Yes! This is a great movie. Not everyone will get it.

Rating: 9/10 (11 May 2015)

This is a film about isolated people showing each other, at different turns, kindness and ending up happier than they were. And it is a film about a writer, a far from empathetic character, starting the process of becoming a better person.
This is really a film for persons who have had lots of quality time with, or been, someone like Melvin Udall - isolated, and socially, and emotionally unaware. Without that experience base, it's probably hard to care about.
The rest of us will see mirrors in Melvin's words and the reactions of Carol, Simon, and others. You can cringe at some horrible things that he says, wince at his mistakes, nod at an unpleasant event he brings on himself, and again as he starts to get it.
There's nothing close to a typical romance in this film. Melvin is not much of a prize. After Melvin sends a financial lifeline (of a sort), Carol realizes that he must have a crush on her. She's appreciative, but concerned about what it means having THIS guy interested in her. One can only wonder how many women have had experiences like this with socially and emotionally unaware guys.
Carol spends part of the film impatient with him, wondering what's with him, and wondering what's there, and asking whether it'd be workable or not. One has to wonder how many women have found themselves doing this, over the eons.
The other subtext is about the way that Melvin, Carol, and Simon all end the film happier than they started, after experiencing time together and each showing the other kindnesses.
The way that these aspects of life are familiar to people, I think, is a big reason why the film ended up walking off with a couple of Oscars.
It deserves them. It's not a film for everyone.