As Good As It Gets
As Good as It Gets is a 1997 film, starring Helen Hunt and Jack Nicholson. Nicholson plays an OCD type writer who goes into the same restaurant and orders the same thing everyday. He eventually begins to fall for the waitress (Hunt). When he learns that she has a son, who is sick, and may have to leave her job – Nicholson sends a doctor friend over to her home to look at the boy. Though he likes Hunt, he tells her he did it so she wouldn’t quit her job.
At the same time, he’s having issues with his gay neighbor and his manager (Gooding Jr.). Towards the end, Hunt, Nicholson, and Greg Kinnear take a trip to visit Kinnear’s family (looking for money). This trip, while almost ripping them all apart, actually strengthens their bond as friends.
Overall, it was a great movie. A mix between comedy and drama, with hilarious moments on everyone’s part.
Budget: $50 million
Director: James L. Brooks
Starring:
Jack Nicholson
Helen Hunt
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Greg Kinnear
Skeet Ulrich
