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

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)

Trailer

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