Title As Good as It Gets Overview New York City. Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer, finds his life turned upside down when neighboring gay artist Simon is hospitalized and his dog is entrusted to Melvin. In addition, Carol, the only waitress who will tolerate him, must leave work to care for her sick son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast. Tagline A comedy from the heart that goes for the throat. Genres Comedy, Romance Keywords single parent, waitress, lone wolf, friendship, neighbor, author, cowardliness, writer, dog, rude, obnoxious, unlikely friendship, noodle salad Production Companies Gracie Films, TriStar Pictures Production Countries United States of America Spoken Languages English Original Language en Runtime minutes 139 Release Year 1997
Worldwide box office revenue: approximately 314 million USD