Chick Flick??? not really...

Rating: 9/10 (15 August 2000)

While in a Marriott Inn in Oklahoma a couple of years back
I watched this movie out of sheer boredom, expecting to
see a ditsy "chick flick". Surprise!!!! I found this movie to be
engrossing and extremely funny. A well deserved academy
award for Jack Nicholson for a character that was tailored
to his style. Jack as probably the best character actor of his
generation. Helen Hunt was good, but I believe that her
performance wasn't Oscar quality. The only problems I had with this flick was : 1) Characterization of Helen Hunt's mother was shallow &
strange. Advising her daughter to go out and get laid ??!?
(she is already a single mother). 2) The romance relationship between Helen & Jack is
unreal. Jack should have ended up with Helen's mother. All in all, the movie was outstanding. If it could touch an
emotionally jaded person as myself, it has to be good.