Touches You

As Good As It Gets

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

It makes me wonder that the makers of a movie in which there are so much comments about good and bad writing aren't able to use these criteria for their script. This movie has got no straight story line. I mean, what it's about? Literature, love, sex, all together? Well, nothing of it works well. There is no structure, no development, no climax and no satisfying end.I was very surprised, when I've read that this was meant to be a tragic comedy, because it wasn't funny at all. Neither it was demanding, thrilling or erotic, not to mention that there was no action in it.The characters are one-dimensional at the best, non defined or annoying. Concerning the part of Mick Jagger I soon asked myself, what his function was, after all. Also Byron's wife and her dad lose meaning for the story very soon.After all a waste of time that made me ask two things: 1. Had been dilettantes at work? 2.Who goes to cinema to watch stuff like that?

Yet again Andy Garcia overacts in a terrible, preachy film. I sincerely fail to see the appeal of Garcia, and every film I have seen him in seems to contain some moral or other. This is no exception, but the moralists should look to Aesop for guidance, since this was an entirely predictable film. I won't risk IMDb's censure or censorship by giving away the plot... but if you are half as smart as the audience for this film is supposed to be, it would be impossible for me to tell you anything you won't figure out 30 minutes before it happens, at the latest. The characters are all flat and totally unengaging. The direction and cinematography are decent, but uninspired. The real flaw in this film is simply that it had a highly derivative story and uninspired script. It seems a stupid film for people who think they are smart. Avoid it if you are actually an intelligent, critical viewer. Sheer crap.

I wasn't sure if I liked it, it had it's moment some parts made me sad; some even made me laugh and some made me blush but after making my self watch it again I realized that sometimes we the viewers tend to judge movies so fast.The acting is wonderful for most of the cast; I was very much touched by Mick Jagger and Michael Des Barres characters and very surprised by Jaggers acting skills.Even though I am a huge Julianna Margulies fan I found that her acting wasn't at it's finest and I mostly blame it to the way her character was written, however Julianna acting talent does shows here and she manage at some scenes to over come the bad writing of her character and give us a fine performance.Out of everything I loved the all story line of a man who is trying to keep his and his family head above the water and when his near drowning decided to make an unusual decision one, which most of us would never do and by that risking everything and anyone he knows and love.This movie is certainly a great piece, it was under recognized which reminded me in a lot of ways George Clooney Solaris and Confession of a dangerous mind both came out in 2003 and were also under recognized. Even though people may see this movie as a piece of crap, I feel that they will be missing on a great movie one which actually makes us think and wander if we were to ever be in that position would we do the same thing or just let our self's drown, in either way the risk of losing everything we know and love is high.So to all the people who hated it, wait six months watch it again and then make up your mind about it. Cause this is a great movie to miss.over all i give an 8&1/5 out of 10

I am not really sure if I liked this movie or not. It started out okay but then somewhere it turned. Instead of trying to show what this man was doing to help his family it became sort of a morality tale but they wanted you to feel sorry for author. Why? He did it to himself I you will be able to tell. Yes bad things happened to him but he did it all to himself. The movie as a whole kept my interest and had some pretty good acting. I would watch this again but only under certain circumstances. This film is not a must see but is an okay watch.