Won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her grounded portrayal of a struggling mother and waitress.
Received his first Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the vulnerable artist neighbor.
Plays Simon’s loyal and protective art dealer. Critical Reception
Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson) is a misanthropic, obsessive-compulsive romance novelist who goes out of his way to offend everyone he meets, including his gay neighbor, Simon (Greg Kinnear). His rigid daily routine involves eating at the same diner every morning, where Carol (Helen Hunt), a single mother with a chronically ill son, is the only waitress who will tolerate him.