Oscars are definitely deserved.

Rating: 10/10 (28 June 2000)

Jack Nicholson, Greg Kinnear, and Helen give powerful performances in this touching, hilarious comedy.
Jack Nicholson plays an ultimately compulsive writer whose life is changed by a waitress and a gay painter. Helen Hunt plays the waitress, the only person Jack Nicholson likes, the only person who will tolerate him, and who has an ill son. Greg Kinnear plays the gay painter who is hospitalized and asks Jack Nicholson to care for his dog. Eventually, Jack Nicholson learns to love the dog. The Three of them form a "friendship".
Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt deserved their oscars for Best Actor and Best Actress of '97. Kinnear should have one Best Supporting Actor of '97 for his performance.