That's all?

Rating: Null/10 (19 May 1999)

This movie seems to be a collision of some '30s weepie remake with Helen Hunt, a TV movie about a gay artist finding his dignity, and "The Man Who Came to Dinner". Pick a path, just one, please, and the very worthwhile star turns by Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt would be so more fulfilling. Hunt takes the measure of Nicholson's screen presence and matches it, commanding our attention by not calling desperately for it. That's enough to offset the meandering plot and road trip, even.
One last comment, appropriated from elsewhere: In real life, when a woman over 20 years of age hears a man say, "You make me want to be a better person," her immediate response is "Good. Go away, become one, and then we'll talk." That this movie misses this point really is it in a nutshell.
Rating: See it on an airplane. You can discuss it with your spouse/other and not disturb others.