Sure, Mel acted in the movie, but he obviously didn't learn a thing from it. Read the attached article, and you'll see MOST wives -- in deed, most women -- need "to feel that her husband is looking out for her well being and that of the children." And the women in the movie said that in a dozen different ways. So obviously Mel merely memorized the script without internalizing one little thing -- or the man wouldn't have been willing to bastardize his kids in his plea with the Church to annul his marriage.