Not as good as it gets, but it is good.

Rating: 8/10 (11 October 2010)

This is a film that is driven by characters and thankfully the actors and actresses in this film do a good job so it makes for a nice comedy/drama film. Though I would say it is a bit more comedy than drama. It is also a film with more than a couple of uncomfortable scenes within it. You know the type of scene, the one that just makes you feel like turning the channel. The film's plot is basically a man with ocd and is a writer is doing his thing when he eventually gets called on acting a bit of an arrogant uncaring guy all the time. He gets forced a bit to watch his gay neighbor's dog though he can not stand the dog and he is forced to deal with the fact the waitress he has to have at a local restaurant has a son who is sick and in need of medical attention and she is not able to work at her job at times thanks to this. Though a funny thing happens, he starts to actually become attached to the dog and he does things that are not like the persona he shows the world. The movie is very good as Jack Nicholson is very great as Melvin, the man with the ocd. Greg Kinnear is also very good in his role as is Helen Hunt and Cuba Gooding Jr. It is interesting to see how Melvin changes throughout the film and the film ends perfectly as it does so simply.