Gorgeous comedy

Rating: 9/10 (8 November 2000)

What a hilarious movie this is!! Seriously, this movie is one big fun ride. Jack Nicholson is giving an incredible performance as Melvin, a guy who seems to hate everybody but the waitress Carol, who can really melt his heart. The script is gorgeous, sometimes you are like: did he really say THAT??? The dialogue is so funny and the whole movie is very entertaining. So what makes this movie that good besides its' script and Jack's performance? Certainly the performances of Greg Kinnear and Helen Hunt. Greg creates an incredibly lovely character and he displays the emotions of his character Simon perfectly. I really wonder why Greg doesn't get more leads in movies, he is a very fine actor. I loved his "Simon". Helen is also convincing as a struggling single Mom who is one of the little people who dare to tell Melvin what they really think of his behavior. This movie is about characters and all the characters have been developed very well. That's what makes the movie work. It takes enough time to show the character developments and I really gotta say that
this movie is pretty much as good as it gets!!