As Good as It Gets

IMDb link: 0119822
IMDb rating: 7.7 (338,366 votes)
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Jack Nicholson, Cuba Gooding Jr., James L. Brooks

Release date: 25 Dec 1997
Release year: 1997
Runtime: 139 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: obsessive compulsive disorder, unlikely friendship, misanthrope, writer, neighbor, waitress, homosexual, older man younger woman relationship, gay, dog

Plot:

The trials and tribulations of a compulsive writer, Melvin Udall. After his homosexual neighbor is brutally beaten, he is entrusted to the care of the neighbor's dog, with a difficult relationship with a waitress to add on top of that. What develops is a weekend trip/triangle between these three individuals, and together they learn the true meaning of "the sunny side of life".

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