As Good as It Gets 1997

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 133 min

genre: comedy

theme: romantic comedy

director: James L. Brooks

Score: 8 / 10

As Good as It Gets is a 1997 American romantic comedy film directed by James L. Brooks, who co-wrote it with Mark Andrus. The film stars Jack Nicholson as a misanthropic and obsessive-compulsive novelist, Helen Hunt as a single mother with a chronically ill son, and Greg Kinnear as an artist who is gay. The paintings were created for the film by New York artist Billy Sullivan. The film was released in theaters on December 23, 1997, and was a box office hit, grossing $314.1 million on a $50 million budget.

Plot

Melvin Udall is a misanthropic best-selling romance novelist in New York City, whose obsessive–compulsive disorder has him avoiding stepping on sidewalk cracks while walking through the city, and eating breakfast at the same table in the same restaurant every day. He takes an interest in his waitress, Carol Connelly, the only server at the restaurant who can tolerate his uncouth behavior.

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More details

author	James L. Brooks Mark Andrus
award	Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Actress National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
contentLocation	New York City
director	James L. Brooks
editor	Richard Marks
genre	comedy
keywords	assault asthma baltimore brooklyn eat estrange gay gay artist homosexuality hotel room injured kill misanthropic misanthropy morning obsessive–compulsive disorder pastry shop romance novelist saab 900 convertible walk
musicBy	Hans Zimmer
nomination	Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
productionCompany	Gracie Films TriStar Pictures
publisher	Sony Pictures Releasing
recordedAt	Long Beach New York City
theme	lgbt-related romantic comedy