A comedy from the heart that goes for the throat.Jack Nicholson Helen Hunt Greg Kinnear and Cuba Gooding Jr. star in this James L. Brooks hit comedy As Good As It Gets.Nicholson gives a show-stopping performance as Melvin Udall an obsessive-compulsive novelist with Manhattan`s meanest mouth. But when his 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.