A comedy from the heart that goes for the throat

Rating: 9/10 (24 October 1998)

Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, and Cuba Gooding Jr. star in this James L. Brooks hit comedy, AS GOOD AS IT GETS. Nicholson gives a show-stopping performance as Melvin Udall, an obsessive-compulsive novelist with Manhattan's meanest mouth. But when his neighbor Simon is hospitalized, Melvin is forced to babysit Simon's dog. And that unexpected act of kindness- along with waitress Carol Connelly- helps put Melvin back in the human race.It's refreshing to see that has faith in the fact that real people in real situations are interesting after all not some empty headed special effects films. Jack Nicholson turns in his best work since Cuckoo's Nest and Helen Hunt is also great.This film is just about as good as it gets