71.1

ComedyDrama

About Schmidt

ComedyDrama

About Schmidt

2002 · 125 min · United States · English

About Schmidt (2002) has a goodrecmovies Score of 71.1, ranked #1,980 among movies on goodrecmovies (goodrecmovies tier: solid). It's a Comedy and Drama movie rated 7.2/10 on IMDb from 137,896 votes. Updated 2026-11-13

Best 2000s comedy

71.1goodrecmovies Score

#1,980rank on siterank

57%top

★ 7.2IMDb · 138k

A recently retired man embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter's wedding, only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected.

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