As Good as It Gets

As Good as It Gets

  • Director: James L. Brooks
  • Writer: Mark Andrus,James L. Brooks
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: December 25, 1997
  • Runtime: 2h 19min
  • Sound mix: SDDS, Dolby
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Old Friends
  • "As Good as It Gets" is a comedy directed by James L. Brooks and starring Jack Nicholson , Helen Hunt , and Gregory Greg Kinnear . It was released in the United States on December 25, 1997.
    The film tells the story of the writer Melvin who turned from a racist and sexist advocate to a charity after meeting his neighbor Simon, restaurant waitress Carol Connelly and others   . In 1998, Jack Nicholson won the 70th Oscar Award for Best Actor for the film   .

    Details

    • Release date December 25, 1997
    • Filming locations Khoury's Restaurant - 110 N. Marina Drive, Long Beach, California, USA
    • Production companies TriStar Pictures, Gracie Films

    Box office

    Budget

    $50,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $148,478,011

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $12,606,928

    Gross worldwide

    $314,178,011

    Movie reviews

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    • By Austyn 2022-04-22 07:01:03

      I'd rather all the actors in the world die and leave only one Nicholson for me.

      "As Perfect":
      1. I would rather all the actors in the world die, leaving only one Nicholson for me. I am truly honored to see him perform in my lifetime.
      2. My love for Nicholson is not only because of his superb acting skills but also because I can always foresee my old age in his movies and worry about it. Because I'm sure there won't be a cute little girl, a kind girl, a cute pet, or a funny old man to take me out of the eccentric, stubborn, weird old age that extends from the...

    • By Alden 2022-04-22 07:01:03

      Three unhappy lives deduce a perfect plot

      There are three main characters in the story: the hero, the heroine, and the supporting actor.

      At the beginning of the film, the foreshadowing of what kind of person the male protagonist is.

      Cleanliness, obsessive-compulsive disorder, lack of sympathy, these keywords can be clearly attached to the male protagonist.

      These labels are mainly reflected in his relationship with his neighbors.

      The neighbor is the male supporting character in the film, a...

    • By Daphney 2022-04-21 09:01:19

      The retrospect of human nature led by love: the transformation of feeling a person

      Yudall, a lonely old man who is not good at getting along with others, pretends to use constant verbal attacks on others to protect himself and lives in his own world. He has extreme cleanliness, which is why he has a conflict with his neighbor Simon. After entering the door, he has to lock the door, wash his hands and change several bars of soap, bring his own utensils to eat, and don't walk on the sidewalk... . . . all kinds of eccentricities that are incomprehensible to others, revealing his...

    • By Eloy 2022-04-21 09:01:19

      "As Perfect" Plot Review

      The whole story is a plot, carefully enter =============
      The eccentric writer Yudell has written 72 romance novels, but in reality he is a single old man who is withdrawn and autistic. He has the gift of making people hate him as soon as he speaks, not a single compliment, only sarcasm.
      Simon, a gay painter, has only one friend, a black art dealer, and no other friends in the city of New York. He doesn't have any source of income either, renting a house for painting or something, or...

    • By Shaun 2022-04-21 09:01:19

      you made me wanna to be a better rman

      At the beginning of the movie, a stubborn old man plays tricks on a monkey dog. The dog is really an acting school. Compared with the actress who sheds tears in three seconds, she also has the ability to be cute all the time. Then the dog leads the neighbor of the gay painter, and because of the male protagonist's obsessive-compulsive disorder, he regularly goes to a restaurant to eat every day, and leads another single who is a waitress in the restaurant to divorce and drag a small soy sauce...

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    • By Elouise 2023-07-01 02:15:28

      2010.1.10 Yu Xinju, Nicholson is getting more and more stylish as he gets older. When he was young, he really could only suffer from neuropathy.

    • By Jaiden 2023-06-20 11:20:21

      Jack Nicholson also plays a lunatic in a light-hearted romance PS. The compliments at the end are...

    • By Oliver 2023-06-04 13:09:34

      Nothing is perfect. As good as it gets, and then to be...

    • By Patricia 2023-05-17 02:57:10

      Like Melvin's neuroticism Like Carol's embarrassment after the rain Like the phrase "My compliment to u is from next morning I started taking pills." More like "you make me wanna to be a better...

    • By Sigrid 2023-02-11 01:35:37

      When I see a movie depicting all kinds of normal people with personality flaws, it is basically...

    Movie plot

    The writer Melvin (Jack Nicholson) is an old man with a weird temper with obsessive-compulsive disorder. He has no family or friends, and he keeps himself in the house all day to write novels. His life is as accurate as a clock, and he can't stand any interruptions. Melvin’s neighbor Simon (Greg Kinnear) is a young gay painter and has a cute puppy. He has a lively nature and a mild temper, but he is often insulted by Melvin. Melvin...
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    Evaluation action

    "Perfect" is not like a romantic comedy, because romantic comedies are more lively and lively than this movie. But the director added some wonderful ideas to the film: one makes the film's sharp and sharp sense of humor more gloomy, the other gives the whole film a bizarre, stop-and-go rhythm, and the third uses Jack Nicholson to play the weird. And the romantic actor; these three methods give the film strength and vitality, but also...
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    Movie quotes

    • Melvin Udall: Police! Donut-munching morons, HELP ME! HELP ME!

      Frank Sachs: Shh!

      Melvin Udall: Assault and Battery - and you're black!

    • Simon Bishop: Lucky for you... you're here for rock-bottom. You absolute horror of a human being.

    • Simon Bishop: Verdell. What's wrong? You miss the tough guy?

      [imitating Melvin]

      Simon Bishop: Well, here I am, sweetheart! Happy to see me, you little pissant mop? How 'bout another ride down the chute?