A story that's as touching as it's engaging... smart, funny, intense. It revolves around three difficult characters, who develop a most unlikely friendship.
As the tagline says 'brace yourself for Melvin', and in him we have a complex character, an arrogant misanthrope, strangely enough a guy who writes romance novels, and one who struggles with severe OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder). Somewhere in between you know is his true self, and you're willing to wait for it to surface, and surface it does.
There's Carol, (Helen Hunt) his waitress, the only one he will eat from and the only one who will tolerate him. She's a single mom with an asthamatic son, a tough nut to crack, but then again as the relationship grows you see facets and more.
We then have Simon, a gay artist neighbour, who has this adorable dog. Melvin hates the dog, but when at a point he is forced to look after him he finds himself developing a surprising affection for the dog, and this seems the turning point for him to even know he's capable to feeling real affection.
As the relationship between the three grows, you find yourself penetrating their tough walls and understanding the inner layers.
A movie with smart dialogue, funny but not light..... fractured personalities.... engaging dynamics.....one that tries to go into rom com when it's a hard fit. If you like Jack Nicholson, you could definitely watch, it's one of his best.
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