direct by oscar nominee james l. brook and the story write by mark andrus bring up not only very interesting character but also very interesting issue . i have the video and enjoy watch it . the cd be great with music of nat king cole and shawn colkin . outstanding acting by helen hunt ( mad about you and twister ) who win an oscar for this role where she play carol connelly and a single mother and working a waitress in manhattan and new york . a single parent try to cope with her work and pay medical bill for son spencer connelly and play by jesse james ( message in a bottle and the gingerbread men and god and monster ) . jack nicholson ( a few good men and easy rider and witch of eastwick ) be melvin udall who be an obsessive compulsive . nicholson also win an oscar for his part . his obsessive compulsiveness have take over his life and he be not able to live a normal life . melvin udall have ton of soap all organize in his medicine cabinet . he use a bar of soap once and then throw it out . he will not step on a crack on the side walk but skip to the next block of concrete . when he go to the restaurant he bring his own plastic fork and knife and spoon in a plastic bag . udall use plastic glove to hold the dog and have all his office supply stack and all color coordinate in his home or office . he eat at the same restaurant and sits at the same table and if someone be seat at his table he insult them to make them leave so that he have his table back and want the same waiter carol to wait on him and and take forever to take a shower . he close his door several time and count how many time he have do it . a a writer who work at home i do understand mr. udall really well . writer think somewhat like this represent we like to be alone with ourselves in order to think . we have to go inside ourselves to produce good work . it be a very isolated world . we do not like to be bother unless we be bore and or tire and in which case we want to communicate with the outside world for a brief period of time and then after one hour or so we want to go back inside ourselves again and be leave alone . this be somehow like melvin think . people think that he have nothing to do and they keep knock at his door and he get really aggravate about that . he be my favorite character in this movie and not to diminish the other one . he be just so full on nuance that make him very entertain . helen role be very and very and good and she do a really good job with it . greg kinnear ( sabrina ) be simon bishop and the artist who be udall next door neighbor who finally have melvin turn into a little more normal human be and he be there to teach him many life lesson . the supporting actor be great and you have oscar winner cuba gooding jr. ( jerry maguire ) play frank sachs and simon agent . my favorite scene represent elementary school kid all in uniform screaming represent wait . melvin and wait . greg kinnear imitate melvin . melvin and caroll go to eat fresh roll in the wee hour of the morning . when melvin realize that the dog be also skip crack on the sidewalk . my favorite quote represent i be drown here and you be describe the water . this be a nice story tell movie . i recommend it .