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TriStar Pictures & Gracie Films present

As Good as It Gets

directed by James L. Brooks

“A comedy from the heart that goes for the throat.”

19972h 19mPG-13Drama

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TriStar Pictures & Gracie Films present

As Good as It Gets

directed by James L. Brooks

“A comedy from the heart that goes for the throat.”

19972h 19mPG-13Drama

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§ Synopsis

Drama · Comedy · Romance

A misanthropic author, a single mother and waitress, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.

§ Keywords

what it's about

new york city friendship waitress single parent restaurant lone wolf dogsitter road trip racist neighbor author obsessive compulsive disorder (ocd)single mother home invasion dog novelist art dealer rude obnoxious unlikely friendship hospitalization painter as artist generosity mother son relationship

§ Crew

behind the camera

Director

James L. Brooks

Screenplay

James L. Brooks

Cinematography

Music

§ Cast

8 of 40

Jack Nicholson

as Melvin Udall

Helen Hunt

as Carol Connelly

Greg Kinnear

as Simon Bishop

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Shirley Knight

as Beverly Connelly

Jesse James

as Spencer Connelly

Yeardley Smith

as Jackie Simpson

Lupe Ontiveros

as Nora Manning

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