As Good as It Gets positive review based on 77 reviews. Metacritic, a web site that evaluates films by averaging their overall critical response, gave the film a metascore of 67, signifying generally favorable reviews. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and was nominated for and received many film awards, including an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture and a Golden Globe award for Best Picture-Music or Comedy. As Good as It Gets As Good as It Gets is a 1997 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by James L. Brooks. It stars Jack Nicholson as a misanthropic and obsessive-compulsive novelist, Helen Hunt as
China Cat Sunflower China Cat Sunflower "China Cat Sunflower" is a song performed by the Grateful Dead which was first recorded for their third studio album "Aoxomoxoa". The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter and the music composed by Jerry Garcia. The song was typically sung by Jerry Garcia. The first live recording of this song appeared on "Europe '72", paired (as was typical) with "I Know You Rider". Lyrically, this song has many literary references, including Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland", George Herriman's "Krazy Kat", and Dame Edith Sitwell's "Polka". The Grateful Dead first performed "China Cat Sunflower" on January 17, 1968,