Very Funny as it gets.

Rating: 8/10 (24 September 2015)

The movie is an excellent study for anyone who has studied Mazlov's hierarchy of needs. Both of the main characters (Nicholson and Hunt) are hurting, way out on the charts. Hunt has not succeeded learning economic skills and lives at the edge of poverty with a critically ill son. Nicholson while successfully financially, is forfeit of any humanity skills. Both characters change during the movie, and each characters blatant lack can be filled in by the other. Many thought the age too different and Nicholson's character too weird. I disagree. I believe some viewers saw Helen Hunt, not a destitute waitress. Would a destitute waitress with a sick child be interested in a relationship with a prominent author with noticeable character flaws. You bet. Both Nicholson and Hunt did a wonderful job in this film. Greg Kinnear's portrayal of the gay character together with Hunt's provided a perfect contrast with the Nicholson character and I thought he was wonderful in the part, which was very different then anything else I'd seen him in.