As Good as It Gets (1997): Learning How to Be a Person Again
In As Good as It Gets (1997), Jack Nicholson’s Melvin Udall is a romance novelist who seems determined to keep the entire world at arm’s length, that is until Helen Hunt’s Carol, Greg Kinnear’s Simon, and one ridiculously lovable monkey-faced little dog start getting through the armor.
This week, we talk about Melvin’s OCD without confusing it with the many other ways he can be an absolute ass, whether Carol really should be anywhere near this man romantically, and why Simon may be the person who actually teaches Melvin how to open his heart. We get into loneliness, isolation, found family…
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