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, obsessive-compulsive novelist, Helen Hunt as a single mother with an asthmatic son, and Greg Kinnear as a gay artist. The screenplay was written by Mark Andrus and James L. Brooks. Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt won the Academy Award for Best Actor and Academy Award for Best Actress, respec... More

Initial release date:

  • Dec 19, 1997

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Rating:

PG-13 (USA)

Runtime:

  • 2 h 19 min

Also known as:

  • As Good As It Gets,
  • Pour le pire et pour le meilleur,
  • Melhor É Impossível,
  • Besser geht's nicht,
  • Mejor... imposible,
  • Колкото толкова,
  • Kalytera de ginetai,
  • Dobro da bolje ne moze biti,
  • Bolje ne moze,
  • Elämä on ihanaa,
  • Lesz ez még így se!,
  • Benden bu kadar,
  • Lepiej byc nie moze,
  • Lepsí uz to nebude,
  • Det bli'r ikke bedre,
  • Bolje ne bo nikoli,
  • Livet från den ljusa sidan,
  • Old Friends,
  • Qualcosa è cambiato,
  • Millor, impossible,
  • Livets lyse side

Film

Directed by

James L. Brooks

James Lawrence Brooks (born May 9, 1940) is an American director, producer and screenwriter. Growing up in North Bergen, New Jersey, Brooks endured a fractured family life and passed the time by reading and writing. After dropping out of New York University, he got a job as an usher at CBS, going...

Tagline:

  • A comedy from the heart that goes for the throat.
  • Brace yourself for Melvin.

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Release date(s):

Film release region Release Date Film release distribution medium
  • Dec 25, 1997
  • May 19, 1998
  • May 20, 1998
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Runtime:

  • 2 h 19 min

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Estimated budget:

Currency Amount
  • 50,000,000

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Awards

Golden Globe Award for Best Film - Musical or Comedy Winners

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Film Nominees

Appears in ranked lists:

List Rank Note
  • 289
  • 7.0

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