A Modern Classic, Despite Helen Hunt

Rating: 8/10 (27 February 2015)

A single mother/waitress (Helen Hunt), a misanthropic author (Jack Nicholson), and a gay artist (Greg Kinnear) form an unlikely friendship after the artist is in an accident.
How can you beat the Shane Black and Lawrence Kasdan cameos? The top notch performance from Skeet Ulrich? Greg Kinnear? Jack Nicholson? Heck, even Helen Hunt, who is darn near impossible to appreciate, actually turns in a fair performance in this film. It pulls no punches.
Those who own the DVD will find an unusual commentary track. Very good, very interesting and informative. But it is unusual in that it seems almost nobody was actually in the studio recording it, as the voices come in clips. Kinnear might have been there, and the director probably was, but Hunt seems cut in.