As Good as It Gets
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.
Plot
Misanthropic NYC best-selling romance novelist Melvin Udall has OCD. He uses soap bars only once to wash his hands, paper towels to touch public restroom faucets and door handles, avoids stepping on sidewalk cracks, has rituals with switches and locks, sticks to rigid routines, and always eats breakfast at the same table in the same restaurant while bringing his own plastic flatware. Carol Connelly is the only server at the restaurant who tolerates his rude and compulsive behavior.
Awards
Cast
- Bibi Osterwald
- Brian Doyle-Murray
- Cuba Gooding Jr.
- Danielle Brisebois
- Danielle Spencer
- Frank Slaten
- Greg Kinnear
- Harold Ramis
- Helen Hunt
- Jack Nicholson
- Jamie Kennedy
- Jesse James
- Jimmy Workman
- John F. O'Donohue
- Julie Benz
- Justin Herwick
- Kaitlin Hopkins
- Kathryn Morris
- Kristi Zea
- Lawrence Kasdan
- Leslie Stefanson
- Lisa Edelstein
- Lupe Ontiveros
- Matt Malloy
- Maurice LaMarche
- Maya Rudolph
- Missi Pyle
- Patricia Childress
- Peter Jacobson
- Randall Batinkoff
- Rebekah Johnson
- Ross Bleckner
- Shane Black
- Shirley Knight
- Skeet Ulrich
- Tara Subkoff
- Todd Solondz
- Tom McGowan
- Wood Harris
- Yeardley Smith