Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear and Cuba Gooding Jr. star in James L. Brooks' hit comedy. Nicholson gives a show-stopping performance as Melvin Udall, an obsessive compulsive novelist with Manhattan's meanest mouth. But when his neighbour, Simon is hospitalised, Melvin is forced to baby-sit Simon's dog. And that unexpected act of kindness - along with waitress Carol Conelly - helps put Melvin back into the human race...