ABOUT SCHMIDT

GENRE:  Comedy/ Drama
MADE:  2002
CAST:  Jack Nicholson, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, Kathy Bates
DIRECTOR:  Alexander Payne
WRITER:  Louis Begley, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor

PLOT:  Warren Schmidt has just retired, his wife has just suddenly died, now he embarks on a trip to his daughter's wedding that will also become a trip of self-reflection.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Broken Flowers, Sideways, The Squid and the Whale

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PARIS, JE T'AIME

GENRE:  Drama/ Romance
MADE:  2006
CAST:  Juliette Binoche, Natalie Portman, Steve Buscemi
DIRECTOR:  Coen Brothers, Gerard Depardieu, Alexander Payne, Sylvain Chomet, Wes Craven...
WRITER:  Coen Brothers & many more...

PLOT:  Shorts stories of love in Paris

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  My Blueberry Nights, Love Actually, 2 Days In Paris, Sidewalks Of New York

SCORE:

SIDEWAYS

GENRE:  Dark comedy/ Drama/ Romance
MADE:  2004
CAST:  Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh
DIRECTOR:  Alexander Payne
WRITER:  Rex Pickett, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor

PLOT:  Miles is a middle-aged man about to get married, so he and his middle-aged friend Jack take a road trip through California's wine country.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Election, As Good As It Gets, Hannah And Her Sisters

SCORE: