As Good As It Gets

A comedy from the heart that goes for the throat.

Acerbic and outwardly despicable pulp novelist Melvin Udall lives in a haze of obsessive-compulsive behaviour patterns, avoiding cracks in the sidewalk and rigidly adhering to his regimen of daily breakfasts in the cafe where harried single mom Carol Connelly (Helen Hunt) is the only waitress he'll accept.

But his ordered, hermetic world falls apart when his neighbour, Simon (Greg Kinnear), a gay painter, is hospitalised. Simon calls on his nemesis Melvin to babysit his dog. Then, when Carol’s son's serious illness keeps her from work, Melvin realises how much he needs her after all. What develops is a weekend triangle between Melvin, Simon and Carol and together they learn the true meaning of “the sunny side of life”.