About Schmidt

Cletus 2022-03-21 09:01:44

Mr. Schmidt, 66, retired and idled at home, bored by his idle life. He still gets up at 7 o'clock every day, but he is accompanied by boring charades and an annoying wife. Schmidt needs to find something to change his life, so he plans to sponsor an orphan Ndugu in Tanzania. Pen wrote him the first letter. The sudden death of his wife made his life even more deserted. He once began to miss that boring woman, but at this moment, he found a love letter from his wife and another man in his wife's dressing room. Schmidt decided to drive alone to travel, he went to many places where he had lived, and recalled that year with a lot of emotion. After kissing a married woman on a whim, he slowly forgave his wife. His daughter's marriage is worse than he imagined, and his mediocre husband and incredible family make him more worried about his daughter's future, but he can't change all this. During the trip, he never stopped writing letters to Endugu. In the letters, Schmidt described his life and confusion in detail. When Schmidt attended his daughter's wedding, he unexpectedly received a reply from Endugu when he returned home. Looking at the simple words and pictures of Endugu's innocence, Schmidt suddenly burst into tears...

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  • Josie 2022-04-20 09:01:38

    The film is not a "find yourself" film because the protagonist really has nothing to look for

  • Piper 2022-03-26 09:01:04

    Life is a meaningless tragicomedy. We get nothing, keep nothing, and change nothing.

About Schmidt quotes

  • Warren Schmidt: [On top of Winnebago at night talking to his dead wife] Helen, what did you really think of me deep in your heart? Was I really the man you wanted to be with? Was I? Or were you disappointed but too nice to show it?

  • Warren Schmidt: You've got to appreciate what you have while you still have it.