Wasn't a fan

Rating: 5/10 (6 June 2020)

I didn't like As Good As It Gets. It could've been great but instead was dragged on for over 2 hours. It starred Jack Nicholson as Melvin Udall, a misanthropic person with OCD. His neighbor Simon Bishop (Greg Kinnear) whom he dislikes gets injured during a home invasion which forces Melvin to have to look after his dog Verdell. These events start to soften Melvin as he also tries to form a relationship with a waitress named Carol Connelly (Helen Hunt) by paying for her son's medical bills, so she can come back to work. Later on, Melvin invites her to go with him and Simon on a trip to Baltimore which is where relationships start to develop among the three.
Look I know Jack Nicholson is amazing but I just didn't feel him in this film and was disappointed with his character. I feel like he's performed better in other quality films that were more Oscar worthy than this. I felt the same way about Helen Hunt and her performance. In my opinion, they shouldn't have won the Oscars that year. The plot began to run its course about an hour in and started to bore me. It also didn't feel like there was any real resolution for everyone. I mean yes Melvin began to break out of his OCD ways at the end but I feel like it would've been better if he started to slowly break out of them throughout the film and then towards the end fully realize this as a way to complete his personality change. Carol never really broke out until the end either. When it came to Simon, I felt that so many bad things happened to him, and they could've done a better job rebuilding his life such as the situation between him and his parents. Honestly, Verdell was my favorite character and was such a cute dog. The scenes with him and Melvin were the best.
Overall, I'll give As Good As It Gets a 5/10. Pretty disappointed with this as it could've been a great film.