As Good as It Gets

About As Good as It Gets

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

As Good as It Gets is a 1997 comedy romance film directed by James L. Brooks. It runs 139 minutes and was released in December 1997.

Jack Nicholson stars as Melvin Udall, Helen Hunt as Carol Connelly, Greg Kinnear as Simon Bishop, and Cuba Gooding Jr. as Frank Sachs. Written by James L. Brooks and Mark Andrus. It comes from Gracie Films and TriStar Pictures.

Members will find single mother, neighbor, home invasion, and restaurant in it. It streams on Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel in the United States.

Forrest Gump, Kidnap, and Follow That Bird make useful companions to As Good as It Gets, all filed under friendship and mother son relationship. It scores 7.4 out of 10 from 4,260 TMDB voters and it carries a PG-13 rating.