

As Good as It Gets
A comedy from the heart that goes for the throat.
A misanthropic author, a single mother and waitress, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.
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7.4/10
4,287 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $50M
- Box office
- $314.2M
- Language
- English
- new york city
- friendship
- waitress
- single parent
- restaurant
- lone wolf
- dogsitter
- road trip
- racist
- neighbor
- author
- obsessive compulsive disorder (ocd)
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Behind the camera
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Produced in
United States of America
Where to watch
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG-1319 Dec 1997
- PhysicalPG-13DVD Release19 May 1998
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1513 Mar 1998
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM5 Feb 1998
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical135 Mar 1998
BrazilBR
- Theatrical6 Mar 1998
- PhysicalLColumbia mj.gov.br9 Nov 1998
- TV14Columbia mj.gov.br15 Feb 2000
- TV12Columbia mj.gov.br30 Oct 2003
CzechiaCZ
- TheatricalU19 Mar 1998
FranceFR
- TheatricalU18 Feb 1998
- TVCanal+ Grand Écran29 Dec 2025
GermanyDE
- Theatrical612 Feb 1998
GreeceGR
- Theatrical1315 Mar 1998
Hong KongHK
- Theatrical5 Mar 1998
HungaryHU
- Theatrical1212 Mar 1998
IrelandIE
- Theatrical1513 Mar 1998
Frequently asked questions
As Good as It Gets was released on 19 December 1997.
Audience reviews
3- A6/10
Andre Gonzales
4/18/2023
When I first saw this movie I thought it was going to be a funny movie. It's actually a serious drama movie. I still liked it but he's a prick in this movie.
- R8/10
Rob
5/19/2023
This movie will hit you hard, force you to think about your biases and make you pretty damn uncomfortable. But don't fret, you'll feel better by the end. And Nicholson is so natural as a misanthrope.
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
5/28/2023
Greg Kinnear ("Simon") finds himself in hospital after a brutal bit of gay-bashing, and that means that his small, yappie, dog ("Jill") has to be entrusted to his rather curmudgeonly, author neighbour "Melvin" (Jack Nicholson) - not exactly the most loving and obvious of choices. Now this latter guy isn't exactly flavour of the month - indeed it's really only waitress "Carol" (Helen Hunt) who will put up with his sel…
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