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Summary: awful
Review: Pretentious , with no story to tell. Made no sense, another one of these "the big city as a fairy-tale" kind of story, just not as funny as it thought is was. Yeah, I know some social message was thrown in there, but wow, what a piece of garbage.
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Summary: As Funny as it Gets?
Review: This was supposed to be a comedy. I would call it a light-hearted drama. Jack Nicholson was the same as he was in Batman and Terms of Endearment - a one-trick pony. Helen Hunt was both beautiful and convincing in her role.
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Summary: Excellent!!!!
Review: Jack Nicholson plays Melvin Udall, an obsessive compulsive, self centered, politically incorrect novelist in Manhattan with serious issues and a loud mouth. But when his neighbor is hospitalized Melvin is forced to babysit his dog, letting someone (or something) into his apartment for the first time EVER. The unexpected act of kindness - along with helping his favorite waitress, Carol (Helen Hunt) - helps put Melivn back in the human race and suddenly people start to like him. This is a great movie! Not just a chick flick! It is a romantic comedy, but guys will love with crude humor and jokes!
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Summary: My Stubborn Inaccuracy Kept Me Away... ARGH!
Review: I boycotted this film when it first came out because I got so stuck on the May-December romance between the characters and in so doing missed that this movie is about SO MUCH MORE!!!The performances are about as crystal clear as one could imagine. Greg Kinnear was absolutely fantastic as Simon... the artist... he played the perfect connective fiber along with his dog... who was as big a star in the movie as the humans. Nicholson is top notch as is Helen Hunt..... Spotless performances thoughout absolutely require you NOT be as stupid as I was and GO! Watch this DVD now or forever... miss out on an incredible movie with a deeper message than you might initially think.
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Summary: out of the dark
Review: After Jack Nicholson's numerous roles in dark movies, this black comedy really took him back into the new movie business, his acting as an absessive compulsive person, with a waitress, Helen Hunt, by his side on his journey through a rough patch.
Magnificant, in every way.
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Summary: FOR THE MELVIN UDALLS IN US AND AROUND US
Review: Jack Nicholson in prime form. What more needs to be said? A classic human-interest story of a bygone genre, As Good As It Gets also features marvelous performances by Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear and Cuba Gooding, Jr. What makes a movie like this draw us is that we all feel like we belong there. We all know a Melvin Udall or a Carol Connelly or a Simon Bishop and we relate to them. A movie's true greatness can and should be gauged by what it tells us about ourselves and As Good As It Gets speaks volumes. We see Melvin's miserable approach to things and how he changes when things really matter. Moreover, we recognize that if Melvin can change so can we. As Good As It Gets will also speak differently to you depending upon your mood and experience. How it comes across today when the sun shines and all is well will differ considerably from how it makes you feel when it's rainy. Whichever the case may be, the movie will buoy you up. A must for all Nicholson fans, As Good As It Gets will be a favorite.
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Summary: Nicholson at his best!
Review: Another great movie. You just have got to love the characters. Helen Hunt is great, albeit a bit arrogant. Jack Nicholson is at his neurotic best. One of the best movies of the last 10 years!
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Summary: Definitely As Good As It Gets!
Review: As Good As It Gets is a good movie, actually it's more than good it's super great and has a wondeful cast, Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding JR, and Yeardley Smith who is the voice for Lisa Simpson. I highly reccomend this outstanding movie, we rented the video and I will someday buy the DVD.
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Summary: FLAWLESS, THAT'S THE ONLY WORD I CAN SAY ABOUT THIS MOVIE
Review: IN THIS COMEDY/DRAMA, A WRITER [JACK NICHOLSON] BECOMES INVOLVED IN THE LIVES OF HIS FAVORITE WAITRESS [HELEN HUNT] AND HIS GAY NEIGHBOR [GREG KINNEAR]. ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC MOVIE THAT'LL MAKE YOU WANNA LAUGH AND CRY. THE CHEMISTRY BETWEEN JACK NICHOLSON AND HELEN HUNT IS JUST OUTSTANDING. EXTREMELY GOOD PERFORMANCES FROM EVERYONE, AND A VERY GOOD STORY THAT'S FILLED WITH COMEDY, DRAMA, AND ROMANCE. THIS IS A PERFECT MOVIE FOR ANYONE THAT LIKES TO LAUGH OR CRY. EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT A FAN OF JACK NICHOLSON, YOU SHOULD LOVE THIS MOVIE NONETHELESS. JACK NICHOLSON AND HELEN HUNT BOTH WON OSCARS FOR THEIR PERFORMANCES.
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Summary: Jack, Melvin; Melvin, Jack
Review: Perhaps the most overrated film of the 90s, "As Good As It Gets" is still a quality movie about a man who is mean and surly seemingly for no other reason than because he is supposed to be. Jack Nicholson plays the obsessive-compulsive romance novelist Melvin Udall. Melvin lives across the hall, in a nice New York apartment building, from gay artist Simon Bishop (Greg Kinnear). Melvin also develops a crush on single mom waitress Carol Connelly (Helen Hunt) who has a perpetually sick child named Spencer (Jesse James). Melvin is moved to be human by the trials he witnesses Simon and Carol experiencing. While he is never able to be entirely decent, Melvin thaws a few degrees by the end of the film to the point where he can maintain a normal relationship with two people who he, by all appearances, should despise. And they all lived happily ever after. Sorry I couldn't help throwing that in there. "As Good As It Gets" does have its strong points; but, it is plagued by one enormous problem that has a tendency to afflict these types of films: its own sense of self-righteousness. The movie practically points an accusatory finger at the viewer as if to say, "You little people probably hate the kind of people you see in this film and we're going to show you why you're wrong". This film is also harmed by the overacting of Helen Hunt. I never understood the Helen Hunt buzz that went crazy in the late 90s. She always seemed to be someone who was in the right place at the right time and was not much better than an above average actress. Of course the true saving grace of the film is Nicholson. Melvin Udall is the Nicholson character who I think he most likely is when the cameras are turned off. Not the OCD aspect to Melvin but the relentless disgust for other people. This is not necessarily a bad trait in a movie star. This film is very similar to another film starring Helen Hunt called "Pay It Forward". If you can get over the 'holier than thou' attitude of either film, they're not that bad.
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