The awakeining of the human spirit

Rating: 10/10 (24 June 2003)

Jack Nicholson plays Melvin Udall, a crudmugeon writer that is homophobic and has obessions complusive disorder. He has too eat food with plastic ware, sit on the same spot for breakfast, avoid walking on cracks from cement, and has to do everything five times(Wash hands, lock the door, five m&m jars, sets of paper and more). After his neighbor, Simon(greg kinnear) gets his ass kicked by a couple of guys, he must take care of his dog, verdall. All of a sudden, Melvin is rejoiced and happy again, seeing that somebody actually cared for him. Another person is Melvin's life is Carol, a waitress(played by Helen Hunt); the thing with her is that she feels like a prisoner because her son has been sick since the day he was born. She is on to him every 24-7 without even catching a break. The only person who wants her to be free is her mother(shelly winters in her breakout role ever). One day after recovering from an accident, Simon has to go to Boston in order to get money from his parents to pay the medical bills. That is when the three main characters(simon, melvin and carol) get together on an odyssey that not only get to talk, but also feel more spirited and alive. This is by far the best film that I've seen Jack Nicholson in since Batman and A few good men. I rank this film # 16 on my top 20 list of best movies.
4 Star Rating.
Go see this movie.