IT HOLDS UP!

Rating: 10/10 (17 January 2004)

Just watched this again on NBC (tv) and was amazed how great a showcase this is for actors who KNOW how to act! I had seen this at the movies when first released in 97--and liked it a lot. Then saw again on VHS (remember that? hee!)..But,it's been a few years-----still, even on tv, with bleeps, cuts & commercials, this movie is super! Jack, of course, is excellent....However, the real reasons to see this film---are Helen Hunt & Greg Kinnear (both have NEVER been better!)--except Kinnear has come close with "Auto-Focus" and even "Stuck On You"----dunno WHAT happened with Helen! No matter....IF you want to see an absolutely fantastic character-driven movie--that combines laugh-out-loud comedy with heart-tugging humanity--THIS is a film to check out! (P.S. The dog is GREAT too!)