In the finest drawn characterisation of his career, Jack Nicholson is Warren Schmidt, a man at the crossroads of life.

Retired, restless and wondering who is this old woman who shares my bed, Schmidts life has been one of passive acceptance and repressed rage.

But two major events force Schmidt to wake up for the first time.

So he takes to the road in a 35-foot Winnebago to try and save his estranged daughter from marrying a loser.

But what he really embarks on is a journey of discovery, a darkly funny and painful odyssey... and what he finds aint pretty.

From Alexander Payne, the award winning Writer Director of Election, this is a blisteringly funny yet profoundly moving film that is impossible to pigeonhole and impossible to forget.