I love this movie! Can anyone reccomend anything similar?

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I don't know why but this movie always seems to remind me of What's eating Gilbert Grape. A slow moving, but excellent movie.

This may be strange, in that the two movies are, in some ways, completely different, but I think a person who liked this would also like The Straight Story.

Check out "Sideways," by the same director. The characters are much younger, but it's still got a very similar feel. Also, "Broken Flowers" by Jim Jarmusch might be something to look at.

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I see this movie as the comedic brother of another underrated Nicholson performance - The Pledge.

Both The Pledge and About Schmidt feature Nicholson as retirees with no purpose or direction in their lives, although The Pledge has much darker themes.

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Just finished watching "About Schmidt" for the first time.

I have 2 movie suggestions, since they are both about widowers who take road trips with regard to their children - both very good in their own right.

"Harry & Tonto," a comedy-drama which is years old, with the excellent Art Carney (Norton from "The Honeymooners")
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"Everybody's Fine," which was promoted as a comedy, but was really a serious movie. The main point of the movie - being honest with your loved ones while they're still around - isn't lost on me, since I've lost both my parents in the last few years.

I highly recommend both, even if you may not appreciate the dramatic parts along with the comic. Hope you'll like them as much as I did.