---
title: 'As Good as It Gets (1997)'
type: 'film'
director: 'James L. Brooks'
released: '1997-12-23'
runtime_minutes: 133
certification: 'PG-13'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/as-good-as-it-gets-1997'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119822/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# As Good as It Gets (1997)

1997 · PG-13 · 133 min · Drama, Comedy, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

As Good as It Gets is a 1997 American romantic comedy film directed by James L. Brooks from a screenplay he co-wrote with Mark Andrus. It stars Jack Nicholson as a misanthropic, bigoted and obsessive–compulsive novelist, Helen Hunt as a single mother with a chronically ill son, and Greg Kinnear as a gay artist. The film was produced by TriStar Pictures and Gracie Films and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing.

## Credits

- **Director:** [James L. Brooks](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-l-brooks)
- **Screenplay:** [James L. Brooks](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-l-brooks), [Mark Andrus](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-andrus)
- **Producer:** [James L. Brooks](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-l-brooks), [Kristi Zea](https://cinepixo.com/people/kristi-zea), [Bridget Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/bridget-johnson)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hans Zimmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-zimmer)
- **Director of Photography:** [John Bailey](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-bailey)
- **Editor:** [Richard Marks](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-marks)

## Cast

- [Harold Ramis](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-ramis)
- [Kristi Zea](https://cinepixo.com/people/kristi-zea)
- [Helen Hunt](https://cinepixo.com/people/helen-hunt)
- [Jamie Kennedy](https://cinepixo.com/people/jamie-kennedy)
- [Danielle Spencer](https://cinepixo.com/people/danielle-spencer)
- [Missi Pyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/missi-pyle)
- [Wood Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/wood-harris)
- [Kaitlin Hopkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/kaitlin-hopkins)
- [Tom McGowan](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-mcgowan-2)
- [Bibi Osterwald](https://cinepixo.com/people/bibi-osterwald)
- [Peter Jacobson](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-jacobson)
- [Jimmy Workman](https://cinepixo.com/people/jimmy-workman)
- [Danielle Brisebois](https://cinepixo.com/people/danielle-brisebois)
- [Jesse James](https://cinepixo.com/people/jesse-james)
- [Maya Rudolph](https://cinepixo.com/people/maya-rudolph)

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