As Good As It Gets

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

"Wilfred" is one of the strangest television shows I've seen. Because of this originality, it's well worth watching. However, I should also point out that the show is very adult at times--with lots of crude, rude humor. Because of this, you probably don't want to let your kids see this one...and you might just decide this for yourself as well. The show consists of the bizarro adventures of a crazy young guy (Elijah Wood) and his next door neighbor's dog. How do you know he's crazy? Well, he's the only one who sees the dog as a guy in a dog suit and it talks to him and tells him to do many stupid things! Again and again, the advice the dog gives him (or that he imagine he gives him) is counter-productive and stupid...but he seems to keep doing it! The show is very fresh and clever and funny.UPDATE: A few days after I wrote this review, I saw quite a few more episodes of "Wilfred" and noticed that the show became more tiresome and disgusting. I am not saying I hate the show but the show has slumped a bit--hence my new score of 6 for the series. Too many inappropriately unfunny bits. I like edgy and even irreverent but often the show just goes too far to be funny.

One of the best comedies in years. I wouldn't even call it a sitcom because that would put it in a category so many lame shows with an annoying laugh track after every third line. Every episode has at least 3 or 4 screamer funny moments. I loved the Australian version and I didn't think it this could ever measure up but I was pleasantly surprised. Had they replaced Jason Gann as Wilfred it would have never worked. There is such a chemistry with Elijah Wood as Wilfred dupes him over and over. Even when he catches him in his constant tricks and lies Wilfred just won't give it up and spins even bigger lies to cover it up. The humor is often outrageously wicked, vulgar and dark. Not recommended for younger audiences. I would say 16 years or older. I was sorry to see it end but it really went out on top.

Wilfred, now barreling into its 4th and final season, has become one of my favorite shows on television. This may create some bias when reviewing the show, but I believe that the show can give a lot to people willing to give it a chance. The show is centered around Ryan, (played by Elijah Wood), and his neighbor's dog Wilfred, (played by Jason Gann). From the very beginning of the show, you find out about Ryan's struggles, and in regards to issues in his life, they seem to repeat themselves. Wilfred is always there when things go wrong, (trust me, they do a lot), and Ryan always finds himself blaming Wilfred when the situation could have been prevented . I seem to resonate a lot with Ryan, and I feel like much of the common young adult would have to agree with that statement. Ryan has a poor relationship with his father, he can't seem to stay focused enough to hold down a job, his mother is off the walls, and he has a reoccurring struggle with women. All while talking to this dog whom he believes is a person in a dog costume. I see Ryan as an image of the common man not wanting to accept his own issues, and not wanting to accept the fact that he is just one man in an infinity universe. If you are watching this show expecting a comedy, like I did one rainy night 3 years ago, you will be pleasantly surprised when it brings so much more.

Well, finding this show was like fresh air to my lungs.It's simply amazing. The idea that Wilfred -a talking dog that only a guy can see as a human and talk to- represents, which is to listen to that little voice in your head that tells you to be free but most people are just frightened to listen to it, is fantastic, and Elijah Wood is just perfect to play the accomplice.I like the way taboo is treated in this show. Weed is represented as a passage from that ordinary and routine life most people live to a life where people shouldn't worry so much about things, where almost every problem we think we have is relative and self created, and where we shouldn't follow what the system wants us to follow, but what we want.This show combines fun with a nice and beautiful touch of drama that really gets you and also a message to those who are opened to receive it.