As Good As It Gets

As Good As It Gets
by James L. Brooks

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Actor: Cuba Gooding Jr., Greg Kinnear, Helen Hunt, Jack Nicholson, Skeet Ulrich
Director: James L. Brooks
Brand: Sony
Producer: James L. Brooks
Writer: James L. Brooks
Producer: Aldric La'Auli Porter
Producer: Bridget Johnson
Producer: John D. Schofield
Producer: Kristi Zea
Writer: Mark Andrus
DVD: 2 Sides, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.85:1
Running Time: 139 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1998-05-20
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures

DVD Reviews of As Good As It Gets

DVD Review: IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS
Summary: 5 Stars

I don't believe this is Nicholson's greatest performance ( and his career has been filled with so many phenominal portrayals after all... ), but it's definitely one of his funniest. Helen Hunt, and Greg Kinnear, on the other hand, are absolutely incredible, as Melvin's ( Nicholson's ) love interest, and a gay, artist neighbor respectively. Rarely has a romantic comedy been as insightful, moving, or intellectually satisfying as director, James L. Brooks' AS GOOD AS IT GETS ( which he co-wrote ). This is an utterly delectible film that should be in any Nicholson collection, or in any comedy collection.

DVD Review: Jack Nicholson's second GREATEST performance ever!
Summary: 5 Stars

Jack Nicholson's GREATEST performance is in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". His second GREATEST performance is in this film. He is so GOOD in this film it's INCREDIBLE. I always tell people that Hollywood's two GREATEST actors are Nicholson and DeNiro. "As Good as It Gets" is just PROOF of this fact.

I would argue that the scene at the end of the movie where Melvin tells Carol how he truly feels about her might be the FINEST moment of Jack Nicholson's career. How many actors could have MASTERED that scene like Nicholson? Very few if ANY!

I am delighted that Helen Hunt won the Best Actress Oscar for her UNFORGETTABLE performance. Greg Kinnear is so GOOD as Simon that I feel he should have won an Oscar too.

Too bad they don't have an award for "Most Classic Dog" for Verdell!

"And the fact that I get it, makes me feel good, about me."

DVD Review: Awful.
Summary: 1 Stars

As Good As It Gets starring Jack Nicholson is the worst movie ever to win an Oscar for best picture. I hate this movie in every way possible, Helen Hunt is horrible in this, can't believe she won an Oscar as well. Greg Kinnear is the only saving grace here and even Old Jack looks uninspired. This film is not funny or touching, just plain unbearable.

DVD Review: Hilarious
Summary: 5 Stars

This is a great movie. It is a great romantic comedy with the main character, played by Jack Nicholson, has OCD. It is sad/dramatic at times but overall it is pretty amusing. I think the best actor in the entire movie is the dog. The dog is just amazing. I absolutely love this movie and have watched it over a dozen times. It never gets old.

DVD Review: As Good As It Gets
Summary: 5 Stars

All you can say is BRAVO!! this movie was awesome! all the actors did a great job. they couldnt hvae picked any other people to do the job Jack Nickleson and Helen HUnt did! Man ever since this movie i have been a big Helen Hunt fan!she is a great actress and people who say she's not feminine are just plain crazy. I dont see how anyone can see that!!!!and another thing i have read alot and some peopel think she is not a very good actress! well if she wasnt a very good one then why would there be such A demand for her! well i know everyone has there own feelings about this movie but i dont see how anyone could not like it!! it was one of the best movies i have ever seen! But thats just me! and i think Helen and jack deserved there awards they really did a breath taking proformance!! well that is just my feeling on the movie!!!

Description of As Good As It Gets

Melvin udall an obsessive-compulsive novelist with manhattans meanest mouth. But when his neighbor simon is hospitalized melvin is forced to babysit simons dog. And that unexpected act of kindness along with waitress carol connelly helps put melvin back in the human race. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 09/20/2005 Starring: Jack Nicholson Greg Kinnear Run time: 139 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: James L. Brooks

For all of its conventional plotting about an obsessive-compulsive curmudgeon (Jack Nicholson) who improves his personality at the urging of his gay neighbor (Greg Kinnear) and a waitress (Helen Hunt) who inspires his best behavior, this is one of the sharpest Hollywood comedies of the 1990s. Nicholson could play his role in his sleep (the Oscar he won should have gone to Robert Duvall for The Apostle), but his mischievous persona is precisely necessary to give heart to his seemingly heartless character, who is of all things a successful romance novelist. As a single mom with a chronically asthmatic young son, Hunt gives the film its conscience and integrity (along with plenty of wry humor), and she also won an Oscar for her wonderful performance. Greg Kinnear had to settle for an Oscar nomination (while cowriter-director James L. Brooks was inexplicably snubbed by Oscar that year), but his work was also singled out in the film's near-unanimous chorus of critical praise. It's questionable whether a romance between Hunt and the much older Nicholson is entirely believable, but this movie's smart enough--and charmingly funny enough--to make it seem endearingly possible. --Jeff Shannon

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