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As Good As It Gets
Following the struggles of Melvin Udall, a well known and intelligent novelist of romantic fiction, who treats all people with indifference and in a cruel way, but when he has to care for the dog of his gay neighbour, everything changes, as he begins to be kind and soften his relationship with the only waitress that afford his rude way.
3 February 1918, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
1948
5 July 1936, Goessel, Kansas, USA
1 May 1972, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
1 March 1976, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
January 01, 2000
Nicholson struggles for the core of the man but never gets it; so, in most scenes, he resorts to working his face, with grimaces and sneering smiles and lip-pursings in place of acting.February 14, 2001
It's fun to watch Jack Nicholson draw on great reservoirs of bile to play a mean SOB with an obsessive-compulsive disorder.February 24, 2006
Both funny and sad, the comedy was in the vein of Brooks' Terms of Endearment, except it was more eccentric and nuttier and in moments genuinely touching due to strong chemistry between Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt.September 03, 2008
The movie's too long, and the direction is sometimes slack -- but the script is crammed with withering ripostes, ably delivered by Nicholson and Hunt.March 29, 2009
The greatest pleasures come from the acting.June 24, 2006
The trouble lies in the rambling narrative, Brooks' cautious direction and the cosy tone which renders the whole thing reminiscent of an extended sitcom.December 30, 2006
Not only one of the best romantic comedies of the year, but one of the best films in ages.April 12, 2002
Romance comedies definitely come better than this, although perhaps not lately.February 14, 2001
It's a mark of how magically written, directed and acted As Good as It Gets is that we end up loving this film despite knowing how haphazard, scattershot and almost indefinable its charm is.July 02, 2008
A sporadically funny romantic comedy with all the dramatic plausibility and tonal consistency of a TV variety show.January 02, 2011
Funny, but not a light comedy for youngsters.