Alexander Payne · 2002 · road

Alexander Payne's 2002 drama, starring Jack Nicholson. Newly retired and suddenly widowed, Omaha insurance man Warren Schmidt climbs into his Winnebago and drives across Nebraska toward Denver, ostensibly to stop his daughter's wedding, in truth to find some meaning in a life that has quietly passed him by.

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   Omaha, Nebraska

   Newly retired and newly widowed, Warren Schmidt sets off in his Winnebago to stop his daughter's wedding in Denver.

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   Across Nebraska

   He wanders the plains, revisiting his birthplace and old haunts, writing confessional letters to a Tanzanian foster child he has never met.

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   Denver, Colorado

   He arrives for the wedding he cannot stop, and finds, unexpectedly, a small measure of grace.