Beanbioca
As Good As It Gets
Pacionsbo
Absolutely Fantastic
AutCuddly
Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,
vincentlynch-moonoi
Cuba Gooding has demonstrated more than once that he is a very good dramatic actor who can also do comedy scripts. So what happened to his career? Answer: films like this.This is the kind of film where you sit there asking yourself how didn't someone notice how badly this was going and either drastically change the script or pull the plug.Problem 1: It's just plain vulgar. There's a growing mood in this country toward political correctness, and this film totally ignores that.Problem 2: It's a play on screen with limited sets. Translation: Made on the cheap. And what was the result? A whopping $19,000 at the box office. Can we say nuclear bomb??? Problem 3: Talk, talk, talk, talk, talk. Please, just shut up.Let's see. What can I say good about this film? Nothing. I'm serious. This is one of the worst films I ever watched.
Mr Nuff
I don't believe that What Love Is was a play before it was shot as a movie, yet I found it reminiscent of some stage play-turned-films I've seen. The main reasons are that it takes place primarily in one room, the dialog is very fast-paced, and emotions are high from the first moment and rarely drops.In this sense, it's not terribly original. What's more is that the small plot line is pretty predictable. However, where this movie shines is in it's advice and the characters' heartfelt monologues. Perhaps it my male bias, but the men's part far outshone and impressed me than the women's scene. Each of the characters reminded me of one of my friends and although it's unlikely these friends would say the things they did, it's something that they would actually believe. For example, Matthew Lilliard's homophobic rant is probably not something he'd say aloud, but you know he would think it. And the other characters react pretty well, continuing the dialog until they each have their turn to chime in with their thoughts on love, sex and women.The second and third acts aren't as good as the first, but there were a few gems that really got me, especially the gay man's sex advice (it's 99.9% correct) and Judy Tylor's (the dumb girl) thoughts on what love really is.So the characters were interesting, the dialog was funny, but mostly it was the gems of wisdom of the characters that really made me think, made me laugh and made me cheer.
bendoverjunior
This movie is the best I've seen in while. And I have been watching almost everything new to the big screen. I've seen that some people find this to be a bad move. Nothing could be farther from the truth! It depicts real people in a real situation have a real conversation that almost anyone could relate to at some point. The acting was great! Cuba Gooding Jr. delivers as always but I was amazed at the performance of Matthew Lillard. His performance was full of passion and simply said force! The fact that I enjoyed watching this movie although it was shot 99% in one room just means that the script was solid and the performances of the actors. This just goes to prove that a movie can be great without special effects or any other form of eye catching bull that we've grown to appreciate while loosing site of what movie making is all about.
Antoinette Costa
After reading the reviews, I had to see this movie! I went with my husband and friends and we laughed endlessly! We all agreed that we want to see it again because we missed some of the humor because of the exciting fast pace!!! Cuba Gooding was excellent and Mathew Lillard gave a convincing performance!!! Mars Callahan is a great writer and director!! Keep it up!!! We also noticed that the camera angles and facial feature close ups were very unusual in that there was incredible definition and expression. Great camera work as far as we were all concerned! The women in the movie were very forthright and outspoken as well; not to be outdone by the men! A definite must see!!!
