As Good as It Gets

1997 · 2h 19m · 7.4

Drama, Comedy, Romance

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

James L. Brooks

Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding Jr., Shirley Knight, Jesse James, Yeardley Smith, Lupe Ontiveros, Skeet Ulrich, Harold Ramis

new york city, friendship, waitress, single parent, restaurant, lone wolf, dogsitter, road trip, racist, neighbor, author, obsessive compulsive disorder (ocd), single mother, home invasion, dog, novelist, art dealer, rude, obnoxious, unlikely friendship