As Good as It Gets (1997)


As Good as It Gets
7.1 Listal rating
7.7 IMDB rating
Directed by


Starring (View all)
Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson

Melvin Udall
Helen Hunt

Helen Hunt

Carol Connelly
Greg Kinnear

Greg Kinnear

Simon Bishop
Cuba Gooding Jr.

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Frank Sachs
Skeet Ulrich

Skeet Ulrich

Vincent


Written by
Mark Andrus

Mark Andrus

(story)
James L. Brooks

James L. Brooks

(screenplay)


As Good as It Gets Trailers

As Good As It Gets - Trailer

228 Views

Added 5 years ago



View all As Good as It Gets videos (7 more)

Cover art, photos and screenshots

5 votes
2 votes
2 votes
1 vote
1 vote

View all As Good as It Gets pictures (33 more)

Lists

104 votes
Films Featuring Mental Illness (192 items)
list by C!pH3r
Published 2 years, 8 months ago
30 comments
78 votes
Most Successful Movies of... All Time (513 items)
list by schwarzerabt
Published 6 years, 2 months ago
18 comments
75 votes
Watched in 2012 (345 items)
list by Revo Ji
Published 1 year, 5 months ago
10 comments
66 votes
Movies I Watched in School (And What I Learned) (31 items)
list by Dierdre
Published 1 year, 11 months ago
9 comments
62 votes
Time Out's 1000 Films to Change Your Life (1136 items)
list by AFIoscar
Published 3 years, 8 months ago

View all As Good as It Gets lists (216 more)

Reviews

''What if this is as good as it gets?''

4 years, 7 months ago at Nov 7 6:11
2 votes
''What if this is as good as it gets?''

A single mother/waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship.

Jack Nicholson: Melvin Udall

Helen Hunt: Carol Connelly

Greg Kinnear: Simon Bishop

Nicholson won a well-deserved Oscar for this movie. Then again, I feel like he deserves an Oscar for vir... read more

Almost As Good As Nicholson Can Get.

4 years, 3 months ago at Mar 11 21:41
1 vote
As good as it gets revolves around a lonely guy named Melvin Udall (Nicholson) into his late fifties or so. He dislikes a lot of things, and is beginning to lose his mind. He lives in an apartment by himself, with a very unfortunate condition "OCD" (obsessive compulsive disorder). I could relate to Nicholson's character from the get go, because I have that condition myself. Anyway, Melvin is asked... read more

Not Overstepping It's Cracks......

4 years, 10 months ago at Aug 4 3:48
1 vote
I've never really been into romance flicks all that much. The few that I do enjoy usually tend to have a sort of a sharp or jagged edge to 'em. And this one definitely does thru Jack's portrayal of a writer with "redrum" on his mind. At least, he does with the little dog during the opening sequence.
Nicholson eases thru the role of a crusty curmudgeon with psychologically-based anti-social... read more
View all As Good as It Gets reviews (5 more)
A single mother/waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is in an accident.
Release date : 25 December 1997
UPC: 043396217096
Comedy (43), Drama (32), Romance (30), 1990s (16), Road Trip (12), Waitress (11), Homophobia (10), Dog (10), 1997 (10), Mental Illness (9), Artist (8), Friendship (7), Neighbor (7), Homosexual (6), Writer (6), (6), Love (5), Restaurant (5), Callboy (4), Painter (4)
Join Listal to add your own lists, reviews, tags, pictures and videos to this Movie

Update feed

zinczinc added this to a list 13 hours, 21 minutes ago
watched 2013 (89 movies items)
garfield2710 added this to a list 1 day, 16 hours ago
hal9000 added this to a list 2 days, 6 hours ago
Films Watched In 2013 (193 movies items)
Joe added this to a list 1 week, 4 days ago
Movies 2013-06 (12 movies items)

"Jack's as good as it gets."


nathan added this to a list 3 weeks, 4 days ago
Movies of 1997 (25 movies items)
nathan added this to a list 3 weeks, 4 days ago
Films watched in 2013 (136 movies items)

"DVD - Saturday 25.05.13"


ianstanley voted for an image 3 weeks, 4 days ago

garfield2710 added this to a list 1 month ago
Jamie M. added this to a list 1 month ago
xolmis voted for an image 1 month, 1 week ago

diabolical dr voodoo added this to a list 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Greatest Soundtracks (70 movies items)

"A Better Man by Hans Zimmer "


arnott added this to a list 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Opalgem added this to a list 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Film Diary - April 2013 (41 movies items)

" TV (RECORDED) / REWATCH Date watched: 25th/26th April, 2013 Project: None Why?: Jack Nicholsn Director: James L Brooks Thoughts: Still a fun film Watch again?: Yes, probably."


arnott added this to a list 1 month, 3 weeks ago
100 Greatest Male Performances 1990-Present by Dig (168 movies items)

"Jack Nicholson as Melvin Udall"


lipsonfire posted 8 images [View All] 2 months ago

gay dude added this to a list 2 months ago
Large List of All Gay Films (360 movies items)
ToonHead2102 added this to a list 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Bobbayyyyy added this to a list 2 months, 2 weeks ago
20 Best 'Best Supporting Actor' Nominees That Lost (20 movies items)

" Greg Kinnear LOST TO ROBIN WILLIAMS IN 'GOOD WILL HUNTING'"


Opalgem added this to a list 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Film Queue (54 movies items)
garfield2710 added this to a list 3 months ago
moviebuff15 added this to a list 3 months, 1 week ago
I Wouldn't Trade Lives With... (55 movies items)

"Simon "


nusch voted for an image 3 months, 2 weeks ago

ccc25 added this to a list 3 months, 2 weeks ago
And the Oscar goes to... (Acting - 1990-2013) (85 movies items)

"Best Leading Actor: Jack Nicholson The Other Nominees: Matt Damon - Good Will Hunting Robert Duvall - The Apostle Peter Fonda - Ulee's Gold Dustin Hoffman - Wag the Dog Best Leading Actress: Helen Hunt The Other Nominees: Helena Bonham Carter - The Wings of the Dove Julie Christie - Afterglow Judi Dench - Her Majesty, Mrs. Brown Kate Winslet - Titanic "


ccc25 posted a image 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Fortunato added this to a list 4 months ago
Top 25: Romances (25 movies items)

« Prev12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Next »