As Good as It Gets

7.4/10 from 1919 votes

Director: James L. Brooks

Date of release: 19 Dec 1997

Description

New York City. Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer, finds his life turned upside down when neighboring gay artist Simon is hospitalized and his dog is entrusted to Melvin. In addition, Carol, the only waitress who will tolerate him, must leave work to care for her sick son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast.

Extra

Budget	50000000 $
Runtime	139 minute
Producer	Sony Pictures TriStar Pictures Gracie Films
Language	English
Themes	waitress neighbor friendship dog gay interest cowardliness author writer unlikely friendship single parent rude lone wolf obnoxious noodle salad
Actors	Jack Nicholson Missi Pyle Maya Rudolph Randall Batinkoff Shirley Knight Maurice LaMarche Lisa Edelstein Cuba Gooding Jr. Helen Hunt Lupe Ontiveros Wood Harris Jamie Kennedy Tom McGowan Kathryn Morris Brian Doyle-Murray Greg Kinnear Paul Greenberg Julie Benz Tara Subkoff Bernadette Balagtas Danielle Brisebois Skeet Ulrich Harold Ramis Matt Malloy Todd Solondz Leslie Stefanson Shane Black Lawrence Kasdan Bibi Osterwald Bronwyn Cornelius Peter Jacobson Jesse James Yeardley Smith Stan Bly Amy Anzel Alex Ballar Justin Herwick Kaitlin Hopkins Rebekah Johnson John F. O'Donohue Jimmy Workman Patricia Childress Linda Gehringer Alison Rose Danielle Spencer Ross Bleckner Jaffe Cohen Laurie Kilpatrick Alice Vaughn Chloe Brooks Cooper Brooks Kristi Zea Mary Elizabeth Still David A. Kipper Antonia Jones Laura Mayes Byrnes