As Good As It Gets

Amazon.com For all of its conventional plotting about an obsessive-compulsive curmudgeon (Jack Nicholson) who improves his personality at the urging of his gay neighbor (Greg Kinnear) and a waitress (Helen Hunt) who inspires his best behavior, this is one of the sharpest Hollywood comedies of the 1990s. Nicholson could play his role in his sleep (the Oscar he won should have gone to Robert Duvall for The Apostle), but his mischievous persona is precisely necessary to give heart to his seemingly heartless character, who is of all things a successful romance novelist. As a single mom with a chronically asthmatic young son, Hunt gives the film its conscience and integrity (along with plenty of wry humor), and she also won an Oscar for her wonderful performance. Greg Kinnear had to settle for an Oscar nomination (while cowriter-director James L. Brooks was inexplicably snubbed by Oscar that year), but his work was also singled out in the film's near-unanimous chorus of critical praise. It's questionable whether a romance between Hunt and the much older Nicholson is entirely believable, but this movie's smart enough--and charmingly funny enough--to make it seem endearingly possible. --Jeff Shannon Product Description The Academy Award�-winning (best actor Jack Nicholson, best actress Helen Hunt) offbeat comedy celebrates the unique bond between three very different characters. Also stars Greg Kinnear.
ASIN: 0767811100
VSKU: 5ALWH0000804_ns
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Jack Nicholson|Helen Hunt|Greg Kinnear|Cuba Gooding Jr.|Skeet Ulrich|Shirley Knight|Lupe Ontiveros|Harold Ramis|Jesse James|James L. Brooks|Bridget Johnson|Kristi Zea
Binding: Dvd
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Condition Notes: The DVD is in good condition. Disc comes in original case with original artwork.