Alexander Payne’s end-of-life road movie About Schmidt (New Line) is like a Twilight Zone episode in which Jack Nicholson awakes to find himself a 66-year-old former actuary and assistant vice ...

Alexander Payne told me that he saw Schmidt as a small man. That’s what I gave him. This is very specifically a muted performance.” What we said: “Nicholson has plenty of opportunities to ...

ABOUT SCHMIDT: Comedy-drama. Starring Jack Nicholson, Hope Davis and Kathy Bates. Directed by Alexander Payne. (R. 120 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) "About Schmidt" is the movie that dares to ...

One of the best actors of his generation, Jack Nicholson built a prolific career of rich, dynamic, emotionally complex and often terrifying performances. To narrow down his “best” performances ...

The buzz began in earnest four months ago, just after About Schmidt first screened at the Cannes Film Festival. Jack really delivers! He's looking at Oscar No. 4! Nicholson certainly won't discuss ...

2002-12-15 04:00:00 PDT Los Angeles-- "I am weak and I'm a failure and when I die it won't matter to anyone." That line, uttered by Jack Nicholson near the end of the new movie "About Schmidt ...

This is a human movie – human problems, human aspirations, human frailties." In his role as Warren Schmidt, a retired and widowed insurance actuary taking stock of his life, Nicholson is getting ...