TY - ADVS AU - Brooks,James L. AU - Johnson,Bridget AU - Zea,Kristi AU - Andrus,Mark AU - Nicholson,Jack AU - Hunt,Helen AU - Kinnear,Greg AU - Gooding,Cuba AU - Ulrich,Skeet AU - Knight,Shirley ED - Tri-Star Pictures. ED - Gracie Films. ED - Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm) TI - As good as it gets SN - 0767811100 PY - 1998/// CY - Culver City, Calif. PB - Columbia TriStar Home Video KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Drama KW - Obsessive-compulsive disorder KW - New York (N.Y.) KW - Social life and customs KW - Comedy films KW - lcgft KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired KW - Feature films N1 - Originally produced as a motion picture in 1997; Special features: commentary track; Director of photography, John Bailey ; production design, Bill Brzesski ; editor, Richard Marks ; music, Hans Zimmer; Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Skeet Ulrich, Shirley Knight; MPAA rating: PG-13 N2 - Melvin Udall is an obsessive-compulsive novelist with Manhattan's meanest mouth. But when his gay neighbor Simon is hospitalized, Melvin is forced to babysit Simon's dog. And that unexpected act of kindness-- along with waitress Carol Connelly-- helps put Melvin back in the human race ER -