As Good as It Gets (1997)
- Directed by
- James L. Brooks
- Genre
- drama film, comedy film, comedy drama, romance film, romantic comedy film, LGBTQ-related film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h 13m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Rating
- 7.4 of 10 from 4,174 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A misanthropic obsessive compulsive novelist gets pulled into the lives of a single mother waitress and her sick son, as well as a gay artist neighbor. The film follows them as they form grudging connections that soften their defenses.
emotionally sharpslightly causticwryhumanizingrestrainedgently comicuneven-tenderurban
What happens
As Good as It Gets is a 1997 American romantic comedy film directed by James L. Brooks from a screenplay he co-wrote with Mark Andrus. It stars Jack Nicholson as a misanthropic, bigoted and obsessive–compulsive novelist, Helen Hunt as a single mother with a chronically ill son, and Greg Kinnear as a gay artist. The film was produced by TriStar Pictures and Gracie Films and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. As Good as It Gets premiered at the Regency Village Theatre on December 6, 1997, and was released theatrically in the United States on Christmas Day. A critical and box office hit, it grossed $314.1 million on a $50 million budget. At the 70th Academy Awards, the film was nominated in seven categories, including Best Picture. Nicholson won for Best Actor and Hunt for Best Actress, making it the most recent film to win both lead acting awards. It is ranked 140th on Empire magazine's "The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time" list. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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