bates do nude scenes??? I asked the same question after seeing her naked in "At Play in the Fields of the Lord."

Fabnsab

Wednesday, January 15, 2003 - 3:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Brenda, we saw Adaptation(great), Chicago(very good), and Bowling for Columbine(absolutely phenomenal). For Bowling, I wouldn't suggest it to conservative republicans though. It is a political documentary about gun control and Michael Moore doesn't mince words. Liberals would get the most out of this movie.

I can appreciate those who loved Schmidt. I read alot of reviews from regular people. Either it was loved or loathed. I think we know how I swing...

Ophiliasgrandma

Wednesday, January 15, 2003 - 10:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh, I loved seeing Kathy Bates nude. Makes me look like a centerfold model.

Babyruth

Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 5:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It's been a week and I still can't decide if I liked this movie or not. Very good acting by Nicholson (who I can't stand, usually), nice acting by others,too, and I love character films BUT this was either really depressing or sort of motivating. Maybe both.

I say good for you, Kathy Bates, make us all squirm with your obvious self confidence and comfort in your own non-Hollywood, average middle aged spread body. It was definitely part of the character, and made us all as uncomfortable as Jack's character felt. LOL.

Heyltslori

Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 9:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I loved it. I thought Jack did a great job. I thought the whole letter writing part was very funny...and I cried at the end. I will say that the second half dragged on a bit, but that would be the only thing I could find fault with. I think Kathy Bates was great too and I applaud her for the nude scene! I guess I judge movies on how much emotion I experience while watching...and this movie made me both laugh and cry more than once!

Cinnamongirl

Monday, June 09, 2003 - 12:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I agree Lori. I really liked this movie. I LOVE Jack and thought he did a great job. The only part I had trouble with was the daughter. I needed to know why she seemed bitter towards the dad.
My parents are Schmidts age and it really gets you thinking about what the future holds.
I loved the letter writing too...very funny....and I cried bigtime at the end. He DID make a difference :)

Hummingbird

Friday, July 04, 2003 - 9:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I loved this movie but could have done without seeing a naked Kathy Bates. She should keep her clothes on! As a mother of two grown daughters, I have gone through the experience of meeting strange in-laws and seeing my girls marry men who did not leave a very good first impression. I can laugh now because everything turned out okay in the long run. I completely identified with Schmidt's feelings about his dear daughter's fiance'.

Jennywa

Friday, July 25, 2003 - 6:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I just saw this movie last night and I can't get it out of my mind...
Jack was fantastic, way beyond his normal characters or self.
I found it very depressing...even though the ending showed some hope. I, too don't understand the daughter's attitude...I guess their relationship growing up was not as rosy as he remembered it.
Being one year away from retirement and without a spouse, this movie was scary for me. Unlike Jack, however, I think I have made a difference , being a teacher for 27 years. Also , I have a great relationship with my son and his fiance. But still, it really got to me.

Xenopii

Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 12:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I just saw this movie last night, and I can't say that I loved it, but it did make me think, and that's generally a good thing. I remember the daughter saying something to the effect of "Now you care about what goes on in my life?" I took it as an allusion to Warren spending most of his energy before his retirement on his career, but that's just a guess. In any case, it was a new experience for me to see Nicholson play someone who wasn't either psychotic, evil, made psychotic by the presence of evil, or just kinda mean. That may actually be why I liked it.

Brenda1966

Monday, September 29, 2003 - 4:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I just saw this and liked it more than I thought I would. (I think the people who marketed it as a comedy should be shot). It is a sad movie and really made me worry for my parents who are starting to age -- how will one go one without the other?!

I loved seeing Nicholson give a quiet performance and understand now why he was nominated for the OScar. THis was a good, but sad drama.

Boberg

Thursday, October 02, 2003 - 8:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thought this movie was just one long commercial for the "Children's Fund" and found it extremely dissapointing after watching the trailers for it..
Kathy Bates nude scene was the only thing that made this movie memorable..for me at least..it was so unexpected I had to rewind and check to see if I really saw what I thought I saw..LOL..I applaud her guts..no pun intended!

Springer
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03-12-2004

Friday, April 02, 2004 - 7:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I rented this movie the other day and I thought it was great. Love most of Jack Nicholsons movies. I recently retired and can relate to the "dark humor" of this movie. The retirement speech was very much what I experienced. Although I did not go back to work to see if there were any loose ends that I could help them with.....I do wonder how they can possibly do without me. I loved how he poured out his soul to the young child, who couldn't possibly relate to anything he was talking about. The visits to museums as he traveled across the countryside.....my husband likes to do this. The typicalness of the vows and speeches at the wedding is something most of us can relate to. Maybe this movie is enjoyed more by people closer to retirement age because we can relate to to it. We've been there. It reminded me of the humor in the movie "Fargo". The people in "Fargo" are very much like what most people think have stero-typed people in the Midwest. I, being a Minnesotan, saw the humor in this movie, while many others were insulted. These movies are spoofs of life....and they made me laugh.