Hi to everybody...there's a film hubby and I have watched about four times now and it is never boring seeing it again....it's called 'As good as it gets' and stars Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt and Greg Kinnear as the main characters in it. The performances of everybody in the film are wonderful and we both think that it's probably one of the best films Jack Nicholson ever made.
It's a love story, but don't let that put you off...it's incredibly funny, very sad, incredibly quirky and in one part horrific. It sends you through a roller coaster of emotions as you travel with the characters. Jack Nicholson plays a grouchy, rude and obstreperous guy with a compulsive behaviour disorder who is served regularly in a restaurant by Helen Hunt upon whom he relies to give him his breakfast in particular...gradually he gets drawn into her life and that of his neighbour, Greg Kinnear, playing a gay artist, and who gives a superb performance, along with Helen Hunt as the frought, frustrated mother of an asthmatic and constantly sick son about whom her life revolves with the help of her mother played by Shirley Knight, who is also very good...Cuba Gooding Jnr plays a supporting role as the art agent of Greg Kinnear and is hilarious.
If you want to see a beautifully crafted film, we both recommend this one as a must see...Hope you do get a chance to see it...it's currently showing on Screen 1 on Sky Movies but not sure whether it's on every night...check it and see, if you do have this facility...you won't regret it...
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- Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008 @ 19:18:17
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- Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008 @ 19:23:28
You won't regret it...
GBHs...XXX
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- Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008 @ 19:33:21
I saw it a few years ago and remember liking it a fair bit but not hugely. Definitely worth a look for someone who hasn't seen it as there are some great moments in it and it is never other than entertaining.
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- Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008 @ 19:58:47
Hmmm...from your last comment, sounds like you should have liked it a bit more than a fair bit...LOL...GBHs...XXX
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- Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008 @ 20:20:53
I agree that it's one of Jack Nicholson's best films. I've lost count of how many times I've seen it and I never tire of it. I can't say that about many films.
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- Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008 @ 20:50:22
Right on, Notbob...
GBHs...XXX
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- Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008 @ 20:36:57
I seem to remember really enjoying it. I've usually liked Jack Nicholson, though funnily enough not in that film where he goes about with the axe saying "Here's Johnny" in an empty hotel.
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- http://www.jenniferhunter.co.uk
- Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008 @ 20:53:28
You mean 'The Shining'...well, he was well cast..he can look completely manic...HLOL...glad you've seen As good as it gets...worth a second look...
GBHs..XX
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- Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008 @ 23:14:09
I don't watch many films Jen, no fun on your own, but that is one of the few that I do remember, a good film.
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- http://www.jenniferhunter.co.uk
- Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008 @ 23:28:38
Ah, glad you liked it...and I watch a lot of films on my own...Ray's and my taste in films is very different so he watches his and I watch mine...you should try getting into them again...if good, they can be a real buzz...GBHs...XXX
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- Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008 @ 23:23:10
I haven't seen it - I'm usually put off by Jack Nicholson who always seems to play manic characters. But it sounds so good, I'll look out for it.
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- http://www.jenniferhunter.co.uk
- Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008 @ 23:29:05
Don't think you'll regret it...
GBHs...XXX
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- Monday, Dec. 01, 2008 @ 06:51:49
Yeah, I have watched it recently as my friend forced me into watching it ...
I really loved it
I love this particular dialogue of Helen hunt "Dont you realise how carzy you let urself be"
....when Jack goes to her home just becoz she does not come to work for one day.
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- http://www.jenniferhunter.co.uk
- Monday, Dec. 01, 2008 @ 10:27:43
It has lasting power...GBHs...XXX
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- Monday, Dec. 01, 2008 @ 10:41:31
Brilliant film. Nichlson reminds me so much of my dad in this.
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- http://www.jenniferhunter.co.uk
- Monday, Dec. 01, 2008 @ 10:57:35
Good heavens, really...did he have a compulsive behaviour disorder? Sorry, if he did, must have been hard to live with...but so glad you enjoyed the film...
GBHs...XXX
kevinwilson
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i'll put it on my wish list for dvd rental, i think.