As Good As It Gets
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Release Date: Thursday, December 25th 1997,
Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear and Cuba Gooding, Jr., star in James L. Brooks' hit comedy, AS GOOD AS IT GETS. Nicholson gives a show-stopping performance as Melvin Udall, an obsessive-compulsive novelist with Manhattan's meanest mouth.
But when his neighbor Simon is hospitalized, Melvin is forced to babysit Simon's dog. And that unexpected act of kindness, along with waitress Carol Connelly, helps put Melvin back in the human race.
Director: James L. Brooks
Cast:
Jack Nicholson,
Helen Hunt,
Greg Kinnear,
Cuba Gooding Jr.,
Skeet Ulrich,
Shirley Knight,
Yeardley Smith,
Lupe Ontiveros,
Jill the Dog,
Timer the Dog,
Billy the Dog,
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,
Jesse James,
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,
Harold Ramis,
Antonia Jones,
Kaitlin Hopkins,
Jimmy Workman,
Danielle Spencer,
Todd Solondz,
Tom McGowan,
Danielle Brisebois,
Matt Malloy,
Paul Greenberg,
Kirk Ringberg,
Dave Hawthorne,
Maurice LaMarche,
Alex Biando,
Frank Slaten,
Alba Albanese,
Dunya Djordjevic
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