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As Good as It Gets

As Good As It Gets

1997

James L. Brooks

Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding Jr. ...

7.6

134,642

Comedy. Drama. Romance In New York, Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson) is the most dysfunctional of men, an acid-tongued romance novelist who suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder. As part of Melvin's unwavering daily routine, he consumes an artery-hardening breakfast of bacon, sausages and eggs at a local cafe. The only waitress willing to stand up to his sarcastic tirades is Carol Connelly (Helen Hunt), a single mother struggling to raise her chronically ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"Nicholson (...) is delightfully reinvigorated by Melvin's miserableness. (...) Mr. Brooks finds plenty of time for sharp writing and witty diversions."	POS
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"This film (...) creates memorable people, but is not quite willing to follow them down unconventional paths. (...) Yet there's so much good here, in the dialogue, the performances and the observation, that the movie succeeds at many moments (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)""	POS
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"In 'As Good as It Gets', his (Brooks) mastery of the nuances of language and emotion has turned the most unlikely material into the best and funniest romantic comedy of the year"	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"A sporadically funny romantic comedy with all the dramatic plausibility and tonal consistency of a TV variety show."	NEU
United States	William Fischer Collider	"When movie magic works, it works"	POS
United States	Jay Carr Boston Globe	"Nicholson, Hunt, and Kinnear will win you over as they turn the film into a valentine to New York's walking wounded"	POS
United States	Ann Hornaday Baltimore Sun	"Smart, funny and often viciously cruel, this is a romantic comedy for people who are too old to believe in fairyales"	POS

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