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
My Boy Jack (film) the "New York Post", "The Hollywood Reporter", the "Los Angeles Times", the "San Francisco Chronicle" and the "Chicago Tribune", and with more negative reviews from "Philadelphia Daily News", "The New York Times" and "The Wall Street Journal". Several reviews took note of Daniel Radcliffe's starring role as Jack. Both Radcliffe and Haig were generally well-received, though Kim Cattrall received mixed reviews for her performance as Jack's mother. It won Silver Magnolia Award for Best Television Film at the 14th Shanghai Television Festival in China. My Boy Jack (film) My Boy Jack is a 2007 British biographical television film based on