As good as it gets - Movie ending

[@BlaneNostalgia]

When Melvin described Carol's character so accurately its when you realize these 2 are soulmates.

[@ThatVeryArtGal]

I remember watching this movie hoping to someday meet a man who got those little things about me. Took me 50 years, but I finally found him. Or rather, he found me.

[@Marchant2]

Soulmates? I give that relationship about four months. One year tops because it all depends on the longevity of Carol's patience and understanding and Melvin getting better.

[@hd-xc2lz]

@@Marchant2 I was never sure what they were to each other, and that's what I liked about the film. Many beautifully written scenes of building attraction, but I never felt there was sexual tension. And not because of age difference.

[@andredarin8966]

@@Marchant2 On what evidence do you base that jaded opinion? Certainly not on understanding the pain of the characters. Both are being brutalized by an unforgiving world. It is this kind of dath-by-papercut that makes two people, seemingly from different worlds, vulnerable and available to each other--and the history of great literature abounds with stories of broken people healed by each other. I wonder if you were as equally cynical about the prospects of Loretta Castorini and Ronnie Cammerari in "Moonstruck".

[@lyledahlberg288]

A great scene From a truly great movie. She is definitely one of my favorite all-time actors.

[@zacharymanson6347]

It's a love of respect, understanding, trust and acceptance. A bond formed from both seeing each other past pretenses and vulnerabilities. When you find someone who makes you feel free, makes you feel safe, makes life feel easy and effortless... it's just one of the many treasures life has for us. Classic ending to a classic movie.

[@davidheath3835]

A fabulous film that lifts your heart in abundance and gives you all kinds of emotion, a classic movie you never tire of watching

[@lubos1207]

Helen Hunt is really wonderful here!

[@ghambino1]

This movie was so wonderfully written and one of my favorite of all time. Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt were deserving of the oscars wins.

[@MargaretNoes]

Agreed!!

[@user-qr9uh1fd8g]

Helen Hunt,, beautiful and lovely actress and director. Respect for her talent ❤️🕊️

[@AGentertainmentofficial]

When he steps onto the bricks at the very end gets me every time. Brilliant writing. Brilliant movie.

[@dilaahmad-sb1uq]

Briliant jack nochloson 🎉

[@marvinmartin4692]

This is seriously so well written and acting!!! One of the best movies!

[@grandemoonlight5127]

“I had to see you, it relaxes me” and “everyone wants that dear it doesn’t exist” hits me so hard I can’t even explain how it feels

[@johnlozauskas778]

@grandemoonlight5127 - you just did - nice work.

[@grandemoonlight5127]

@@johnlozauskas778 lol good one

[@johnlozauskas778]

@@grandemoonlight5127 I will say that great thing I ever did in my almost 16 year marriage was divorce my x-wife. I in the 2 years since our daughter and I left, I had to learn to be 100% self sufficient. There is nothing a woman finds more attractive that a man who does not need her. GOOD LUCK!!!

You just did! Edit: oh. whoops....

[@flatoutt1]

the dialogue and the delivery is just so perfect; they're both so good. its an absolute pleasure to experience.

[@d.k.1394]

Yesss

[@NormAppleton]

really?

[@fabb5]

@@NormAppleton Yes really.

[@slchance8839]

The VERY last 10 seconds, I was waiting for that "last step," where Jack steps on a sidewalk crack holding the door for his woman and a stranger, and he noticed that stopped being OCD for just that one moment. I remembered that for years and years after seeing this movie for the first time. Brilliant moviemaking and storytelling.

[@krisherman3513]

It is actually when he forgot to lock the door that did it for me. First time he had a sign his medication was working.

[@freestyler01282]

The very best line in this film is..... You make me want to be a better man. Melts my ❤️

[@d.k.1394]

So sweet

[@KarenLandry-ml1jx]

Mine too ❣️

[@annemarie19553]

Freestyler01282, Yep... ❤

[@raggaduxjones]

There is no higher compliment. ❤❤❤❤

[@mmabuff101]

The push and pull between them is one of the most realistic love stories ive seen in film

[@steveprudell9976]

Yes .felt it

[@Heyjohn843]

The music for this movie sets the whole tone of the movie. It works so well. Just an outstanding movie!

[@d.k.1394]

True

[@NormAppleton]

No it's garbage

[@d.k.1394]

@@NormAppleton hehe

[@BrucexxOliver]

​@@NormAppleton change your diapers first 😂

[@BrucexxOliver]

😊😊😊😅😅😅😅😅

[@martijnvanheeringen]

Bloody good movie - brilliant dialogue and the best performances from both Helen Hunt and Jack Nicholson!

[@FreeGoeland]

one of the 10 best of all time.

[@BradBrassman]

Great film; gets better every time I watch it.

[@HowToSayHelloInRobot]

I'm not one for romance movies, but I always liked this one. These two are both really flawed and interesting characters and it just makes me happy.

[@d.k.1394]

Me tooo

[@Samp50]

Very well said. They both are human..

[@fabb5]

This is not just a simple romance movie...its deeper than that...

[@ctrlaltdestroy8821]

Silver Linings Playbook is also great at showing two people with lots of problems who forget the past and fall in love.

[@crapisnice]

its rather you who is flawed

[@Heyjohn843]

Mad about you was my FAVORITE show!!! Shes such a great actress! I wish I could see more of her.

[@halayudha]

i can watch this again and again. beautiful.

[@lillianlyons3395]

Love Jack Nicholson so much, Such a rare talent who can play any role and can always make the viewer rout for him. Deserving of every Oscar he won or was nominated for

[@innag6888]

root

[@jvaish]

Even the character in the Departed?

[@lillianlyons3395]

@@jvaish yes. He played an excellent role. Idk if he was nominated for that role but if he was he certainly deserved it

[@jvaish]

@lillianlyons3395 I meant did you root for the character? Or did you mean you root for Jack to do the role well in your comment?

[@lillianlyons3395]

@@jvaish I root for Jack to do the role well. I can't remember everything about that movie . I watched it a long time ago but from what I remember his character was very hard to like so I have to say I did not root for him but again Jack made him unlikeable. I think that was how he was supposed to be perceived. Lol

[@AbrahamRiveraproductions]

"...and the fact that I get it, makes me feel good about me."

[@susanstancliff2937]

My favorite movie of all time! Had to watch this ending twice! It is so natural and then surprising! Like life! You just never know!❤🙏🌷🎼🌺🦋

[@user-qr9uh1fd8g]

I know that I am too old and crazy to be loved

[@user-qr9uh1fd8g]

I know that I am too disabled to be loved

[@Melly3112-ox3ey]

​@@user-qr9uh1fd8g Only if you're a self-pitying bore. Otherwise you're just fine. Take a chance.

[@SkipCruciana-Argoud]

I have some issues as well, but love happened for me. Don't give up hope ❤. ​@@user-qr9uh1fd8g

[@ptommo1543]

I can’t stop watching these clips. Greatest love story movie ever. Prove me wrong 😊

[@GrahamWoodward-ww1zf]

Jack takes acting to a level that is certainly up there.

[@DrJohn493]

...and Helen Hunt holding her own with Jack ain't too shabby either!

[@hauntedbytheliving1175]

Whether it’s implicitly intentional here I cannot say, but the scene seems to express the general concept that true love requires true engagement; surrendering our compulsive auto-pilot mechanisms for the effort and reward of conscientiousness. That wake up call we always return to and the nightmare we are always waking from(if we’re lucky)… as well as a reminder that’s it’s never too late to right the ship. Love is not merely habit. You cannot really care without awareness… if we’re lucky it doesn’t even feel like work; the keeping each other cognizant. That’s about as good as it gets.

[@user-qr9uh1fd8g]

Write a book ❤

[@qurandavis3162]

Just watched this movie last night with my mom and sister... Love this movie, such a classic!

[@pandaamachine]

‘’Just two people that like warm rolls.’’

[@mumblesbadly7708]

Warm rolls are GOOOOOOD! 🤗

[@hd-xc2lz]

@@mumblesbadly7708 And so much fun to buy in the wee hours from a family bakery.

[@kaydee4296]

2:19 I LOVE that line to stop her over-reaction to Melvin. PERFECT! People are always self sabotaging relationships with stupid expectations of a Disney fairytale that DOES NOT EXIST! BRAVO, whomever wrote that line. And his explanation as to how HE sees her compared to how everyone else MISSES how wonderful she is..making her perfect for him & "Spence"..💓💓💓💓 Greg Kinnear hit it out of the park in this movie too. Outstanding all around.

[@hopeemch8511]

One of the all time great movies!!!!!

[@sandrobianchi117]

Jack Is just superb...makes everything magical and breathtaking

[@cdavid8139]

Fantastic movie. So many great lines. SO fun to watch.

[@cremebrulee4759]

One of my favorite movies. Such great casting and performances. Great music, sets, lighting, costumes, everything.

[@marhurami]

Carol's mom is very funny.😂😂

[@kaydee4296]

And SANE. She jumped in to stop Carol from sabotaging Melvins attempting to get close JUST at the right time.

[@Melly3112-ox3ey]

Shirley Knight. Brilliant and believable.

[@BrianMcAleer]

When you're ready to love, you know where to look and start searching... when you're ready to be loved, that's when true love finds you.

[@ridzdollah]

Only once you have opened your heart to being loved can real love discover you.

[@JC-sd3vh]

Nope

[@jcqwater8713]

thanks for this

[@ritazanin1429]

BS

[@JC-sd3vh]

@@ritazanin1429 agreed

[@llundin764]

The greatest compliment ever !!! Great movie Makes me want to be a better person

[@janetfigley1026]

Door is open to love.. fiquritely and literally.. Nice!!

[@frankmessely2156]

Wonderful film, and great script! Love it!

[@rustybearden1800]

One of the great love stories of our generation and one of the greatest pairings of actors, right up there with Gable and Lombard, Powell and Loy, Bogie and Bacall and Hepburn and Tracy. The writing, the cast, the production - I will stop and watch it anytime and it still amazes and feels fresh.

[@JorgeHernandez-uk6le]

que gran verdad dice la mamá de Carol ......No existen enamorados normales....simplemente eso no existe.......esta película es un clásico atemporal y sus personajes son simplemente entrañables

[@champoyradoo]

Helen Hunt, Helen Hunt, You make my heart do acrobatic stunts!

[@EdRushing-te3sc]

NIcholson had a hell of a run. Just an amazing actor in drama, horror, action, suspense, and of course comedy. Every film the man made has this special quality that isn't seen anymore. The range and sheer talent is awesome to watch. Wish Jack could make one final amazing film but his legacy is good as it is.

[@MartiGrant-jc2gn]

God bless Jack Nicholson's character in this most memorable and beautiful movie. A life affirming movie for me. And others who are seriously suffering from mental illness as he is. I have an extremely bad case of OCD as he does. I rewrote these few sentences over and over and over again and I probably will for the remainder of today. I need people like Helen Hunt in my life to keep me sane. God bless whoever wrote this novel. Without a doubt someone seriously mentally ill as I am. Only the mentally ill really and truly understand what it is like to be horribly and truly mentally ill. How significant the last scene is when Jack's character doesn't notice that he stepped on the cracks in the sidewalk. Love heals all things.

[@janetfigley1026]

Bravo.. thank goodness for these 2 wonderful actors. To help everybody limp along to show how to start an awesome love relationship

[@justinfischer1822]

"Try not to to ruin everything by being you."

[@23Robusto]

Maybe we can do without the wisecracks

[@annettewiggins399]

I quite agree this was a wonderful story of life well acted,good story line.I loved it .Excellent.

[@shawnrobinson5912]

It was 1999 and I went to see an old boyfriend who lived in Kansas. We had previously met each other when we lived in Germany serving in the Army 1991-1992. We went to see this movie and we were the only ones in the theater. And at that moment it made me realize he was not the one for me... I realized this was as good as It gets with him and I deserved better.....

[@DrJohn493]

Too bad it didn't work out, but everything happens for the best. At least that's what I heard the folks say when I was growing up.

[@knoxvilleguy2]

Melvin got to show that he wasn't all complete misogyny & antagonism. Great scene

[@brookeengland6275]

I love this movie it such a classic! Jack Nicholson is one of the best actors in the world, I just love the romance between them!

[@soulheaven1964]

It's sa she's not acting anymore

[@brookeengland6275]

really!!!!!! aww man

[@soulheaven1964]

yea cause of his health

[@brookeengland6275]

Aww that sucks

[@sakuraba86]

one of the very best movies ever.... top 5, for sure. I love this scene. nothing better than jack stepping on the crack at the end..... he didn't give a shit.

[@maurahobart8414]

Helen Hunt was brilliant in this film. They both won Oscars, so well deserved.

[@stevemorse108]

Very very fine acting and script.

[@mikeaustin1]

I love the little realization of Jack's "speech" about being a better man earlier in the movie. Here he actually "achieves" it with the 2nd kiss... nice foreshadowing and denouemant. Great writing (and performing). These 2 characters are superb.

[@FiveSigma72]

Helen Hunt is so amazing in this film. If most of acting is reacting, then hers is an all time great performance here.

[@cynthiasmith4130]

Jack is the man, always has been!!! ❤️❤️👍👍💯💯🌹🌹🌹🌹.......

[@nomaambundy9989]

The scene where both characters conclude their kiss by almost ignoring and walking past the bakery after Melvin finally let's go of his obsession and steps onto the bricks is so suggestive and epic. Melvin is on the clean un-broken concrete while she is walking on the complicated and numerous bricks. So suggestive of the feminine and the masculine energy flowing throughout the scene, so natural and instinctive. The bakery turns on the lights and our couple remember what silly contrived excuse they made for strolling together so awkwardly at such an un-godly hour. Both stray from their individual paths and walk hand in hand together unconcerned over which steps they take, or on what ground. Mevin holds the door; realizes he has one foot squarely on familiar solid ground and the other in chaos and un-certainty, yet he chooses to follow Helen Hunt's character into whatever future awaits them both. This movie has always left me wanting more.. Hollywood at its finest.

[@freddiegibbs101]

Well said! You should write film reviews.

[@RyanJ504]

That was poetic

[@mjremy2605]

Nice insight I had not thought of. You have an eye.

[@ThePuttercross]

Very well stated and observed. The entire movie examines the inherent and wonderful differences between women and men (can we even say this in 2023?). When Melvin corrects her son about saying hello, when he chastises Carol for being emotional when he is holding it together. How he does to his therapist and just screams "HELP!" as many men do to their friends/inner circle when they feel overwhelmed and emotional trying to protect the woman in their life. Just a wonderfully crafted story. When Carol cannot contain her emotion with Harold Ramis's MD character. The "you make me want to be a better man" harkening back to the stereotypical behind every great man is a great woman. Just a great study of the human experience masterfully written and acted out. Well done all around.

[@jdmarr2259]

You have a way with words. You should be a writer. 💕

[@johnlozauskas778]

Greg Kinnear, as usual, knocked it out of the Park.

[@camel1945]

This ending is so beautiful with this two actors I like this so much!! Thanks a lot! Even people are so different they can find love in a depest way and enjoy it so much!

[@aleenawright3638]

That kiss at the end made her lips go numb.. 😅😂😂

[@ionajohnstone9914]

More then A Rom Com brilliant acting loved this movie 🎥🍿💗

[@stevelee4952]

One of the great films.

[@queenempress2541]

When she said ( YOU DONT KNOW ME ALL THAT WELL) And Melvin proceeds to tell her EXACTLY who SHE IS TO HIM. And his observation is exactly Who she is. Straight shooter, Kind and Good. How beautiful it is for someone to have taken the time out to observe you and know you void of generalizing you from the pile of ppl they have known.

[@sarahudson108]

Got to love a happy ending, they get breakfast from the bakery as a first "date",he will take good care of her and be a caring step father to her son Spencer .

[@ingamedetails]

Still blown away by how the movie made me feel and how this ending just flipped everything I knew around. Pure magic.

[@susanstancliff2937]

I forgot to lock the door! He was so intensely thinking of her that he forgot his own hang ups!

[@BrianMcAleer]

One of the best love stories in my opinion.

[@deanayer3822]

One of the greatest movies ever made. Its like something out of the 1940's but modern at the same time. The characters, the actors, the writing, all impeccable.

[@sodasic]

They both crushed it

[@juliequimik]

Everytime I watch this, I can't help crying.

[@christophercremo3020]

Living with OCD my whole life it was always difficult. People that don’t have it can’t understand. CBT therapy helps a lot.

[@claudiamanta1943]

One of the greatest movies ever. Impeccably written and played.

[@Derg8170]

A great story and movie. As an actor I think Jack Nickolson is one of the best ever but he is 26 years older than Helen Hunt and looks it in the movie. I know it's "just a movie" but I believe in real life the age difference would be too much for these charters, especially with his condition. They made it work and it's a great movie.

[@carycimino7699]

Wrong the two greatest loves of my life were over 26 years younger. Lasted years while I ended them :age, race, religion, none of that matters when love truly is involved it’s how you make one another feel

[@JodyForbes]

There's a dynamic at play here that isn't noticed. Helen Hunt was 34 years old at this time, hadn't had children, perky and right on the precipice of her prime. A typical single mum with a child that age doing what she was portraying is definitely looking a lot more haggard than that. Nicholson appears so much older because Hunt is looking so much better than the reality of what she is depicting.

[@BeardLAD]

That’s the age difference between my parents, their marriage & my brothers wouldn’t happen these days because there’s too many nouveau pearl clutching compassionless know it all nihilists… …for them, two grown adults who love each other are disgusting (because meaningless maths), and are therefore ‘unpermissible’. I love this film, and romance: nothing will change that.

[@steveprudell9976]

Funny how ReaL their acting is .jack is So subtle she naiLs the independant yet vunerable female.love them both.

[@chriscarpenter5688]

Beautiful. So human and so heart warming!!! Please don't tell me it was 'just' a film!!!

[@Melly3112-ox3ey]

I, for one, won't.

[@m.hartyfool]

The music selection for this movie is wonderful!

[@billbollins]

I watch this every time its on tv

[@ZetaReticuli_]

I am normally not big on Rom-Coms, but I do really enjoy this movie, and never tire of watching it. One line from this film that always stuck with me is in the restaurant when he tells her that she makes him want to be a better man. That is so true when you are genuinely in love. In fact, it is how you know you are really in love with someone, when they inspire you to be the best version of you.

[@jochentreitel7397]

Wonderful movie with great actors. The way it’s been written and performed is what makes a great movie. Story telling straight from real life, without effects other than those evolving from the plot itself. Marvelous! And I agree to other commentators that it should have won Best Film that year over Titanic.

[@monicareads692]

how could anyone thumbs-down this. ... Oh, how I love this movie. swoon.

[@frienddrew]

The compliment by "Melvin" probably has to be my favorite movie quote.

[@JessY_8]

Definitely up there

[@yakata79]

Just watched this movie. Nicholson, such a charmer. : )

[@burton6849]

If this movie didn't come out the same year as titanic it would have definitely won best picture.

[@susannebass1883]

Awesome movie 🍿 and great cast ❤

[@kaisersigma1]

They found love at that age. So, I guess I am allowed to have hope still… EDIT: Fellas, I fell in love again, and she loves me back, and I am sooo happy! NEVER GIVE UP!

[@jeffreyjohnson7359]

I was 34 when I met my wife, and I was hopeless around women. Don't give up.

[@sabahdabby2954]

You should always remain hopeful.

[@anniehassett9370]

Until we die there is love

[@gianmariacelardi8580]

Of course! It' s never too late to find love. In movies.

[@johedges5946]

I would never go out into the hallway in my nightie without putting my bra on first 😂 I'd love a warm roll tho'

[@phildurling7185]

One of my favourite movies.

[@viswanathantm1305]

Absolutely brilliant story, screenplay, music, cinematography, directing and phenomenal acting by Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt. Just awesome twosome. Despite i am a Generation apart, still your work inspires me...❤❤❤ Sanjay, Actor, Papua New Guinea 🎉

[@hamishcleod5504]

Moral of story _ old, ugly, obnoxious, man gets young, pretty girl, because he's rich. SURPISE!

[@Lucas_Tulic]

Twist: She knew he had issues and that he was madly in love with her, so she played him good, marry him, and divorced him a year later, getting half of all his assets.

[@Melly3112-ox3ey]

Is that all you got from this? Your loss. ​@@Lucas_Tulic

[@Marahize]

Linda...tan real....tam simples....2 grandes actores logran entregar toda la emocion del amor entre los personajes, de ina forma simples y muy conmovente

JFC.....25 years ago? Wtf happened? The thing that kills me, every time, is that clarinet in the score. Same as in Fried Green Tomatoes....its just so heart rending. J Brooks did a good thing here....like a fine novel, in film.

[@claudefox2882]

Jack Nicholson, my all time favorite actor. Those were the times.

[@eddiemurphy6178]

Real people. Real life. Love those two like family!!!!!!!!

[@obo7707]

'...and they never get...that they just missed the greatest woman alive..'

[@thunderhawk2471]

i watched this movie with my ex girlfriend, and it just stuck with me, especially this scene. as time goes by i just keep on thinking about how i loved her and how this movie was the best time in our relationship

[@kuttycrew]

“I think of a man, and take away all reason and accountability” I was alone in this world until I heard this.

[@daveaskew2105]

Top 5 movie list of all time....

[@DETROIT1948]

As Good As It Gets.! ⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@mumblesbadly7708]

Carol: “Why can’t I have a NORMAL BOYFRIEND, someone who doesn’t go NUTS on me???” Her mother: “Everybody wants that, dear. It doesn’t exist.”

[@normc.1118]

The most romantic yet weird scene ever. Lovely as it gets

[@juliendestandau]

Jack Nicholson is a master at his art .

[@gemmag.2988]

So is Helen Hunt. Superb actress.