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I'm speachless
And that my friends is a rarity. I'm new to the 'As Good as it Gets' fanclub sort-a-speak since I, for the first time, saw it last night despite the fact that my wife HATES the movie and was pissed I rented it. I have always been a fan of Jack Nicholson for he has been on top of his game for YEARS and doesn't show any sign of letting up anytime soon (I mean, he's won 3 oscars and has been nominated 12 times). I've also always enjoyed Hunt and Kinnear so it's a shoe-in for me to enjoy this film right? I just for some reason have never had the desire to see it, and then there I was walking through the local blockbuster thinking, you know what, I'll just go for it, and I'm so glad I did. Right off the bat Nicholson is at his best playing the grumpy old man, but he always adds just the right amount of class and confidence to lift him from Walter Matthau status and place him in the Michael Caine league. Nicholson plays Melvin, an obsesive compulsive racist bigot sexist grump of a man who is hated by everyone and very well may like it that way. He lives in the same apartment complex as Simon (Kinnear) a gay painter who is the subject of Melvin's vented anger (which is displayed by his constant verbal battery of poor Simon and the abuse he inflicts of Simon's dog) but after Simon is beaten and injured Melvin is pusuaded (a bit forcfully) to take care of Simon's dog. Unexpectedly Melvin forms an attachment to the dog and is somehow changed by his experience and moved to be a nicer, better person. He starts by helping a local waitress Carol (Hunt) who may just be the only person who tolerates him. Carol & Melvin & Simon throughout the remander of the film form a bond that is both unexpected and remarkably beautiful. Helen Hunt is wonderful in this film, as is Kinnear, but it's Nicholson's show and there isn't a better man for the show. I have never watched a performance that made me more anxious then watching Nicholson say the WRONG thing everytime, but as Carol realizes, he has his moments, and those moments are about as good as it gets.

Helen's Mellons
Ok, admittedly a crass review title. Did get your attention though. Great cast! I've been crazy about Helen Hunt for years (despite Twister). She did an incredible job in AGAIG. Nicholson is a hoot as always. One of the best actors ever. Cuba Gooding Jr. also on the mark. Greg Kinnear did his best, but appeared to be a staight guy pretending to be gay. Yeah, I know. But, good acting would have convinced us he was gay. The rain scene is obviously what my review title is alluding to. Nothing distasteful but for red-blooded american guys like me who are crazy about Helen, that certainly was a nice and unexpected surprise.

Great Movie
One of the best love stories I've ever seen. It has so much emotion and truth in it. The story is conveyed very well and displays some of the best actinf I've ever seen. Jack Nicholson plays Melvin Udall with OCD incredibly well and invents this character to a degree where by the end of the film, it's hard to tell where one ends and the other begins. Highly reccommended.

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