Mr. Jealousy (1997)

Mr. Jealousy: Directed by Noah Baumbach. With Eric Stoltz, Annabella Sciorra, Chris Eigeman, Carlos Jacott. A writer becomes obsessed with his girlfriends former boyfriend, now a very successful novelist. To discover if the ex-boyfriend still has feeling for his old love, the writer joins the novelist’s group therapy meetings.

“Mr. Jealousy while not everyman, is certainly a typical kind of man, especially in todayu0026#39;s world of endlessly mixed sexual signals. So convincingly, poignantly, and sympathetically portrayed here by Eric Stoltz, Mr Jealousy hardly allows us to ignore our own (misteru0026#39;s) part in his makeup. We love his humor and sense his pain too.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI think it is the wonderful restraint and a great complementary cast that helps bring this home to us. One can fully relax (no squirming, trust me) with the manner and content of this comedy, which makes this film a kind of gem, I think. And the therapy scenes deserve special notice. The opening may be a bit thin, and the ending both thin and forced, but the body is of a different terrain, a bittersweet movie unto itself. (someone think of a better ending!)”