As Good as It Gets (1997)

Movie Details

Original Title As Good as It Gets

Original Language EN

Budget $50,000,000

Revenue $314,178,011

Status Released

Popularity 3.4

Cast

Jack Nicholson

Melvin Udall

Popularity: 2.8

Helen Hunt

Carol Connelly

Popularity: 15.3

Greg Kinnear

Simon Bishop

Popularity: 1.5

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Frank Sachs

Popularity: 2.2

Shirley Knight

Beverly Connelly

Popularity: 2.9

Jesse James

Spencer Connelly

Popularity: 2.2

Yeardley Smith

Jackie Simpson

Popularity: 0.9

Lupe Ontiveros

Nora Manning

Popularity: 1.0

Skeet Ulrich

Vincent Lopiano

Popularity: 2.2

Harold Ramis

Dr. Bettes

Popularity: 1.2

Lawrence Kasdan

Dr. Green

Popularity: 0.6

Bibi Osterwald

Neighbor Woman

Popularity: 0.3

Key Crew

Director James L. Brooks

Screenplay Mark Andrus, James L. Brooks

Producer Kristi Zea, Bridget Johnson, James L. Brooks

Executive Producer Laurence Mark, Richard Sakai, Laura Ziskin

Editor Richard Marks

Production

TriStar Pictures

Gracie Films

Videos & Trailers

Official Trailer

Trailer

Chris Wilkinson on As Good As It Gets

Featurette

Jack Nicholson winning an Oscar® for "As Good as it Gets"

Featurette

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Posters

Keywords

new york city friendship waitress single parent restaurant lone wolf dogsitter road trip racist neighbor author obsessive compulsive disorder (ocd) single mother home invasion dog novelist art dealer rude obnoxious unlikely friendship

Reviews from TMDB

Andre Gonzales 6/10

Apr 18, 2023

When I first saw this movie I thought it was going to be a funny movie. It's actually a serious drama movie. I still liked it but he's a prick in this movie.

Rob 8/10

May 19, 2023

This movie will hit you hard, force you to think about your biases and make you pretty damn uncomfortable. But don't fret, you'll feel better by the end. And Nicholson is so natural as a misanthrope.

CinemaSerf 7/10

May 28, 2023

Greg Kinnear ("Simon") finds himself in hospital after a brutal bit of gay-bashing, and that means that his small, yappie, dog ("Jill") has to be entrusted to his rather curmudgeonly, author neighbour "Melvin" (Jack Nicholson) - not exactly the most loving and obvious of choices. Now this latter guy ... Read more