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About Schmidt
He thought his life didn't matter. Then a six-year-old he'd never met sent a drawing of them holding hands.
Who it's for
Warren Schmidt retires and immediately feels erased: the retirement dinner is hollow and his files end up in the garbage.
Numb→Comforted
Feelings it meets
What it is
Directed by Alexander Payne and loosely based on Louis Begley's novel, the film follows Warren Schmidt, a newly retired insurance actuary who feels purposeless after leaving his career. After the sudden death of his wife Helen, he sponsors a Tanzanian child, Ndugu, and pours his life into letters to him.
Where to find it
Rent or buy on major digital stores. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: A spouse's sudden death.
Age: R (MPAA)
For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face:1 Corinthians 13:12, 1 Corinthians 13:12
