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Name: As Good As It Gets
Released: 1997-12-23
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding Jr., Skeet Ulrich

As Good As It Gets

PG-13
2h 19m
1997

86%

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Three-time Academy Award® winner Jack Nicholson stars as Melvin Udall, a dysfunctional, crass talking novelist who suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder. Melvin's daily schedule is thrown into disarray, when the only waitress at his favorite café who's able to stand him, Carol Connelly (Helen Hunt), is absent due to her son's chronic asthma. Driven initially by the compulsion to get back to his daily routine, Melvin offers to help her. But Carol's gratitude leads her deeper into the chaotic life of this misanthropic oddball. When his ailing artist neighbor, Simon (Greg Kinnear) and his tiny dog named Verdell also enter Melvin's life, Melvin, Carol and Simon begin to discover things about themselves, and each other, that they never expected to learn.

Director:

James L. Brooks

Producer:

James L. Brooks, Bridget Johnson, Kristi Zea

Writer:

James L. Brooks, Mark Andrus

Cast:

Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding Jr., Skeet Ulrich, Shirley Knight, Lupe Ontiveros, Harold Ramis, Jesse James

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

86%

Critics Consensus: James L. Brooks and Jack Nicholson, doing what they do best, combine smart dialogue and flawless acting to squeeze fresh entertainment value out of the romantic-comedy genre.

Reviews

Stuff.co.nz

James Croot

Despite seemingly being given pretty much free rein to ham things up mercilessly, he [Jack Nicholson] shines without ever becoming too much.

August 28, 2023

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The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)

Dan DiNicola

A charming romantic comedy that will make you laugh and feel good. Excellent performances all around.

James L. Brooks’ screenplay is fantastic, we are in their lives, it feels as if we are PART of their lives and watching it from right up close.

As Good As It Gets features a masterclass in writing, directing, and acting while reminding us that people can grow and evolve in their lives.

Did this really need to be 138 minutes long? Aside from that, this is a reasonably entertaining comedy that allows Jack Nicholson to amuse himself (and us) for most of the running time.

September 1, 2022

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