Do guys like him even exist?

I just watched this and had a very strong emotional reaction. I think the comments in this thread, and some user reviews I read, are so interesting because so many people related the story to their own lives so readily. It becomes so easy to have that personal connection with the story (good, bad, or mixed) spill over into an assertion of what the film is really about and a certainty about what's driving the character's behaviors and whether their actions are generous, unhealthy, selfish, courageous, etc.. I found myself crying in places that seemed pretty innocuous and it took a while for me to see what that connection was for me. It was places like early on when she was shooing him out and he awkwardly got the words "I care about you" out of his mouth as he was leaving. In that moment my chest hurt. Does anyone ever get that feeling. I get it once in a blue moon. Frankie and Johnny was another film that triggered it and I never really understood it (or started to) until this movie. Something about feeling like the worst version of yourself, fearing that's who you really are so you are ready for the judgement, ready to be misunderstood, prepared, willing, and frankly relieved to be alone, and someone says something like that. Only very recently have I started to consider that those people may actually see something you don't, rather than immediately writing them off as needy or "just being nice". I still don't totally buy it in real life, but I think that's what the ache is about. Please forgive the overshare. I just wanted to say although I saw Jason Ritter's character as brave, committed, and insightful I`m pretty sure that says more about me than the writer's or the actor's intentions. I think that's what makes movies like this special - when it inspires conversations like this about complex human dynamics that so many people can relate to in such different ways.

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Depends on how much similar to him
liking a girl like her that much? I would
having the patience? not really, couldn't have it on couple of occasions and it can't last forever
the only problem with the movie is his patience, he could've never helped her like that
she needed a slap on her face to understand she is treating him like sh*t coz of someone else's mistake with her who is her father that she needed to confront
what he did was actually letting her get rid of her anger and put it on his head, so she had no reason to confront her father so it was like a never ending cycle
but yeah I would like a girl like that, no make up, silent, messed up that much
coz sometimes a guy could use a girl her to avoid facing his own problems, he just tries to face hers and help her facing them instead of dealing with his sh*t
I actually miss that for many years, there is nothing harder than facing ur own problems instead of escaping from them while trying to help others.

"It is never about what happened, it is only how you look at it!"

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He was kind of a user and he pursued her a lot.

Unfortunately there are. Just watched this movie on Hulu Plus and his character irked the hell out of me. I personally could never deal with someone as clingy and insecure as him. He is a walking doormat and found the perfect person to wipe her feet on.

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If he's cute, living in a car doesn't matter really.
If he's fat or ugly or baldy, doesn't matter if he owns a house and a BMW