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About Schmidt (2002) holds a 7.2 on IMDb from 138K votes

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About Schmidt rating

About Schmidt (2002) holds a 7.2 on IMDb from 138K votes, 49th among 2002 films.

IMDb

7.2

138K votes

Rank in 2002

49th

of 165 films with 25K+ votes

Metascore

85

as of August 30, 2025

Rotten Tomatoes

85%

critics

Alexander Payne's films by IMDb rating

The Holdovers20237.9
Nebraska20137.7
Sideways20047.5
The Descendants20117.3
About Schmidt (this film)20027.2
Election19997.2
Citizen Ruth19967.0
Downsizing20175.8

IMDb rating and votes; the year rank counts 2002 films with 25,000+ votes. Critic scores are Wikidata snapshots, dated. Runtime is IMDb's listed runtime.

Sources: IMDb ratings and credits (as of 2026-10-09), Wikidata (as of 2026-10-09).

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