I liked the characters but a lot of this movie just seemed implausible

Rating: 7/10 (20 August 2016)

I overall enjoyed this movie, and the characters were great. Nicholson, Hunt, and Kinnear were excellent in their roles, and it was fun to watch these characters interact with each other.
I particularly liked the interweaving of story lines and found many of the happenings in the movie, and some of the dialogue, to be quite amusing.
That said, the way the movie developed (and particularly the rather formulaic ending) just seemed too implausible. It was like they could have done so much more with this movie, and just opted for a standard Rom-com ending. And there is a sense that these people will not get along for long (the couple that is).
And frankly, I am not particularly taken by the "always-saying- something-rude-or-insulting" character of Nicholson here. It gets old a bit fast, and I am not really sure if it is a very believable character trait.
I think human beings develop these kinds of mechanisms because they serve their needs in some way (or they think they are serving their needs); but I can't really see how this habit of insulting people all the time is really serving Melvin Udall's needs. Nor does it seem to have a convincing pathological explanation, as the diagnosis of OCD does not seem to also explain why someone would be a compulsive "insulter." But maybe there are indeed medical cases like this, which I just don't know about.
I suppose I am just not a fan of such a character trait. But in any event, this was an amusing film, fun to watch the very different characters interact with each other, and I would recommend it for an evening.