(11.06.2004)
Self-Loathing Overwhelms Sensibility
Read some of the comments left on "About Schmidt": "The real star (or anti-star) of About Schmidt is the mediocre architectural landscape of America. Every room or box Warren Schmidt enters in this movie is as devoid of caring and vitality as he is: the retirement banquet room, Warren's house, the tire store, the hired wedding reception room. Schmidt's director and production designer take care to place us in the same life-draining, cheap structures we inhabit and deal with everyday." Did the author of those comments pay any attention to the fact that the title character writes letters to a Childreach sponsor child. Who's really stuck in a "life-draining" world, and who's just trying on existential angst for fun?
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