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    CLIP DESCRIPTION:
    Melvin (Jack Nicholson) meets a female fan (Julie Benz) and manages to insult her almost immediately.
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    James L. Brooks (Terms of Endearment, Broadcast News) directed this $50 million-plus romantic comedy, set in Manhattan. Dysfunctional, acid-tongued romance novelist Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson), who suffers from an obsessive-compulsive disorder, takes pride in his ability to offend. At a nearby cafe, the only waitress willing to stand up to his sarcastic tirades is Carol Connelly (Helen Hunt), a single mother struggling to raise her chronically asthmatic son. In Melvin's West Village apartment building, talented contemporary artist Simon Nye (Greg Kinnear) lives across the hall from Melvin. Simon is the current darling of the New York art world, reason enough to draw Melvin's verbal fire, but Simon's gay lifestyle is further grist for the novelist's malicious mill. These three New Yorkers, none of whom appears to have a chance in hell at finding true happiness, discover their fates intertwined because of the fourth complicated character in the piece, Verdell, a tiny Brussels Griffon dog (played by newcomer Jill, after a 15-week training program). Melvin seems to have no friends or family, and he lives alone, working on his 62nd book. When Simon goes into the hospital after a brutal mugging, Melvin has to take care of Verdell, and the dog actually warms Melvin's cold heart -- to the degree that he sets up unsolicited medical care for Carol's son. Eventually, Melvin is cornered into driving Simon and Carol to Baltimore, and during a hotel stopover, Melvin confesses to Carol, "You make me want to be a better man." The trip becomes an odyssey of self-realization for all three. Locations included Brooklyn's Prospect Park (Carol's neighborhood) and Greenwich Village (where Melvin's building is on 12th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues). Other exteriors were shot in downtown Los Angeles, where a dilapidated transient hotel at the corner of 4th Street and Main was transformed into the chic cafe where Carol works. Sets for the Simon/Melvin apartment interiors were erected on a soundstage at the Sony Pictures lot. Simon's paintings were created for the film by New York artist Billy Sullivan, whose work is part of the modern art collection at NYC's Metropolitan Museum of Art and the New Orleans Museum of Art.
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    Screenwriters: Mark Andrus, James L. Brooks
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  • @alcoholic9496
    @alcoholic9496 Před rokem +1027

    I saw this movie when I was 17, I thought that was an OK joke.
    Now in my 40’s, it prophetic wisdom.

    • @david_banner055
      @david_banner055 Před rokem +9

      Lol

    • @vickjr98
      @vickjr98 Před rokem +3

      😂😂

    • @informationyes
      @informationyes Před rokem +2

      then you have become dumb its just a joke your now taking seriously based on your confirmation bias

    • @evenmorenonsense
      @evenmorenonsense Před rokem +27

      A lot of guys here in the comments who say it's true are in their 40s.
      I think that has to do with their experiences with middle age women. Often they take on a masculine air and aggression. They become impatient and cranky, i.e. less reasonable. They blame everyone else more for everything, i.e. personally unaccountable. And there you have it: they start to resemble men minus reason and accountability - more so than the younger women.
      So lesson to ladies: Remember your sweetness and empathy and don't be Karens! And the world will be a better place, and Mr Udall will be proven wrong.

    • @Hawkeyes319
      @Hawkeyes319 Před rokem

      @evenmorenonsense Not middle aged women..75% of ALL women have problems with accountability.

  • @OriruBastard
    @OriruBastard Před 8 lety +2913

    "I think of a man... And I take away reason and accountability."
    The best line ever.

    • @popev3887
      @popev3887 Před 6 lety +102

      Doesn't matter who said "I think of a man...And I take away reason and accountability." It is an hilarious and a true statement.

    • @dcram76
      @dcram76 Před 5 lety +131

      and he's so on the money too.

    • @Aussieroth7
      @Aussieroth7 Před 5 lety +161

      4th wave feminism in a nutshell.

    • @happybureaucrat1311
      @happybureaucrat1311 Před 5 lety +95

      BASED AND REDPILLED

    • @Sadness57
      @Sadness57 Před 5 lety +44

      And true

  • @ranchump
    @ranchump Před 3 lety +915

    The writers deserve an Oscar for that line alone.

    • @francisdashwood1760
      @francisdashwood1760 Před rokem

      Try that today and it wouldn't even get mentioned, except in a negative way as more proof of the white male privileged patriarchy that must be stamped out by woke Hollywood!

    • @the.parks.of.no.return
      @the.parks.of.no.return Před rokem +20

      They are probably cancelled now

    • @John42papACR
      @John42papACR Před rokem +14

      @@the.parks.of.no.return take away reason and accountability....

    • @alecjones4676
      @alecjones4676 Před 11 měsíci

      You sir deserve a Pulitzer for writing that comment with a straight face

    • @ButeSound
      @ButeSound Před měsícem

      It's from author John Updike

  • @Gazerich
    @Gazerich Před 10 lety +2482

    The older I get and the more interactions I have with woman, the more this quote has the ring of truth.

    • @tdog652041
      @tdog652041 Před 9 lety +110

      Gazerich Because your judgement isn't clouded by hormones , to simplify it .

    • @armoredheart5659
      @armoredheart5659 Před 7 lety +44

      +Heimdall all seeing testosterone isn't a hormone?

    • @ReverendBrown97
      @ReverendBrown97 Před 7 lety +4

      a woman born in blood It is, just a better one

    • @mitchbarredo3990
      @mitchbarredo3990 Před 6 lety +10

      Amen to that.

    • @JeffreyGillespie
      @JeffreyGillespie Před 4 lety +83

      After 40, this quote made perfect sense to me. Before that, I didn't get it.

  • @MrBen51309
    @MrBen51309 Před 2 lety +432

    Me at 13: 'He's a misogynist'
    Me at 23: 'He's a Chad'

    • @NotDingse
      @NotDingse Před 2 lety +2

      Me at now: “you’re an idiot”

    • @jimtim6206
      @jimtim6206 Před 2 lety

      @@NotDingse We're gonna put you in the toilet again if you keep making these comments nerd.

    • @teddyj.3198
      @teddyj.3198 Před 2 lety +35

      Bro grew in reverse

    • @matthewhummel1572
      @matthewhummel1572 Před 2 lety +51

      He’s right. 😂

    • @robertchase6387
      @robertchase6387 Před 2 lety +78

      Me at 43: "He's right"

  • @Sadness57
    @Sadness57 Před 5 lety +908

    Man, when she runs around the desk, to ask him the question, and he slowly turns around, that’s pure joker

  • @ronin9296
    @ronin9296 Před 2 lety +250

    That line funnier than the entire MCU movies’ humors

  • @bhbluebird
    @bhbluebird Před rokem +188

    Chuckled at this line when it first came out, but now i've just watched it again and after twenty years of being married, i'm in tears from laughing so hard. That was brilliant.

    • @Stuart267
      @Stuart267 Před 8 měsíci +3

      Its funnier because of how true it is. I was a kid when it first came out but watching it now it being inarguably factual makes it funnier.

    • @prakashdhungana1498
      @prakashdhungana1498 Před 6 měsíci +1

      Damn! This comment. 😂

    • @coreygavin9134
      @coreygavin9134 Před 5 měsíci

      The one joke that never gets and ages better than any wine...This line is among the greatest ever; probably the greatest.

    • @coreygavin9134
      @coreygavin9134 Před 5 měsíci

      Left out "old".

  • @mac1991seth
    @mac1991seth Před rokem +293

    As much as the punchline is epic and will forever be remembered on the pages of cinematic history, I can't help but appreciate the delivery of "Oh, God, this is like a nightmare...".

    • @mcoo465
      @mcoo465 Před rokem +19

      Because it rings so true

  • @andrewa6625
    @andrewa6625 Před 3 lety +614

    “I think of a man and I take away reason and accountability” That line never gets old! 😂😂😂.

    • @stefantomasi4036
      @stefantomasi4036 Před 3 lety +21

      Such a classic quote

    • @oreleraki2490
      @oreleraki2490 Před 2 lety +21

      It's like wine..

    • @sea9994
      @sea9994 Před 2 lety +1

      You must be a transgender man..men are sensitive I think they don't talk about the feels..

    • @andrewa6625
      @andrewa6625 Před 2 lety +2

      @@sea9994 Transgender? bwahaha. Men don’t talk about their feels because no one cares.

    • @whitleypedia
      @whitleypedia Před 2 lety +13

      It gets better as our insane gynocracy spirals ever more out of control

  • @omrcz
    @omrcz Před 11 měsíci +133

    He just described the whole new wave feminism movement in a single line. Brilliant.

    • @m_jay5
      @m_jay5 Před 7 měsíci +3

      BINGO!! It was music to my ears, the feminism/metoo movements get absolutely served with this iconic line

    • @fredysanmiguel4488
      @fredysanmiguel4488 Před 6 měsíci +2

      @@m_jay5 you sound like you are scare of your wife or wife mate

    • @Powerhaus88
      @Powerhaus88 Před 6 měsíci +9

      New? Feminism has been like this since women wanted to vote for nothing in exchange. That turned out sooo well for civilization...

    • @conormartin3476
      @conormartin3476 Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@Powerhaus88what would you prefer happened? Women not voting at all?

    • @cactaceous
      @cactaceous Před 4 měsíci

      @@fredysanmiguel4488Spoken just like a woman. Shame tactics and gaslighting. What tampons do you use?

  • @ghostknight1865
    @ghostknight1865 Před 3 lety +571

    Even more accurate in 2021 than it was back then.

    • @phuckfumassters
      @phuckfumassters Před 2 lety +38

      Yup. And how scary is that

    • @Phlacc
      @Phlacc Před 2 lety +46

      Right? And they want all the power to run things now 😳

    • @jamesp877
      @jamesp877 Před 2 lety +32

      @@Phlacc Run things into the ground, then blame men for it, as they always do. The future is fe-f*cked.

    • @nocturnalrecluse1216
      @nocturnalrecluse1216 Před 2 lety +4

      @@phuckfumassters yup

    • @nocturnalrecluse1216
      @nocturnalrecluse1216 Před 2 lety +7

      @@jamesp877 yup

  • @secondchance6603
    @secondchance6603 Před 5 lety +311

    God asked Adam, "What is wrong with you?" Adam said he didn't have anyone to talk to. God said that He was going to make Adam a companion and that it would be a woman. God said, "This person will gather food for you, cook for you, and when you discover clothing she'll wash it for you. She will always agree with everything you say. She will bear your children and never ask you to get up in the middle of the night to take care of them. She will not nag you and will always be the first to admit she was wrong when you've had a disagreement. She will never have a headache and will freely give you love and passion whenever you need it." Adam asked God, "What will a woman like this cost?" God replied, "An arm and a leg." Then Adam asked, "What can I get for a rib?" The rest is history...

  • @jonathanvincent4960
    @jonathanvincent4960 Před rokem +120

    "I take away reason and accountability."
    Possibly the most accurate line that's ever been written.

  • @fatkiller1000
    @fatkiller1000 Před 2 lety +128

    Jack Nicholson delivered this so legendarily that i now understand why people consider him to be one of the best actors out there.

  • @DrewPicklesTheDark
    @DrewPicklesTheDark Před 9 lety +555

    One of the best "Get Rekt" moments in movies.

    • @learntospellpeople
      @learntospellpeople Před 2 lety +9

      You all sound lonely and bitter af

    • @Bladefan76
      @Bladefan76 Před 2 lety +5

      @@learntospellpeople You must be a woman then.

    • @yarpenzigrin1893
      @yarpenzigrin1893 Před rokem +11

      @@learntospellpeople You sound like you've never been in a relationship.

    • @blastermaster7261
      @blastermaster7261 Před rokem

      ​@@learntospellpeople stay butthurt 😂

    • @hououinkyouma3864
      @hououinkyouma3864 Před měsícem

      ​@@learntospellpeople
      You literally come here and comment, so what does that make you?

  • @gutz1981
    @gutz1981 Před 4 lety +477

    My god, as I am now almost 40, his answer seems so accurate. It no longer seems like an insult from a bitter man. It sounds like the words of someone who has figured it out.

    • @watsonxox7145
      @watsonxox7145 Před 4 lety +6

      The people around you say a lot more about who you are as a person than who they’re meant to represent...

    • @speakersr-lyefaudio6830
      @speakersr-lyefaudio6830 Před 4 lety +11

      Watson XOX Which is why you shouldn’t be around women

    • @watsonxox7145
      @watsonxox7145 Před 4 lety +3

      SpeakersR-lyef Audio Then stay away from em! :)

    • @OsirisMawn
      @OsirisMawn Před 3 lety +12

      @@watsonxox7145 is that so? I was born into the midst of some not very good people (euphemism) I guess I should've chosen better huh?

    • @watsonxox7145
      @watsonxox7145 Před 3 lety +3

      @@OsirisMawn Obviously family can be an exception, especially when you're younger. But I'm more so referring to friends and partners and such. People gravitate towards people who they can relate to in some way or another, whether they recognize this or not.

  • @LukeLovesRose
    @LukeLovesRose Před 6 lety +167

    One of the greatest, most scarily accurate lines of dialogue ever put in a movie.

  • @WadeMFilms
    @WadeMFilms Před 6 lety +347

    Such an elegant insult.

  • @Chris-0703
    @Chris-0703 Před 3 lety +89

    A simple example with my wife to demonstrate this truth:
    Our recycle container gets picked up once a week but has limited space. So, when I get something delivered in a large cardboard box I break it down before disposing to conserve space, because otherwise we’ll run out. My wife just puts the box in the receptacle as-is. My wife does not REASON.
    Within a few days the recycling bin is overflowing due to the large box (if I ever catch it I’ll break it down my self, but sometimes I don’t) and my wife is complaining that there is never any room in the bin. I tell her that it is her fault for not breaking down the large box; she deflects and says that she “forgot” or doesn’t “have time for that.” My wife lacks ACCOUNTABILITY.
    So yeah, this is spot-on.

    • @learntospellpeople
      @learntospellpeople Před 2 lety +9

      Did you also lack reason when she chose to marry you? Seems like it.

    • @camembert147
      @camembert147 Před 2 lety +11

      You chose to marry this person, it's your fault lol

    • @hasanmuttaqin464
      @hasanmuttaqin464 Před 2 lety +5

      you're marrying this girl, you're also lack accountability

    • @Doomthinkingman
      @Doomthinkingman Před 2 lety +18

      Lotta people mad at this but pay them no mind. Because yes you married her but no one here is saying where to find these mythical reasonable and accountable woman

    • @MoonwalkerWorshiper
      @MoonwalkerWorshiper Před 2 lety

      @@Doomthinkingman And who says you need to chose either between reasonable and accountable women, or unreasonable and inaccountable women?
      Who says it's impossible for women to be reasonable and accountable and if so, what is their support for that view?
      It comes off as yet another man who finds it difficult to communicate with his spouse of his chosing.
      This argument that every woman on the planet is his wife, is just not something that intelligent people buy.

  • @MSculls19
    @MSculls19 Před 2 lety +117

    That line would literally get the writers, the actors, the producers and the director fired and cancelled today, as well as the entire lot the studio is on burnt to the ground. Hilarious and brilliant line

    • @NotDingse
      @NotDingse Před 2 lety +2

      I don’t think you get it, Jack Nicholson is playing a jerk. That’s the whole point of the movie. Did you even watch it?

    • @danielpack7675
      @danielpack7675 Před 2 lety +27

      That’s why they couldn’t have a “good guy” say it, but antiheroes and villains are not so constrained. Subtle mouthpieces for inconvenient facts.

    • @Ashhley_the_shawty
      @Ashhley_the_shawty Před 2 lety +3

      @@danielpack7675 oh that's actually a good point. I'll think of this whenever I consoome media from now on

    • @100000Andy
      @100000Andy Před 2 lety +2

      Nope, I dont think so. jacks character is most certainly homophobic and sexistic at first, but he changes drastically over the course of this film. The message of the movie is quite the opposite of what udall says in this scene

    • @RR-et6zp
      @RR-et6zp Před 2 lety

      read the unplugged alpha by rich cooper

  • @kilowhiskey19
    @kilowhiskey19 Před 8 lety +511

    Not only the best line in the whole movie but also very, very true.
    Believe me, after 15 years of marriage that line has been proven true for me time and again.

    • @sonofizzy
      @sonofizzy Před 6 lety +1

      That does not follow, boi.

    • @samuelkerckhoff2039
      @samuelkerckhoff2039 Před 6 lety +61

      Getting married is equivalent to placing your testicles in a vicegrip. She better be the girl of your dreams who will stick with you through thick and thin and who won't divorce you as soon as things get rough. Otherwise you don't get married. Only losers sign over their future children and 1/2 their earnings to anything less.

    • @trevorfranks69
      @trevorfranks69 Před 3 lety +2

      Do you hate your mother as well by any chance?

    • @Matthew118
      @Matthew118 Před 3 lety +12

      Lol, amen to that fella 😅. It's such a brilliant line, but as you say it's also been proven time and again to you, and to all of us in a relationship 😉. Women, can't live with them, can't live without them 😁

    • @psychedelicfright85
      @psychedelicfright85 Před 3 lety +2

      @@trevorfranks69 I'd think that his mother wouldn't have anything to gain. Dunce.

  • @e.l.norton
    @e.l.norton Před 3 lety +85

    Never has there been spoken a more truthful line in the history of film.

  • @177SCmaro
    @177SCmaro Před 3 lety +180

    It's funny because he's not lying.

  • @Archedgar
    @Archedgar Před 10 měsíci +13

    *"I think of a man, and I take away reason & accountability."*
    That response is one of the most based lines to ever be spoken. Very true as well.

  • @charlesajones77
    @charlesajones77 Před 6 lety +173

    This is depressingly accurate.

    • @jaironunez7196
      @jaironunez7196 Před 2 lety +7

      Depressingly?! On the contrary. If you understood that, you will be free of the stupidity of relationships 😄

    • @shezyam460
      @shezyam460 Před rokem +11

      @@jaironunez7196 depressing because it runs counter to the narrative that young boys are raised with. not to mention that by the time you figure this out, you probably wasted a lot of time on women who don't deserve it

    • @shandorunia
      @shandorunia Před rokem +2

      @@shezyam460 yep and yep some more.

  • @pauljackson2409
    @pauljackson2409 Před 7 lety +628

    The moment when you realise that somebody understands you better than you understand yourself.................and despises you

  • @amirulhakim268
    @amirulhakim268 Před 9 měsíci +12

    Jack's face turning before he delivered that line is so hilarious, that devilish eyebrows and grin alone signaled that he knew he gonna strike that encounter perfectly 😂

  • @theTruthLifeNWay
    @theTruthLifeNWay Před rokem +44

    "oh God, this is like a nightmare" 😂😂
    Love that wee tidbit before he home runs her with "reason and accountability" the whole script in this movie was 10/10 as was everyone who delivered it performance wise
    A true classic

  • @MrJaybone5
    @MrJaybone5 Před 4 lety +41

    My favorite line from Nicholson. He nailed it.

  • @reVieced
    @reVieced Před 6 lety +66

    "Yeah, good, nice, thrilled, exciting, eh you don't have to wait with me."

  • @mattjek828
    @mattjek828 Před 3 lety +82

    This movie came out when I was 15 and I had no idea what that line meant. I’m almost 40 now and I know exactly what he’s talking about.

    • @michaeljames6817
      @michaeljames6817 Před 2 lety +12

      Same. I thought it was hilarious just because she got rekt but I thought he was saying she had no reason for existing or something. I later realized it was one of the most profoundly true cinema lines I'd ever hear.

    • @RR-et6zp
      @RR-et6zp Před 2 lety

      ​@@michaeljames6817 read the unplugged alpha by rich cooper

    • @RR-et6zp
      @RR-et6zp Před 2 lety

      ​ @mike james read the unplugged alpha by rich cooper

    • @jaironunez7196
      @jaironunez7196 Před 2 lety +2

      I was 17 at the time... And this line hit me like a ton of bricks. I fully understood what he meant. And it made me realize right there that I never wanted to get married in my entire life. Too much unnecessary drama for a guy like me hahahaha.

  • @Ralo29
    @Ralo29 Před 3 lety +14

    I'm fairly certain that no truer words have ever been spoken.

  • @omanu9878
    @omanu9878 Před rokem +5

    Camera making a close up of her face like showing this is how he sees her invading his personal space

  • @bloodsling
    @bloodsling Před 6 lety +25

    Julie Benz seems like such a sweetheart,couldn't be more adorable.

    • @stefantomasi4036
      @stefantomasi4036 Před 3 lety +8

      She is so young here. 23-25 years old

    • @Mmmyess
      @Mmmyess Před 2 lety +3

      I wondered who she is. Thanks for answering! She's perfectly cast.

  • @GT-Oldschool
    @GT-Oldschool Před rokem +8

    Over 20 years later, I finally know exactly what he means, and no truer words have been spoken in a movie.

  • @Araconox
    @Araconox Před 3 lety +17

    The look on Nicholson's face when he turns to address her question: I'm thinking: 'Here it comes!'

  • @MaximumBob
    @MaximumBob Před rokem +58

    One of the often-overlooked aspects of his genius craft in this scene is how he springs into the elevator and instinctively stands a little too close to the man inside, as if to say "oh my goodness, yes! A man. A safe place! My tribe..." and then separates once he is aware of how awkwardly close he is. It was a master class in the physical signalling of his psyche.

    • @JoeyMartz
      @JoeyMartz Před rokem +6

      I think it was more of him taking his usual place/spot in the elevator and then recognizing he is too close to another person and instinctively moves away to a safe space..... agree to disagree, I suppose....

    • @michaelleonard1491
      @michaelleonard1491 Před 8 měsíci +2

      Nah I I agree with the latter.

    • @MadPutz
      @MadPutz Před 3 měsíci +1

      He's misanthropic toward everyone - not really a masculine tribalist. The character in this movie is quite anti-social generally and has some autistic spectrum type tics and OCD.

    • @jimwilliams4421
      @jimwilliams4421 Před 2 měsíci

      He had ocd in the movie and couldn't stand contact/contamination from others.

  • @cesarfelipe
    @cesarfelipe Před 2 lety +42

    Maybe is not politically correct what he said, but its absolute true, especially the accountability part

  • @debfort4899
    @debfort4899 Před 5 lety +75

    As a woman, I dare say even I have to agree with his statement. We as women a lot of times can be unreasonable and we definitely don't accountability when we do wrong. My mother for instance was a spoiled brat growing up and became a selfish, cold woman. Eventually as a result of that, a lot of her family never really spoke to her much anymore. She of course, swore up and down to anyone naive enough to listen that they betrayed her and did her wrong, meanwhile obviously that wasn't true. At least they got out. I wasn't so lucky, at first anyway. I had to put up with her childish behavior, doing ridiculous things for her like cooking her meals, with a microwave, not a stove for the record. I had to do her laundry and even if she was right upstairs from the basement to get her laundry, she would call me from all the way upstairs in my room to go down there and get it. It was ridiculous. She would also berate and abuse any good man that came into her life and thankfully for them, they had the smarts to leave her. And if that wasn't bad enough, she married a man who would verbally abuse and at one point put his hands on me. When I told her about it, she of course denied and quite honestly didn't really care, but she just didn't wanna admit it, out loud anyway. Then, to add insult to injury, she would recruit my father to defend her as though she were his daughter instead of me and he defends her like there's no tomorrow. Eventually, I got out and as it turns out, he started abusing her. People tell her to leave, but naturally, she doesn't care what others think and stays with his behind. I'm like it serves her right. People say I'm mean for that, but I don't care. I hold her accountable for her own actions and problems she has caused herself the same way I would hold a man accountable. She's an adult and needs to start acting like one. It's karma biting her. It doesn't always come when you call, but it's always on time. Women do have a lot of growing up to do, especially mentally. Hate if you want to, but if you do it's only because you know it's true.

    • @LukeLovesRose
      @LukeLovesRose Před 5 lety +8

      Great. Your taking your first steps into a larger world....

    • @lowbird7947
      @lowbird7947 Před rokem

      Speak for yourself. Most people doing dumb things for no reason are men, that's why they don't live as long.

    • @TheSpecialJ11
      @TheSpecialJ11 Před rokem +4

      Yeah, I think the spoiled brat part is key here. When I was growing up, I got told boys don't cry and to man up and own my actions and pay for them. While plenty of girls around me were raised well, there were also plenty who got consoled any time the tears came out, whether the tears were justified or not. We're too kind to women when they exhibit bad behavior, and should redirect that kindness to giving them even more when they show good behavior. If we don't, we get dozens of adults in everyone's life who are entitled, especially when their emotions are negative. I'm not saying don't console your daughter, I'm just saying don't console her when it was her actions that directly brought her the result making her cry.

  • @phooogle
    @phooogle Před rokem +13

    One of the best quotes from one of the greatest films ever made. I so miss the days of good, well written films.

  • @WildCard0315
    @WildCard0315 Před 2 lety +54

    Everyone wants to talk about the "writing about women" thingy. What I love about this scene is a writer's awkwardness to everything. Even when he gets into the elevator.

    • @MoonwalkerWorshiper
      @MoonwalkerWorshiper Před 2 lety +5

      Because he is awkward with people, as you can bet all the people in this comment section can relate to.

    • @RR-et6zp
      @RR-et6zp Před 2 lety

      read the unplugged alpha by rich cooper

    • @lesliethompson4039
      @lesliethompson4039 Před 2 lety

      @@RR-et6zp you sound high me son, again... Now get serious dad.... Stay off crack and stay black ..... . ;)

    • @beakfordclakington1337
      @beakfordclakington1337 Před 2 lety +1

      Im aspergers etc... Yeah . I notice his ''''social awkwardness ''' BUT PROTECTED GYNOCENTRISM HARMS MEN SO MUCH AND DOESNT REALLY GETS TOUCHED ON . Thats why I guess many men remember it .To me '''social awkwardness ''' is not the epiphany you maybe think it id.
      God speed anyway

    • @MoonwalkerWorshiper
      @MoonwalkerWorshiper Před rokem

      @@beakfordclakington1337 "Protected gynocentrism" is social awkwardness aswell you m0ron.

  • @LevCallahan
    @LevCallahan Před 2 lety +56

    As much as women I've watched this with hate this line... they've all admitted to me it's sadly true, and it actually works in novel-writing.

  • @kaisersozshye2525
    @kaisersozshye2525 Před 6 lety +134

    As true as it gets.

  • @mattmccluskey4242
    @mattmccluskey4242 Před rokem +4

    At 1:05, when Nicholson flicks the back of his shirt. Brilliant.

    • @DoomRulz
      @DoomRulz Před 3 měsíci

      What do you think is brilliant about it?

  • @dyingtodeath
    @dyingtodeath Před rokem +10

    The greatest line in any movie, ever. It will never not be true.

  • @concerned1
    @concerned1 Před 4 lety +53

    I love how that powerful woman was reduced to a petulant teenager as she stomped off.

  • @PrayerWarrior4
    @PrayerWarrior4 Před 6 lety +366

    I'm a female and I find this funny and sadly true with some friends...

    • @Shortlady82
      @Shortlady82 Před 6 lety +3

      PrayerWarrior4 I agree

    • @RevGary
      @RevGary Před 5 lety +24

      he's not talking about the Proverbs 31 woman of noble character (VERY rare person indeed

    • @Khepramancer
      @Khepramancer Před 4 lety +26

      @SgtBaker16
      That would require accountability lol...

    • @groyper1988
      @groyper1988 Před 4 lety +22

      @SgtBaker16 ShEs NoT LiKe OtHeR GiRlS

    • @cervix7667
      @cervix7667 Před 4 lety +5

      @thomasbetrusted

  • @QuantumEffectResidue
    @QuantumEffectResidue Před 4 měsíci +3

    This movie should be declared a National treasure. I think it's one of the best quotes in any movie of all time. And it's 100% true.

  • @andrewilson7538
    @andrewilson7538 Před rokem +4

    Moral of the story: NEVER meet your idols. 😆

  • @Themoomabides
    @Themoomabides Před 3 lety +50

    Maybe the most wonderfully unwoke line in the history of cinema.

  • @AdderTude
    @AdderTude Před rokem +6

    Fun fact: that receptionist is played by Julie Benz, who later voiced Miranda Keyes in Halo 2.

    • @rickg8015
      @rickg8015 Před rokem +1

      She was also great in Angel, and later, Dexter..

  • @nightrider3067
    @nightrider3067 Před 4 lety +11

    It took a lot of life experience to understand the truth of what he said

  • @francisdashwood1760
    @francisdashwood1760 Před rokem +13

    I never knew that Al Bundy was a Hollywood scriptwriter!

  • @niradnagrom2356
    @niradnagrom2356 Před 9 měsíci +2

    The enthusiastic way that Jack delivers that line brings one word to mind - *OUCH!*

  • @chrislaverick6413
    @chrislaverick6413 Před 10 měsíci +6

    The older i get, the more this makes sense

  • @mboiko
    @mboiko Před 9 lety +150

    "How Do You Write Women So Well"
    Oh so ridiculously true and for most women...an inconvenient truth.

    • @Nickassance
      @Nickassance Před 7 lety

      mboiko All?

    • @seantomas861
      @seantomas861 Před 3 lety +1

      Most women*

    • @mboiko
      @mboiko Před 3 lety +1

      @@seantomas861 Noted...and change made.

    • @syd91
      @syd91 Před 3 lety +4

      A man will see a mouse and be like is anyone else gonna eat this and not wait for an answer

    • @stewmeat92
      @stewmeat92 Před 3 lety +5

      Black women as well Fam believe me there the exact same as white women. All women in civilized society hate accountability, but when society doesn't hold them accountable they will never change, EVER.

  • @_scyas_6423
    @_scyas_6423 Před 8 lety +27

    Amen, Mr Udall. A-fucking-men.

  • @sstaners1234
    @sstaners1234 Před rokem +12

    The funny part is when I was 20 I seen this lady as a goddess.
    At 44, I’m thinking the same thing as Jack Nicholson.

  • @nikaluss5946
    @nikaluss5946 Před 2 lety +5

    2022 here, this statement is more relevant now than ever!!!

  • @ohhhxsnsn1797
    @ohhhxsnsn1797 Před 8 lety +55

    this movie is timelessly funny

  • @superluminal89
    @superluminal89 Před 8 měsíci +2

    I'm 26 years on from when this movie was made, and I understand what he says completely.

  • @nickmelucci
    @nickmelucci Před rokem +3

    Might be the single greatest line in motion picture history! 😂

  • @JeffreyGillespie
    @JeffreyGillespie Před 4 lety +9

    1:05 what he does with his collar. This is reason # 1,203, 435 why he's one of the greats. I love watching his detail.

    • @alexparody2631
      @alexparody2631 Před měsícem +1

      A page of dialogue in a one second gesture.

  • @Kragatar
    @Kragatar Před rokem +11

    The way he smiles as he says it is perfect.
    And then her face as it sinks in. 🤣

  • @starshine9662
    @starshine9662 Před rokem +18

    Ill be honest, im glad this type of conversation exists. I'm glad dudes are sharing their experiences. It shows me what not to do and how to be a better wife for my guy.
    I appreciate the mens mental health movement for starting these types of conversations, because its pretty damn unanimous every time ive seen or heard a guy talk about what hurt him the most? The cause 99.9% of the time was a woman. So thanks for speaking up and helping some of us do better 👍

    • @duebraccia
      @duebraccia Před 9 měsíci +2

      It's just a line. Excellent because it makes us laugh. And it makes us laugh because it talks about a cliché. The one about the man who complains about women. Stupid like all clichés.

    • @starshine9662
      @starshine9662 Před 9 měsíci

      @@duebraccia why do you think cliches exist? They are based off of reality. Are they always reality? No, but in this case, yes

    • @duebraccia
      @duebraccia Před 9 měsíci +1

      ​@@starshine9662 Listen, the line is super hilarious but doesn't say the truth. It's a male brain's clichè.

    • @starshine9662
      @starshine9662 Před 9 měsíci

      @@duebraccia why do you think cliches exist in the first place?

    • @duebraccia
      @duebraccia Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@starshine9662 I certainly believe that clichés exist.
      Firstly because they help us laugh about life and find some comfort.
      But you certainly cannot decide about your life based on a cliché.
      Every human being is a very complicated world different from every other human being.
      And we have the task, if we wish, of discovering that world to the full.
      Whatever it takes.

  • @lumberluc
    @lumberluc Před rokem +4

    That delivery, perfect

  • @blackien5
    @blackien5 Před 5 lety +279

    That was funny, but unfortunately at the same time it's true. You can't reason with most women a lot of the time and they definitely don't take accountability for their actions or lack thereof. And furthermore, society doesn't hold them accountable for their actions either and even if they do, they merely get a slap on the wrist.

    • @sarahhaugh7922
      @sarahhaugh7922 Před 5 lety +13

      Why attempt the impossible?

    • @Ardepark
      @Ardepark Před 4 lety +20

      @Kimberlee Ponson Nah, just the men you're able to pull.

    • @JoelKellenProductions
      @JoelKellenProductions Před 4 lety +24

      @Kimberlee Ponson Tell that to all the men who get sent to jail.

    • @danielkokal8819
      @danielkokal8819 Před 4 lety +37

      @Kimberlee Ponson women will never be equal until they start accepting responsibility for what
      they say and do.... but they have no experience at it. have your female dominated society but
      you will lose your cherished right to blame men for everything.

    • @Sam-xg3mr
      @Sam-xg3mr Před 4 lety +1

      Frederica Bimble No, it’s not the same, but thanks for proving the point of the quote.

  • @PantonePapi
    @PantonePapi Před 2 lety +9

    I didn’t understand this scene very well as a child…how times have changed 😂

  • @windsorkid7069
    @windsorkid7069 Před 10 měsíci +2

    I'll never forget the muffled laughs from guys in the theater. Mine included .🤣

  • @your_royal_highness
    @your_royal_highness Před rokem +35

    One reason it is so funny is because it is absolutely true. When was the the last time a woman in your life apologized and owned up to something she did wrong? The flip side of that is I think attributable to Buddy Hackett who said the reason why his marriage turned out successfully was because every morning he would wake up, shut off the alarm clock, roll over to face his wife and say “Honey, I’m sorry.”

    • @neogamest123logic2
      @neogamest123logic2 Před rokem +13

      I had a situation with a female clerk in the store about the price of an item.
      Because she wrung up my item as a different item and so I had to go and check again and came back to the counter no that's not the right price.
      She went to check and said that "you had the wrong item" yet she gave me back some change.
      So I went back took a picture with my phone and showed it with the item in my bag.
      She said "I gave your change sir you can go".
      She refused to admit she was wrong at all even when confronted with the evidence.
      The male ones would've sade my bad if they mad such a mistake.

  • @mikaheinekenn
    @mikaheinekenn Před 2 lety +8

    Since 1999 I’ve watched this movie over 100 times . Jack is my hero .😍

  • @EOTA564
    @EOTA564 Před 2 lety +11

    Would love to have seen this one at the theatre to witness the reaction from the audience.

    • @jasonu3741
      @jasonu3741 Před rokem +1

      It was 1997, you would have heard some laughs and thats it.
      now if it was 2023... no we got ourselves some entertainment

  • @BobPelot-ko1dr
    @BobPelot-ko1dr Před 5 měsíci +1

    His greatest role among many great roles…the expression on his face and body language when he first turns around is comedic brilliance and clearly sets the tone for the utter shock and disappointment she’s about to find herself in

  • @Christian_Prepper
    @Christian_Prepper Před rokem +10

    *True for **_most_** women. Thankfully, my wife is an exception. Very feminine but very reasonable and never blame shifts.*
    *Sadly, our youngest generations are being raised solely by women so now even so-called "men" (those with testicle) are becoming more and more unreasonable and unaccountable for their actions or lack thereof.*

    • @joemiller947
      @joemiller947 Před 10 měsíci +5

      If younger generations are truly unreasonable, where do you suppose that they learned it from?

  • @hedgehog1965uk
    @hedgehog1965uk Před 2 lety +6

    Jack delivers this so perfectly.

  • @alanrogs3990
    @alanrogs3990 Před 11 měsíci +6

    Sadly, where I work the majority of the employees are women. The horror, the horror.

  • @kinvert
    @kinvert Před 10 měsíci +2

    teenage me* laughed
    midlife me* cries

  • @cDynasty001
    @cDynasty001 Před 7 lety +235

    Every time I have to deal with the illogical maddening bullshit of women, I think of this scene and laugh on the inside

  • @logicaldude3611
    @logicaldude3611 Před rokem +6

    I’m surprised CZcams still allows this to be up in 2022.

  • @skatemetrix
    @skatemetrix Před 5 lety +52

    I think of a man... And I take away reason and accountability.
    Line of the century.

  • @danbenz6362
    @danbenz6362 Před rokem +2

    So many people here getting this line twisted. It’s not about men blaming women for a man’s failure. It’s about women being emotional and being allowed to not hold themselves accountable for a woman’s failure.

  • @yarpenzigrin1893
    @yarpenzigrin1893 Před rokem +4

    Truer words have never been spoken.

  • @danielpack7675
    @danielpack7675 Před 5 lety +41

    Am I the only one who automatically deducts a dozen IQ points from any writer whenever the word "patriarchy" is brought up unironically?

    • @NotDingse
      @NotDingse Před 2 lety +2

      I’m sure your IQ is through the roof, since you’re able to come to such bold conclusions by the usage of one word.

    • @acelibrarian
      @acelibrarian Před 2 lety +3

      I reserve it for when it's truly warranted.
      Unfortunately it becomes increasingly warranted the older I get.

    • @RR-et6zp
      @RR-et6zp Před 2 lety +4

      patriarchies stand the test of time because they keep authority and responsibility together, checks and balances

    • @nocturnalrecluse1216
      @nocturnalrecluse1216 Před rokem

      The patriarchy doesn't exist in the west. It is just some fetish invented by third wave victim feminists.

  • @ironclad452
    @ironclad452 Před 2 lety +23

    Having a daughter I hate myself for laughing... but I also have an ex wife and I remember why I am. Then I cry.

  • @CoreyHunter
    @CoreyHunter Před rokem +6

    Wisdom for the age.

  • @Ryan-Horgan
    @Ryan-Horgan Před rokem +14

    Every other joke gets less funny the more you hear it..this joke: every year that passes, this joke gets funnier every time

    • @Bluesmiley05
      @Bluesmiley05 Před rokem +7

      except this isn't a joke.. it's truth.

    • @donutbevil9669
      @donutbevil9669 Před rokem

      ​@@Bluesmiley05that's what makes it funny.

  • @bartolomeestebanmurillo4459

    Can people imagine that line today? The movie would be dragged through social media and the director cancelled!

  • @Ama-hi5kn
    @Ama-hi5kn Před rokem +4

    That face when her dreams are shattered.

  • @David-xy9yo
    @David-xy9yo Před 7 měsíci +1

    That last bit in the elevator with that step away from the other guy always cracks me up. 😂

  • @jediprettyboy
    @jediprettyboy Před 6 lety +11

    Don’t insult Rita or you’ll regret it. 😂

  • @TheGodfather-bm3ow
    @TheGodfather-bm3ow Před rokem +7

    If you need an example... look no further than the pro choice debate.

  • @roybarrows9733
    @roybarrows9733 Před 11 měsíci +3

    As memorable as that line was, looking back at this scene, the girl who played the receptionist was spot on. Yet, if she hadn't played her part so well, I don't think that line, however brilliant, would have had as much impact.

    • @pauljackson2409
      @pauljackson2409 Před 11 měsíci

      Yeah, she played the gormless self-absorbed bimbo, to a tee. Maybe it was down to the director.

  • @Itsmeeman1
    @Itsmeeman1 Před 7 lety +24

    Never a truer word spoken!

  • @XP-nt9iy
    @XP-nt9iy Před 4 měsíci +2

    When I saw this movie for the first time, this scene made me laugh harder than any other movie I've ever seen.

  • @frankenfoamy
    @frankenfoamy Před 10 lety +96

    It is dead on accurate for women that think he understands women. Why would other women be offended?

  • @sherpajones
    @sherpajones Před 7 lety +86

    The look on her face...

    • @Kelly14UK
      @Kelly14UK Před 7 lety +7

      She may just have started to realise just who her sex is

    • @guns4toilets
      @guns4toilets Před 7 lety +10

      what look? all i could see are her ears cause he busted two whole nuts of truth all over it.

    • @QuestionKnife
      @QuestionKnife Před 6 lety

      libra085 hahahah

  • @sammencia7945
    @sammencia7945 Před 2 měsíci

    That the writer was able to get that line approved in the screenplay, in the script, shot, on film, and past the cutting room floor to the theatrical release, is a minor miracle.

  • @Kesyabasturd
    @Kesyabasturd Před 7 lety +71

    Its funny cause its true.

  • @jackmann9752
    @jackmann9752 Před 2 lety +16

    Me at 26 seeing this: Wow wonder if anyone got offended at that (chuckles quietly hoping nobody hears).
    Me at 50: Spot on 100% accurate..spits coffee..laughs outloud hysterically!

    • @RR-et6zp
      @RR-et6zp Před 2 lety +1

      read the unplugged alpha by rich cooper