Great movie

Rating: 10/10 (11 April 2016)

In this movie Jack Nicholson plays Melvin Udall, a single middle-aged man who has quite extreme obsessive-compulsive disorder and also a rather unpleasant personality. Greg Kinnear plays his gay neighbor Simon, and Helen Hunt plays Carol, the waitress at the restaurant Melvin usually goes to. A certain event happens and the unlikely trio end up going on a road trip that is both very funny and also moving at times. This movie is very much character-driven, as the story is quite simple, and all three main actors are great and show how their characters change each other over time. Jack Nicholson makes Melvin Udall very unlikeable but also gives him some humanity at times, and it is hard to imagine anyone else playing the role. Although he can say nasty things, you feel for him at times because his disorder has a very big effect on his life. Nicholson definitely deserved the Oscar for this. Helen Hunt and Greg Kinnear also put warmth into their characters and make them feel very real, and Cuba Gooding Jr. is also very good and funny as Simon's partner. There are also some great one-liners that will make you laugh out loud and you will remember them for a long time after seeing the movie.