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22 December 2023
Dear Ndugu,
I just got back from seeing the new Jack Nicholson film, About Schmidt, at the cinema, and what can I say? Wow! I've always enjoyed Nicholson, but he's always been “Jack” in most of his films. I think this is the first time I've seen him act his age. When you go to the theater in your village to see this film, I think you'll understand what I mean. Nicholson plays Warren Schmidt, a man who retires and tries to do something important with his life to make up for the years wasted working for an insurance company. He is miserable and wants to save his daughter (Hope Davis) from his same fate. It's sad and touching. It will make you want to do something important with your life, or at least make you never want to grow a mullet like Dermot Mulroney. Oh, I guess I should add for the sake of all mankind this small warning regarding About Schmidt: DO NOT TAKE SMALL CHILDREN, PEOPLE WITH HEART CONDITIONS, OR ANYONE WHO EVER WANTS TO HAVE SEX AGAIN TO THIS FILM! Here is why; There is a moment in this film that will make you want to tear your eyeballs from their sockets and smash them repeatedly with a ball peen hammer, and it is the only reason I would not recommend this film to everyone out there: KATHY BATES NUDE! STOP! GO BACK AND READ THAT AGAIN! YES, THAT KATHY BATES! You have been warned. Everybody else out there with strong constitutions, go see this movie. It's worth paying full price. Just don't get anything to eat from the concession stand.
Take care,
The Night Watchman
I just got back from seeing the new Jack Nicholson film, About Schmidt, at the cinema, and what can I say? Wow! I've always enjoyed Nicholson, but he's always been “Jack” in most of his films. I think this is the first time I've seen him act his age. When you go to the theater in your village to see this film, I think you'll understand what I mean. Nicholson plays Warren Schmidt, a man who retires and tries to do something important with his life to make up for the years wasted working for an insurance company. He is miserable and wants to save his daughter (Hope Davis) from his same fate. It's sad and touching. It will make you want to do something important with your life, or at least make you never want to grow a mullet like Dermot Mulroney. Oh, I guess I should add for the sake of all mankind this small warning regarding About Schmidt: DO NOT TAKE SMALL CHILDREN, PEOPLE WITH HEART CONDITIONS, OR ANYONE WHO EVER WANTS TO HAVE SEX AGAIN TO THIS FILM! Here is why; There is a moment in this film that will make you want to tear your eyeballs from their sockets and smash them repeatedly with a ball peen hammer, and it is the only reason I would not recommend this film to everyone out there: KATHY BATES NUDE! STOP! GO BACK AND READ THAT AGAIN! YES, THAT KATHY BATES! You have been warned. Everybody else out there with strong constitutions, go see this movie. It's worth paying full price. Just don't get anything to eat from the concession stand.
Take care,
The Night Watchman
artid
1078
Old Image
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issue
vol 5 - issue 05 (jan 2003)
section
entertainmental