About Schmidt, directed by Alexander Payne
C I N E M A <> C L A S S I C S
Cyrano RATING: ****
BY JOANNE LAURIER | WSWS : Arts Review : Film Reviews 17 January 2003
A LIFE’S LABOR LOST
About Schmidt directed by Alexander Payne; written by Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, based on the novel by Louis Begley
About Schmidt is about Warren Schmidt, a middle-aged, Middle American in a post-career crisis. The latest film by Alexander Payne (Election, Citizen Ruth) scrutinizes features of America’s social fabric with a relatively sharp eye. [Read more →]