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Melvin Udall:
Now, I got a real great compliment for you, and it's true.Carol Connelly:I'm so afraid you're about to say something awful.Melvin Udall:Don't be pessimistic, it's not your style. Okay. Here I go. Clearly a mistake.Melvin Udall:I've got this, what, ailment? My doctor, a shrink that I used to go to all the time, he says that in fifty or sixty percent of the cases, a pill really helps. I hate pills. Very dangerous thing, pills. Hate. I'm using the word "hate" here, about pills. Hate. My compliment is, that night when you came over and told me that you would never... all right, well, you were there, you know what you said. Well, my compliment to you is, the next morning, I started taking the pills.Carol Connelly:I don't quite get how that's a compliment for me.Melvin Udall:You make me want to be a better man.Carol Connelly: That's maybe the best compliment of my life.Melvin Udall:Well, maybe I overshot a little, because I was aiming at just enough to keep you from walking out
Now, I got a real great compliment for you, and it's true.Carol Connelly:I'm so afraid you're about to say something awful.Melvin Udall:Don't be pessimistic, it's not your style. Okay. Here I go. Clearly a mistake.Melvin Udall:I've got this, what, ailment? My doctor, a shrink that I used to go to all the time, he says that in fifty or sixty percent of the cases, a pill really helps. I hate pills. Very dangerous thing, pills. Hate. I'm using the word "hate" here, about pills. Hate. My compliment is, that night when you came over and told me that you would never... all right, well, you were there, you know what you said. Well, my compliment to you is, the next morning, I started taking the pills.Carol Connelly:I don't quite get how that's a compliment for me.Melvin Udall:You make me want to be a better man.Carol Connelly: That's maybe the best compliment of my life.Melvin Udall:Well, maybe I overshot a little, because I was aiming at just enough to keep you from walking out
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Okay now I got a great compliment for you
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And it's true
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I'm so afraid it's something awful
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Don't be pessimistic It's not your style
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Okay Here I go
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Clearly a mistake
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I've got this what Ailment
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My doctor a shrink I used to go to all the time
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he says that in 50 or 60 percent of the cases a pill really helps
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I hate pills Very dangerous thing pills
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Hate I'm using the word hate here about pills Hate
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My compliment is that night you came over and told me you would never
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Um all right well you were there you know what you said
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Well my compliment to you is
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The next morning I started taking the pills
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I don't get how that's a compliment for me
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You make me want to be a better man
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That's maybe the best compliment of my life
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Well maybe I overshot a little
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I was aiming at just enough to keep you from walking out
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Movie Summary
A single mother and waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.
Actors
Melvin Udall
Carol Connelly
