As Good as It Gets(Movie, 1997)

Name: As Good as It Gets
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance / Love
Released: 1997
Duration: T02:19:00
Rating: 3.7

FSK: 6+ years

| 2h 19min | Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance / Love

Rating: 3.7/5 (with 1,654 votes)

As Good as It Gets is a 1997 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by James L. Brooks from a screenplay he co-wrote with Mark Andrus. It stars Jack Nicholson as a misanthropic, bigoted and obsessive–compulsive novelist, Helen Hunt as a single mother with a chronically ill son, and Greg Kinnear as a gay artist. The film premiered at the Regency Village Theatre on December 6, 1997, and was released theatrically in the United States on December 25, 1997, and was a critical and box office hit, grossing $314.1 million on a $50 million budget. Nicholson and Hunt won the Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Actress, respectively, making it the most recent film to win both of the lead acting awards, and the first since The Silence of the Lambs (1991). It was also nominated for Best Picture. It is ranked 140th on Empire magazine's "The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time" list. ()

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Available languages: German, English (Original), Spanish (European Spanish), French, Italian, Turkish
Available subtitles: German, English, French, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian
Duration: 2h 19min
Genres: Romantische Komödien / Komödien / Romantische Filme
Keywords: Schräg / Bittersüß / Romantisch
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Available languages: German
Duration: 2h 18min

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Duration: 2h 19min

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Available languages: German
Duration: 2h 18min

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Awards & Nominations for As Good as It Gets

Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Actress National Board of Review: Top Ten Films nominated for: Academy Award for Best Picture nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actor nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actress nominated for: Academy Award for Best Film Editing nominated for: Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay nominated for: Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score

About As Good as It Gets

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.

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Trailer for As Good as It Gets + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Official Trailer(Trailer, 2:20)

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: Long Beach (California), New York City (NYC)

Plays in: New York City (NYC)

Made by: TriStar Pictures, Gracie Films, Sony Pictures

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 35 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Estonian (ET), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Norwegian Bokmål (NB), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Slovenian (SL), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date DE: 02/12/1998 (World premiere: 12/19/1997)

Cast: Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding Jr., Skeet Ulrich, Shirley Knight, Yeardley Smith, Missi Pyle, Shane Black, Jesse James, Jamie Kennedy, Lawrence Kasdan, Julie Benz, Brian Doyle-Murray, Harold Ramis, Jimmy Workman, Todd Solondz, Peter Jacobson, Lisa Edelstein, Lupe Ontiveros, Kristi Zea, Tom McGowan, Kaitlin Hopkins, Rebekah Johnson, Randall Batinkoff, Leslie Stefanson, Maya Rudolph, John F. O'Donohue, Danielle Spencer, Kathryn Morris, Patricia Childress, Matt Malloy, Bibi Osterwald, Danielle Brisebois, Tara Subkoff, Wood Harris, Justin Herwick, Ross Bleckner, Maurice LaMarche, Frank Slaten

Director: James L. Brooks

Producer: Bridget Johnson, James L. Brooks, Kristi Zea

Screenwriter: Mark Andrus, James L. Brooks

Executive Producer: Richard Sakai, Laura Ziskin, Laurence Mark

Film Editor: Richard Marks

Director of Photography: John Bailey

Composer: Hans Zimmer

Performer: Hans Zimmer

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Mejor... imposible"

"Melhor é Impossível"

"Pour le pire et pour le meilleur"

"尽善尽美"

"Lepší už to nebude"

"Besser geht's nicht"

"Det bli'r ikke bedre"

"Enam paremaks minna ei saa"

"Elämä on ihanaa"

"Pour le pire et pour le meilleur"

"Bolje ne može"

"恋愛小説家"

"이보다 더 좋을순 없다"

"Melhor é Impossível"

"Mejor Imposible"

"เพียงเธอ...รักนี้ดีสุดแล้ว"

"Old Friends"

Keywords: mother son relationship, restaurant, dog, author, obnoxious, single parent, cowardliness, obsessive compulsive disorder, pets, hospitalization, lone wolf, child with illness, road trip, painter, friendship

Budget: 50,000,000 USD

Revenue: 314,178,011 USD (= 628%)

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As Good as It Gets(Movie, 1997)

Where to watch As Good as It Gets (cinema/streaming/download)?

Awards & Nominations for As Good as It Gets

About As Good as It Gets

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Trailer for As Good as It Gets + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Official Trailer(Trailer, 2:20)

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