As Good as It Gets (1997)
Directed by James L. Brooks
“A comedy from the heart that goes for the throat.”
Drama, Comedy, Romance · 2h 19m
A misanthropic author, a single mother and waitress, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.
Cast
Jack Nicholson
Melvin Udall
Helen Hunt
Carol Connelly
Greg Kinnear
Simon Bishop
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Frank Sachs
Shirley Knight
Beverly Connelly
Jesse James
Spencer Connelly
Yeardley Smith
Jackie Simpson
Lupe Ontiveros
Nora Manning
Skeet Ulrich
Vincent Lopiano
Harold Ramis
Dr. Bettes
Lawrence Kasdan
Dr. Green
Bibi Osterwald
Neighbor Woman
Crew
- Director
- James L. Brooks
- Screenplay
- Mark Andrus, James L. Brooks
- Director of Photography
- John Bailey
- Original Music Composer
- Hans Zimmer
- Editor
- Richard Marks
- Producer
- Kristi Zea, Bridget Johnson, James L. Brooks
Details
- Release date
- 1997-12-19
- Runtime
- 2h 19m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy, Romance
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- TriStar Pictures, Gracie Films
- Budget
- $50,000,000
- Box office
- $314,178,011