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As Good as It Gets (1997) | Top 13% · CriticCrunch

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As Good as It Gets

Movie1997·139 min

As Good as It Gets

Directed by James L. Brooks

Drama Comedy Romance

An Academy Award-winning drama comedy film directed by James L. Brooks. Winner of 2 Academy Awards, with 4 additional nominations.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 13%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.4/10

4K ratings

About As Good as It Gets

A misanthropic author, a single mother and waitress, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.

Pacing: Measured (4 of 9)
Tone: Bittersweet (4 of 9)
Intensity: Moderate (4 of 9)
Complexity: Approachable (4 of 9)
Humor: Funny (6 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Heartfelt (7 of 9)
Texture: Cozy, Playful
Story Tags: parenthood nurture, isolation loneliness, redemption, food culinary, new york, urban, close friendship, romantic partners, anti hero, outsider misfit, road journey, fish out of water, slow burn reveal, romcom meet cute

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Details

Director: James L. Brooks
Language: English

Cast

Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear

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Awards

🏆Oscar Winner — Best Actor (1997)🏆Oscar Winner — Best Actress (1997)◆Oscar Nominee — Best Supporting Actor (1997)◆Oscar Nominee — Best Film Editing (1997)◆Oscar Nominee — Best Picture (1997)

◆Oscar Nominee — Best Original Screenplay (1997)

How As Good as It Gets Ranks

All movies

Top 13%

1990s movies

Top 13%

Drama movies

Top 13%

1990s Drama movies

Top 13%

★James L. Brooks films#1 of 6

James L. Brooks's highest-rated film in our catalog.

the vibe

As Good as It Gets Vibe

What it feels like

measuredbittersweetmoderateapproachablefunnypersonalheartfelt

cozy

playful

What it's about

road journeyfish out of waterslow-burn revealparenthood nurtureisolation lonelinessredemptionanti-herooutsider misfitclose friendshipromantic partnersfood culinarymeet-cuteNew Yorkurban

pacing

measured 4/9measured 4/9

tone

bittersweet 4/9wistful 4/9

intensity

moderate 4/9moderate 4/9

complexity

approachable 4/9clear 4/9

humor

funny 6/9funny 6/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

heartfelt 7/9heartfelt 7/9

texture

cozycozy