--- title: 'About Schmidt (2002)' type: 'film' director: 'Alexander Payne' released: '2002-01-01' runtime_minutes: 125 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Comedy' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/about-schmidt-2002' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0257360/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # About Schmidt (2002) 2002 · 125 min · Drama, Comedy · United States ## Synopsis About Schmidt is a 2002 American comedy drama film co-written and directed by Alexander Payne and starring Jack Nicholson in the title role. The film also stars Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, and Kathy Bates. It is loosely based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Louis Begley. After it was released in theaters by New Line Cinema on December 13, 2002, the film enjoyed both critical and commercial success, earning $105.8 million on a $30 million budget. ## Credits - **Director:** [Alexander Payne](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-payne) - **Screenplay:** [Alexander Payne](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-payne), [Louis Begley](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-begley), [Jim Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-taylor) - **Original Music Composer:** [Rolfe Kent](https://cinepixo.com/people/rolfe-kent) - **Producer:** [Rachael Horovitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/rachael-horovitz) - **Director of Photography:** [James Glennon](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-glennon) - **Editor:** [Kevin Tent](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-tent) ## Cast - [Len Cariou](https://cinepixo.com/people/len-cariou) - [Kathy Bates](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathy-bates) - [Hope Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/hope-davis) - [Jack Nicholson](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-nicholson) - [June Squibb](https://cinepixo.com/people/june-squibb) - [Angela Lansbury](https://cinepixo.com/people/angela-lansbury) - [Harry Groener](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-groener) - [Howard Hesseman](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-hesseman) - [Connie Ray](https://cinepixo.com/people/connie-ray) - [Dermot Mulroney](https://cinepixo.com/people/dermot-mulroney) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://content.foxsearchlight.com/films/node/4365 Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/about-schmidt-2002 Film facts: Wikidata (Q179460); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.