As Good as It Gets
- Released on
- Runtime
- 139 mins
Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer of romantic fiction, is rude to everyone he meets, including his gay neighbor, Simon. After Simon is hospitalized, Melvin finds his life turned upside down when he has to look after Simon's dog. In addition, Carol, the only waitress at the local diner who will tolerate him, must leave work to care for her sick son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast.
Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer of romantic fiction, is rude to everyone he meets, including his gay neighbor, Simon. After Simon is hospitalized, Melvin finds his life turned upside down when he has to look after Simon's dog. In addition, Carol, the only waitress at the local diner who will tolerate him, must leave work to care for her sick son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast.
Cast
- Jack Nicholson
- Helen Hunt
- Greg Kinnear
- Cuba Gooding Jr.
- Shirley Knight
- Jesse James
- Yeardley Smith
- Lupe Ontiveros
- Skeet Ulrich
- Harold Ramis
- Bibi Osterwald
- Ross Bleckner
- Bernadette Balagtas
- Jaffe Cohen
- Laurie Kilpatrick
- Alice Vaughn
- Brian Doyle-Murray
- Kristi Zea
- Annie Maginnis Tippe
- Patricia Childress
- Rebekah Johnson
- Missi Pyle
- Leslie Stefanson
- Tara Subkoff
- Shane Black
- Peter Jacobson
- Lisa Edelstein
- Stan Bly
- Randall Batinkoff
- Jamie Kennedy
- Justin Herwick
- Maya Rudolph
- John F. O'Donohue
- David A. Kipper
- Mary Elizabeth Still
- Chloe Brooks
- Cooper Brooks
- Sharon L. Alexander
- Holly Denys
- Lawrence Kasdan
- Alison Rose
- Kathryn Morris
- Wood Harris
- Linda Gehringer
- Julie Benz
- Antonia Jones
- Kaitlin Hopkins
- Jimmy Workman
- Todd Solondz
- Tom McGowan
- Danielle Brisebois
- Matt Malloy
- Paul Greenberg
- Kirk Ringberg
- Dave Hawthorne
- Alex Ballar
- Dunya Djordjevic
- Frank Slaten
- Laura Mayes Byrnes
- Oriana Nicole Tavoularis
- Roger Ferreira
- Jason Thomas Campbell
- Amy Anzel
- Eliza Harris
- Eddie L. Fauria
- Bronwyn Cornelius
- Maurice LaMarche
Director
- James L. Brooks
Producers
- Bridget Johnson
- Kristi Zea
- James L. Brooks
Screenwriter
- Mark Andrus
- James L. Brooks
