Helen Hunt: As Good As It Gets - Movie

As Good As It Gets
Cast :	Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear
Director :	James L. Brooks
Studio :	Columbia/Tristar Studios
Format :	Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby
Released Date :	December 25, 1997
DVD Released Date :	February 04, 2003
Language :	English (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Audience Rating :	R (Restricted)
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Date	August 02, 2005
Summary	Go figure
Content	Mentally ill dirty old man leers after vunerable young woman with cute ill son and finds a kind of redemtion helping a cute gay guy who doesn't seem very gay. This is one of those movies that I watch and just go "huh?". Jack Nickolson.. yeah... Col. "You can't handle the truth!" plays a romance writer who apparently loathes women. And women buy his books. Yeah. It is one of those contrivances that writers pitch in Spago after two martinis. Greg Kinnear is sweet as one of the needy triad of Helen Hunt and her son ... but come on. Are we so desperate to see A list actors that we'll watch them in a C quality movies? Enough already. The end of the movie gives the viewer a crawly feeling... Helen Hunt is so driven to desperation by her insurance company and her son's medical bills that she'll even do it with a guy as old and dissapated as Jack Nickolson. Stop! Stop! Ewww!

Rating
Date	July 31, 2005
Summary	Charming Entertainment
Content	This is a superb movie in displaying all of the actors talents and heartwarming story. Helen Hunt is great as always in her role as a strong and independent mother. Jack Nicholson is also at his best giving a very convincing performance of a disenfranchised writer who is quite the outspoken fellow. I like this movie because it has depth with all of the layers in the characters and they really show them as the movie progresses into richer territory. A wonderful comedy with a lot of passion put into the writing. A must see for film lovers.

Rating
Date	July 27, 2005
Summary	"You Make Me Wanna Be A Better Man"
Content	Looking back on the 1997 Academy Awards, it still makes me sick that "Titanic" won best picture. That was box office hype at its worst, as the film only won because it was this gargantuan box office hit. Had this film flopped, then there's no doubt in my mind that either "Good Will Hunting" or this brilliant comedy would have won Best Picture. Far better than that film that should have sank like the ship it was named for, "As Good As It Gets" is wihtout a doubt one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. Of course, since it was written by comedy mastermind James L. Brooks ("Terms Of Endearment", "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", "The Simpsons"), you can't expect anything less than a comedic work of art (though "Spanglish" was little underwhelming). Jack Nicholson quite possibly the finest performance of his career as novelist Melvin Udall, a rude (to put it mildly), middle aged man with an extreme case of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder who's going through a serious writer's block/mid-life crisis. He is the most unlikable man in New York City, with no compssion for animals, women or his homosexual neighbor (a perfectly cast Greg Kinear) and his art dealer friend Frank (Cuba Gooding, Jr.). He bring hiw own silverwear to his favorite restaurant in town, where he must be served by his favorite waitress, Carol (Helen Hunt), who even he treats rudely. However, something changes. When his neighbor is beaten up by vicious thugs, Melvin is forced to watch his beloved dog. Though uneasy at first, Melvin and the dog become great friends. In fact, when his real owner comes home, the dog prefers to stay with Melvin (the scene where Kinear impersonates Nicholson is priceless). Melvin is starting to develope feelings for Carol as well. The problem is, she's too busy caring for her son to take notice - plus she doesn't like him anyway. As the film unfolds, a trip upstate ties everything together, as all the characters become better people - including Melvin. This film is one of the true films in cinema that can be considered perfect. The writing is on the money, the directing is excellent and all the performances were top notch (Nicholson and Hunt deserved their Oscars, and Kinear and Gooding were great as well). The audio comentary was good (it was nice to hear the somewhat reclusive Nicholson offer his intake), and the film is a true must have movie.

Rating
Date	July 20, 2005
Summary	I love it!
Content	What a fantastically arrogant film title! These are my kind of people. They are proud of their film and to heck with modesty. I feel an affinity with these guys. I am brilliant, of that there can be no doubt, but if I say it, suddenly I'm being called arrogant! I applaud their courage. The film wasn't actually very good though, so I think they should be careful about talking themselves up too much.

Rating
Date	June 10, 2005
Summary	For once I agree with the critics.
Content	As Good As It Gets is a 1997 romantic comedy directed by James L Brooks, starring Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt, which was nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture. Nicholson plays the role of Melvin, an often rude, obsessive-compulsive, reclusive romance novelist. The film revolves around Melvin's interaction with his neighbors and his "favorite" waitress (who is so, because she is the only person in the restaurant that will serve him), Carol, played by Helen Hunt. An example of his harsh personality can be gleaned from one of my favorite lines from the movie "Sell Crazy Some Place Else, Where all Stocked up Here!" Melvin frequents a local restaurant and has the same breakfast daily. He leads a relatively routine life when it's turned upside down because he is forced to take care of his gay neighbor's dog (Verdell), and eventually the gay neighbor. Simon, the gay neighbor portrayed by Greg Kinnear is an artist. Simon is violently attacked and robbed by one of his models, and is forced to ask Melvin for help. During the course of Melvin's interactions, he is forced to confront his feelings about homosexuality, racism, and sexist attitudes. One of my favorite scenes involves Melvin and Frank (played by Cuba Gooding, Jr). Frank has asked Melvin to watch after Verdell while Simon is in the hospital. Melvin makes a few terse remarks, then refuses. Frank, threatening bodily harm refuses to take no for an answer, and for the first time in the movie, you seem Melvin "back down" to someone. While As Good As It Gets has several politically incorrect lines, in the end, that's what makes this film so good. You are enthralled as you watch Melvin grow as a person, and may find yourself "rooting" for him in the end. It's worth the 2 hours it takes to watch the entire movie. I give it 4 out of 5 stars.

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