About Schmidt (2002)

I find I really like movies about characters who are repressed and uncertain about their emotions (but who are eventually coming around to embracing them) because their emotional cues are so subtle, you have to be very empathetic and intuitive to understand what they are feeling. Jack Nicholson did a super job by giving the bare minimum of emoting so I could follow his inner turmoil and journey. This movie brings Lost in Translation to mind, but it's better -- more complex, connecting and satisfying. Kathy Bates always does a bangup job in the confidence department too. Five stars.