Jack Nicholson
Melvin Udall
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As Good as It Gets: Directed by James L. Brooks. With Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding Jr.. A single mother and waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.
- (321K)
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- James L. Brooks
- 1997-12-25
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.
AwardCategoryNominee (s)ResultJames L. Brooks, Bridget Johnson, and ...NominatedWonWonNominatedWith terrific lead performances by Jack Nicholson as a demonic novelist and Helen Hunt as a Manhattan waitress, As Good as It Gets is as good as mature adult entertainment gets on the silver...
- (85)
- James L. Brooks
- PG-13
- Jack Nicholson
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As Good as It Gets. Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear and Cuba Gooding, Jr., star in James L. Brooks' hit comedy, As Good As It Gets. Nicholson gives a show-stopping performance as Melvin Udall, an obsessive-compulsive novelist with Manhattan's meanest mouth.
- 138 min
Nicholson gives a show-stopping performance as Melvin Udall, an obsessive-compulsive novelist with Manhattan's meanest mouth. But when his neighbor Simon is hospitalized, Melvin is forced to...
- 2 min
- 382.8K
- Sony Pictures Entertainment
Dec 22, 1997 · Roger Ebert praises Jack Nicholson's performance as a curmudgeon who learns to love in this comedy-drama directed by James L. Brooks. He criticizes the film's conventional formula and its failure to explore the irony of Melvin's character.
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A single mother and waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery. 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.
