Helen Hunt and Jack Nicholson show that people must make judicious choices to change their lives.

Rating: 6/10 (9 October 2009)

James L Brooks' film "As Good as It Gets" surely belongs to "too good to be true" genre.It is in many ways stylistically similar to "It could happen to you" directed by Andrew Bergman.The reason for classifying this film as an excellent story which easily defies human belief is that it is quite true that there are precious moments in people's lives where they cannot stop putting their trust in other people's lives but it is not so easy to find such people and moments.This is exactly what happens in seemingly ordinary yet momentous lives of this film's three major characters who establish that even bad people change when important events happen in their lives."As Good as It Gets" is a good film to be watched with family as it does not distance itself from its "pro people" stance.This is the only reason why audiences would be able to brook an odd assortment of characters whose sexual and racial preferences are somewhat overtly illuminated throughout this film.All in all,"As Good as It Gets" is a good American film which would go down in history as a work of art which has mellowed out obnoxious prejudices against gay people and single mothers.