As Good as It Gets
As Good as It Gets is a 1997 American romantic comedy film directed by James L. Brooks and produced by Laura Ziskin. It stars Jack Nicholson as a misanthropic, racist, obsessivecompulsive novelist, Helen Hunt as a single mother with a chronically ill son, and Greg Kinnear as a gay artist. The screenplay was written by Mark Andrus and James L. Brooks. The paintings were created for the film by New York artist Billy Sullivan, whose work is part of the modern art collection at NYCs Metropolitan Museum of Art and the New Orleans Museum of Art.
Melvin Udall Jack Nicholson is a misanthrope who works at home as a bestselling novelist in New York City working on his 62nd book. He suffers from obsessivecompulsive disorder which, paired with his misanthropy, alienates nearly everyone with whom he interacts. He avoids stepping on sidewalk cracks while walking through the city due to a superstition of bad luck, and eats breakfast at the same table in the same restaurant every day using disposable plastic utensils he brings with him due to his pathological fear of germs. He takes an interest in his waitress, Carol Connelly Helen Hunt, the only server at the restaurant who can tolerate his behavior.One day, Melvins neighbor, a gay artist named Simon Bishop Greg Kinnear, is assaulted and nearly killed during a robbery. Melvin is intimidated by Simons agent, Frank Sachs Cuba Gooding, Jr., into caring for Simons dog, Verdell, while Simon is hospitalized. Although he initially does not enjoy caring for the dog, Melvin becomes emotionally attached to it. He simultaneously receives more attention from Carol. When Simon is released from the hospital, Melvin is unable to cope emotionally with returning the dog. Melvins life is further altered when Carol decides to work closer to her home in Brooklyn so she can care for her acutely asthmatic son Spence Jesse James. Unable to adjust to another waitress, Melvin arranges through his publisher Linda Gehringer whose husband is a doctor Harold Ramis to pay for her sons medical expenses as long as Carol agrees to return to work. ........
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