As Good as It Gets 1997

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 133 min

genre: comedy-drama

theme: romantic comedy

director: James L. Brooks

Score: 8 / 10

As Good as It Gets is a 1997 American romantic comedy-drama 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 premiered at the Regency Village Theatre on December 6, 1997, and was released theatrically in the United States on December 25, 1997, and was a critical and box office hit, grossing $314.1 million on a $50 million budget.

Plot

Misanthropic New York City best-selling romance novelist Melvin Udall (Nicholson) has obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD). He uses soap bars only once to wash his hands, uses paper towels to touch public restroom faucets and door handles, avoids stepping on sidewalk cracks, has rituals with switches and locks, and sticks to rigid routines. Melvin always eats breakfast at the same table in the same restaurant while bringing his own plastic silverware. Carol Connelly (Hunt) is the only server at the restaurant who can tolerate his odd and rude behavior.

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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-drama
keywords	asthma bully door handle estrange gay artist griffon bruxellois hotel room hunt kinnear learn misanthropic misanthropy morning nicholson obsessive–compulsive disorder pastry shop public restroom saab 900 convertible sexual favor 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
producer	Bridget Johnson James L. Brooks Kristi Zea
productionCompany	Gracie Films TriStar Pictures
publisher	Sony Pictures Releasing
recordedAt	Long Beach New York City
theme	lgbt-related romantic comedy