As Good as It Gets is a 1997 American romantic comedy film directed by James L. Brooks, who co-wrote it with Mark Andrus. The film stars Jack Nicholson as a misanthropic and obsessive-compulsive novelist, Helen Hunt as a single mother with a chronically ill son, and Greg Kinnear as an artist who is gay. The paintings were created for the film by New York artist Billy Sullivan. The film was released in theaters on December 23, 1997, and was a box office hit, grossing $314.1 million on a $50 million budget. Nicholson and Hunt won the Academy Award for Best Actor and Best Actress, respectively, making As Good as It Gets the most recent film to win both of the lead acting awards, and the first since 1991's The Silence of the Lambs. It was also nominated for Best Picture but ultimately lost to Titanic. It is ranked 140th on Empire magazine's "The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time" list.
| Director | James L. Brooks |
| Produced by | James L. Brooks, Bridget Johnson, Kristi Zea |
| Screenplay by | Mark Andrus, James L. Brooks |
| Story by | Mark Andrus |
| Starring | Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding Jr, Skeet Ulrich, Shirley Knight |
| Music | Hans Zimmer |
| Cinematography | John Bailey |
| Edited by | Richard Marks |
| Production, company | TriStar Pictures, Gracie Films |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| Released | December 25, 1997 |
| Running time | 139 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $50 million |
| Box office | $314.1 million |
| Netflix ID | 1181488 |
About As Good As it Gets
An obsessive-compulsive romance novelist is rude to everyone in his path, but he starts to nicen up when he grows close to the only waitress at a local diner that will serve him.
Achievement of As Good As it Gets
Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt both won the top acting awards at the Academy Awards that year. This was Nicholson's third win.
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Latest information about As Good As it Gets updated on July 28 2021.
