Sunday 22 September 2013

As Good As It Gets (1997 James L Brooks)

Written by Brooks and Mark Andrus (it's funny how many 'Simpsons' moments there are in it).

Everyone is acting great: Nicholson (AA) ("Sell crazy some place else. We're all stocked up here"), Helen Hunt (AA), Greg Kinnear (nom.), Cuba Gooding Jr. Reclusive OCD sufferer becomes more human when he becomes involved with waitress, and gay neighbour.

I like the scenes told using the dog (played mainly by Jill).  The attack is very well edited (Richard Marks). Music Hans Zimmer. Ph. John Bailey.




The visit from the doctor is one of my favourite scenes in any film, and it's funny that he's played by Groundhog Day director Harold Ramis! (The psychiatrist is played by The Big Chill's Lawrence Kasdan, the cafe manager is Lethal Weapon writer Shane Black and apparently Todd Solondz (Happiness) is a man on a bus.)

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