Review of As Good as It Gets (1997) by Lee A — 09 Aug 2009

I love Mevin Udall's character in this movie. I enjoyed watching Melvin change from being completely self absorbed with no desire to become a part of anyone's life (and being severly limited by his disorder) to becoming a person who began reaching out and understanding what love really is and how wonderful it is to be loved. Carol also exhibited a great amount of patience and kindness by looking past Melvin's hard outer shell and helping to "expose [his] soft little underbelly.".

I think that there was a bit too much sexual content, swearing, and nudity. I don't think we need to have a scene of Simon sketching Carol nude (though it's not her we see but the sketchings) in order to get the idea of what inspires him. Maybe one's acceptance of that depends on whether or not you accept nudes as art, but I have a hard time understanding the genuine appeal. I'd definitely recommend watching this edited/filtered, and if you can, it's well worth it.