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  As Good as It Gets (1997)
IMDb > As Good as It Gets (1997)
Hunt is good but is left with the majority of the syrup and sentiment where the other characters get more share of the laughs.
Gooding Jr continues his trend of being good in over the top roles and is funny and happily avoids becoming a flaming gay stereotype.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0119822   (673 words)

  
 As Good As It Gets (1997): Reviews
In As Good as It Gets, his (Brooks) mastery of the nuances of language and emotion has turned the most unlikely material into the best and funniest romantic comedy of the year.
It may be a very good, very Brooksian sitcom, but it's accomplished entirely with the broad strokes and resolutely flat surfaces of television.
As Good as It Gets works: by the end you'll no doubt be won over by its cranky hero.
www.metacritic.com /video/titles/asgoodasitgets   (1097 words)

  
 Good Weather For Airstrikes
It gets your heart racing and your blood pumping, the kind of encore track that could reduce an audience to smoking rubble in a live setting.
Their first single proper, “Mansard Roof”, is out tomorrow backed by way good B-side “Boston” on XL in the US and XL-subsidiary Abeano Music in the UK, so be sure to cop that from your local record store at your earliest convenience, as it’s bound to be a collector’s item before you know it.
The mix is cluttered and rough (in a good way like the Pixies), but the track’s all the better for it, as it’s the way in which the song’s arcing, angular central riff bursts forth from the mix at key intervals throughout that really makes the song from an instrumental perspective.
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 Filmtracks: As Good As It Gets (Hans Zimmer)
Filmtracks: As Good As It Gets (Hans Zimmer)
As Good As It Gets: (Hans Zimmer) While true veteran collectors of Hans Zimmer's early work had heard the "Jim Brooks side" of the composer's writing, most people were only familiar with the "Jerry Bruckheimer side" of his career.
The ensemble for As Good As It Gets is tiny; just a dozen or two orchestral players from the string and woodwind sections are joined by a pianist and a handful of very slight electronic effects that are barely noticeable.
www.filmtracks.com /titles/as_good.html   (881 words)

  
 As Good As It Gets
“As Good As It Gets” is a film that is so highly acclaimed that it is almost impossible to watch it without bias.
Nicholson and Hunt have a strong chemistry in this movie that is clearly “as good as it gets” and immediately brings classic couples such as Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman to mind.
The acting is so good that it easily elevates the film over any other comedy we have seen in theaters this year, making the film’s substantial running length some of the most enjoyable and entertaining 139 minutes in cinema.
www.dvdreview.com /html/as_good_as_it_gets.html   (1229 words)

  
 As Good as It Gets - Rotten Tomatoes
He gets to bear his teeth, take control of a room, and be devilishly cuddly at the same time.
As Good As It Gets is a convincingly upbeat and encouraging story.
The unpredictable and fresh 'As Good As It Gets' is peppered with memorable Brooks lines and physical schtick.
www.rottentomatoes.com /m/as_good_as_it_gets   (861 words)

  
 As Good as It Gets Summary
As Good as It Gets is a 1997 film which tells the story of an obsessive-compulsive, cantankerous, racist, homophobic writer named Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson) who, because of his affective disorder, lives in a world that has shrunk to about the size of his apartment and the books he authors.
Melvin gets her to stay by conceding he took pills (and he hates pills) to help with his O.C.D. because she made him want to be a better person.
In "as good as it gets" the mentally insane are viewed more in a negative light, than a positive one.
www.bookrags.com /As_Good_as_It_Gets   (1867 words)

  
 As Good as it Gets? | TPMCafe
Even today the infamous act of parsing the definition of "is" continues to be invoked in a desparate attempt to demonstrate that Bush is a straight talker, while Clinton has a congenital forked-tongue.
Bad is when your son punches his little brother to get a toy.
Once "good" and "bad" pass each other, the only other thing you can parse the next time you declare of the situation in Iraq (or Afghanistan) is "It's bad" is the definition of "is".
www.tpmcafe.com /blog/political_ennui/2006/dec/13/as_good_as_it_gets   (465 words)

  
 Salon Entertainment | As Good as It Gets
Instead, it's an almost-convincing imaginary universe, one where Brooks has worked for a long time, in which the virtuous are rewarded, the wicked are revealed to be the wounded and the wounded (which is to say everybody) are healed by love.
Carol is equal parts Cinderella -- she can't get dates to stay overnight, what with the spit-up on her dress and her Nosy Parker mother in the next room -- and the princess who screws up her courage to kiss the ugliest frog in the pond.
Hunt isn't a showy actress, but she does a magnificent job of conveying the short-tempered, hollow-eyed exhaustion of someone whose life is devoured by endless varieties of petty exasperation: big-city commuting, bosses and customers, emergency rooms and HMOs.
www.salon.com /ent/movies/1997/12/24good.html   (1006 words)

  
 AS GOOD AS IT GETS movie review with photos, video
And just when we begin to hunger for a romantic comedy that's offbeat and refreshingly original, along comes one that's as good as it gets.
In that sense, As Good as It Gets more closely resembles the tone of Brooks' previous hit, Broadcast News, more than another, overly sympathetic, Oscar-winning Brooks saga, Terms of Endearment.
It's not easy to summarize the goings-on in As Good As It Gets, because the sum of the movie offers more than the parts of its plots.
www.rochestergoesout.com /mov/a/asgood.html   (677 words)

  
 As Good As It Gets Trailer, Reviews and Schedule for As Good As It Gets | TVGuide.com
You have to admire the sheer audacity of a comedy that opens with a man heaving a little dog down a garbage chute.
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As Good As It Gets Movie Review, Pictures, Cast, News and More at Starpulse.com.
www.tvguide.com /movies/good-gets/132715   (286 words)

  
 As Good As It Gets Soundtrack   (Site not responding. Last check: )
As Good As It Gets, the soundtrack album from the upcoming TriStar Pictures/Gracie Films motion picture, features an all star collection of songs and selections from the original score by Academy Award winning composer Hans Zimmer ("The Lion King," "The Rock," "The Last Emperor," "Rain Man," "Driving Miss Daisy").
Set in New York City, "As Good As It Gets" weaves the paths of these four characters with that of a fifth, a tiny, very complicated dog named Verdell (as played by a stunning newcomer, Jill).
As Good As It Gets is as funny, warm-hearted, and full of surprises as the film it accompanies.
www.sonymusic.com /artists/AsGoodAsItGets   (272 words)

  
 As Good as it Gets Review   (Site not responding. Last check: )
When Simon is attacked and hospitalised, Simon's friend Frank (Gooding Jr.) forces Melvin to look after the dog and soon the mutt melts his heart.
The unpleasantness of the moment though is lifted by a very funny scene in the hospital involving Kinnear, Gooding Jr.
"As Good as it Gets" is definitely one of the best films of 1997, and though it just misses becoming a 'classic film, it's still thoroughly entertaining and you'll leave the cinema with a very warm and content feeling.
www.darkhorizons.com /reviews/asgood-n.php   (554 words)

  
 Cranky Critic® Movie Reviews: As Good As It Gets
As Good As It Gets is the story of three people of passing acquaintance who, due to an event I can't spill, find themselves drawn closer and closer together.
All three have lives that, in one way or another, are so clinically depressing that at least one character wonders if (his life) is, indeed, "as good as it gets." The entire point of the movie, of these three characters coming into contact with each other is to say, "no, it isn't."
But As Good As It Gets is long and is greatly in need of the fast forward button.
www.crankycritic.com /archive/asgoodasitgets.html   (1134 words)

  
 As Good as it Gets? | TPMCafe
Even today the infamous act of parsing the definition of "is" continues to be invoked in a desparate attempt to demonstrate that Bush is a straight talker, while Clinton has a congenital forked-tongue.
Bad is when your son punches his little brother to get a toy.
Once "good" and "bad" pass each other, the only other thing you can parse the next time you declare of the situation in Iraq (or Afghanistan) is "It's bad" is the definition of "is".
houseoflabor.tpmcafe.com /blog/political_ennui/2006/dec/13/as_good_as_it_gets   (465 words)

  
 Tower Records - As Good As It Gets (WS/DD/5.1)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Clearly, a story of this sort relies heavily on the characters and their portrayal by the actors, and it is in this regard that "As Good as It Gets" shines.
On the surface, "As Good as It Gets" is the simple story of an array of flawed characters who rise above themselves to make their lives better.
And it is from these strong connections with the characters that "As Good as It Gets" draws its power and, with it, a place in our hearts.
www.towerrecords.com /product.aspx?pfid=1509917&dm=t&recfrom=As+Good+As+It+Gets+(WS%2fDD%2f5.1)-1912669   (946 words)

  
 Surfline | AS GOOD AS IT GETS
I woke up in the middle of the night to find that the buoy reports were on the money, and it was only gonna get bigger the next day, my birthday.
Paddling, squinting getting to my feet and spotting the familiar CI hexagons on the nose of my board at the last second of the freefall, I was barely able to keep the nose from catching at the bottom.
As I exited the water, the sky was turning dark and it was time to take a hot shower, have a cold beer and talk story with both friends and strangers about the perfect waves we'd shared.
www.surfline.com /travel/tripwire/tripwire.cfm?id=1313   (1077 words)

  
 Motorola Gets Good
In fact, Good has become somewhat of a favorite at corporations, amassing about 12,000 as clients in the U.S. Motorola, meanwhile, has been trying to break into the corporate market.
Good has a transport technology, a pipeline to the corporate desktop, that enables users to zap data through a corporate firewall.
Together, Motorola and Good expect to not only enable customers to access e-mail but also video, music, and then Internet and various other types of content from beyond the workplace.
www.businessweek.com /technology/content/nov2006/tc20061112_187542.htm?chan=rss_topStories_ssi_5   (1005 words)

  
 ACS :: Breast Cancer for Older Women Care Gets Good Marks
Older women with breast cancer are getting quality care, says a study published in a recent issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO, Vol.
Most noticeably, he said, the study confirms that most patients aged 65-69 are getting good care.
ACS News Center stories are provided as a source of cancer-related news and are not intended to be used as press releases.
www.cancer.org /docroot/NWS/content/NWS_1_1x_Breast_Cancer_for_Older_Women_Care_Gets_Good_Marks.asp?sitearea=NWS&viewmode=print&   (742 words)

  
 AS GOOD AS IT GETS
This is a film about having the courage to take advantage of the good things life hands you because this moment, these people, this may be as good as it gets.
Jack is Jack, which is to say that at some moments he's a little over-the-top, but he makes you like him, as well as root for him, even though the things that come out of his mouth throughout the movie are just not to be believed.
AS GOOD AS IT GETS shows us what it's like to be human beings.
crazy4cinema.com /Review/FilmsA/f_asgoodas.html   (618 words)

  
 View topic - As good as it gets?
The next few days were good again, but I continue to have days when I feel as though I haven’t taken any medication.
I get around 8 hrs of sleep at night and I go all day and have some energy for the first time in my life.
Another concern I had about increasing the Ritalin is that I am aware that long term use of these drugs usually leads to tolerance, which is why the doctors have to keep increasing/adjusting the dosages, and then eventually, once you reach a max, you have to switch to something else.
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 AS GOOD AS IT GETS
With director James L. Brooks latest film, "As Good As It Gets," the answer definitely falls into the "good" results.
Of course the trip getting to that point is the challenge, particularly considering Nicholson's character.
Suffering from his obsessive-compulsive disorder, he always eats with plastic utensils, washes once with a bar of soap and then throws it away, and religiously avoids stepping on any cracks -- regardless of their origin -- all of which lead to some hilarious scenes.
www.screenit.com /movies/1997/as_good_as_it_gets.html   (2330 words)

  
 wcco.com - Good Question: Who Gets Their Power Back First?
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More than 90,000 people lost their power earlier this week and Xcel Energy crews have been working 16 hour days to get it back on.
The first jobs they tackle are safety concerns such as live wires in yards or streets.
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 Ernst & Young SA - 17 November 2004 - As good as it gets
Ernst and Young SA - 17 November 2004 - As good as it gets
As good as it gets: The life insurance industry at a crossroads
Johannesburg, 17 November 2004: Although different to South African circumstances, the global life insurance industry is leisurely savouring the fruits of vastly improved results, but the strategic direction responsible for this change in fortunes is posing challenges that threaten to end the celebrations prematurely and possibly send the industry in a tailspin.
www.ey.com /global/content.nsf/South_Africa/17_Nov_04_As_good_as_it_gets   (829 words)

  
 baby, talk is cheap
 I remembered opening it for some reason and the only way to get to it is by leaping over from the balcony beside it.
If it weren't for blogger I would have had to get my hands shot off not to update about it.
They were so fucking good, I don't think I've been this impressed with a band I never heard of after hearing them play since Saves the Day.
www.asgoodasitgets.org   (2279 words)

  
 As Good As HE Gets
He has no regrets, he's as good as it gets.
Some of his most memorable performances include a writer blocked into madness in "The shining", an obnoxious ex-astronaut in "Terms of Endearment", a sarcastic villain in "Batman", and an obsessive-compulsive in "As Good As It Gets." Nicholson is also known as an actor’s actor, a professional who takes on unlikely and challenging roles.
Jack has three Academy Aawards for his outstanding performances in "Terms of Endearment", "One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest", and "As Good As it Gets." He also has half a dozen golden globe awards, screen actors award, and a life-time achievement award.
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 About Robin Good: ConferencingNews Gets The Story - Robin Good's Latest News
If you are interested in finding out a bit more about me and where I stand on some of the issues relating to Web conferencing and online collaboration, come and give it a read.
Robin Good, the new media expert, gives his views on marketing and business uses of RSS...
With no financial support, no ad-venture capitalists behind and no injection of new cash, the Robin Good's micro network of information web sites launches yet another international edition of its flagship daily new media online magazine all devoted to readers of Brazil and Portugal, and to...
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 Lack of sales cred and offers may mean price as good as it gets - Business
THE question for investors in Alinta is whether current speculation surrounding its share price is as good as it gets, given a badly dented sales process and revelation there are no firm offers on the table.
Both men were criticised about whether they were acting in their own interests or in the interests of shareholders in promoting the deal.
A spokeswoman for Babcock and Brown said yesterday: "Now that they have sorted themselves out there needs to be a proper, full process that allows all potential buyers to get the same access to information that the management buy-out guys have.
www.smh.com.au /news/business/lack-of-sales-cred-and-offers-may-mean-price-as-good-as-it-gets/2007/01/16/1168709751934.html   (601 words)

  
 As Good as It Gets (1997)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
IMDb > As Good as It Gets (1997)
Jack Nicholson dedicated his Oscar to his A Few Good Men (1992) co-star J.T. Walsh who had died shortly before the Academy Awards in 1998.
"As Good As It Gets" is a flawed film, with scenes that drag and an overlong running time, but it's highly enjoyable and altogether pretty well-written.
imdb.com /title/tt0119822   (776 words)

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