As Good as It Gets (1997)

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Wikidata Q221594, film, IMDb tt0119822, TMDB 2898: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 4 more episodes agree.

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In the store as #651, As Good as It Gets (1997).

Who talked about it

Blank Check with Griffin & David

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Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

Chill Factor: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. people (people): As Good as It Gets ⇒ Chill Factor (the host's read). Gooding and Skeet Ulrich supposedly bonded on this set and made Chill Factor together.
    “They clearly just hit it off so hard at the craft service table on as good as it gets that they said, we got to find a vehicle for the 2 of us”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:58:48 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Connected to

Greg Kinnear: 2 lines verdict ×1 career ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): As Good as It Gets → Greg Kinnear. Chris asks if the film is Kinnear's career peak.
    “as good as it gets, is it peak Kaneer?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:45:55 · Chris Gethard (0.80 sure it was them)

Groundhog Day: 2 lines contrast ×1 verdict ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): As Good as It Gets → Groundhog Day. A host argues Groundhog Day's redemption of a jerk is more commendable than Melvin's.
    “but look at Groundhog Day, another one, but in a way that I think actually is more commendable.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:37:56 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Helen Hunt: 2 lines industry ×1 career ×1

  1. career (career): Helen Hunt → As Good as It Gets. Helen Hunt's run from Kiss of Death and Twister to winning an Oscar for As Good as It Gets was an unexpected shoot to the A-list.
    “And then she wins an Oscar for as good as it gets.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:21:43 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Jerry Maguire: 2 lines craft ×1 lineage ×1

  1. craft (craft): As Good as It Gets → Jerry Maguire. Both are classic 90s movies that start a whole second movie mid-film.
    “It's one of those classic 90s like Jerry Maguire, where it's just like, let's just do like a whole other movie in the middle of the movie.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:34:34 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Planes, Trains and Automobiles: 2 lines craft ×2

  1. craft (craft): As Good as It Gets → Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Chris ranks Nicholson's unapologetic jerk alongside Steve Martin in Planes, Trains and Automobiles among the best comedic performances.
    “Steve Martin in Plains Trains and Audible.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:33:09 · Chris Gethard (0.80 sure it was them)

Titanic: 2 lines craft ×1 industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): As Good as It Gets → Titanic. Asks if this thoughtful character piece broke out in a year of Titanic and Men in Black.
    “in a year where it was like Titanic, Men in Black, all of a sudden, here's this like, thoughtful character piece.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:32:58 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Batman: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): As Good as It Gets → Batman. As Good as It Gets is Nicholson's second-highest grosser, behind Batman.
    “This is his 2nd highest grossing film ever only behind Batman.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:17:45 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Chill Factor: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (people): As Good as It Gets → Chill Factor. Gooding and Skeet Ulrich supposedly bonded on this set and made Chill Factor together.
    “They clearly just hit it off so hard at the craft service table on as good as it gets that they said, we got to find a vehicle for the 2 of us”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:58:48 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Good Will Hunting: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): As Good as It Gets → Good Will Hunting. A host would have given the Oscar to Damon; another recalls Nicholson more.
    “I love Matt Damon, but I remember Jack Nicholson's performance a lot more.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:48:09 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

I'll Do Anything: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): I'll Do Anything → As Good as It Gets. After the disaster of I'll Do Anything, Brooks needed to get his groove back, and As Good as It Gets did it.
    “And then makes, I'll do anything, which is like a disaster.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:15:06 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Jack Nicholson: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Jack Nicholson → As Good as It Gets. A host says Nicholson designed his own character's wardrobe, aiming for a downtown look, then jokes he sewed it himself like Daniel Day-Lewis.
    “Jack Nicholson designed the wardrobe for this character.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:28:16 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (unclear) (0.40 sure it was them)

Jackie Brown: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): As Good as It Gets → Jackie Brown. Jackie Brown opened the same Christmas weekend and bombed while As Good as It Gets took off.
    “It's his best film, though, and it's called Jackie Brown.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:59:34 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Mars Attacks!: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): As Good as It Gets → Mars Attacks!. Released the same year; a host loved Mars Attacks for Nicholson's double performance.
    “This is the same year as Mars Attacks, and I was all fucking about Mars Attacks, in both Jack Nicholson performances, blows the roof off.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:16:39 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Maya Rudolph: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Maya Rudolph → As Good as It Gets. Her first film role, before SNL in 2000.
    “but this is her 1st film role.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:37:33 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Say Anything...: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Say Anything... → As Good as It Gets. Say Anything is the top example of a 'but I like her' genre in which a refused man persists until the woman caves, a genre the hosts apply to romcoms like this one.
    “Obviously say anything's a huge one.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:36:40 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Spanglish: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): As Good as It Gets → Spanglish. Spanglish is the bad version of As Good as It Gets: no plot, lots of monologues.
    “you watch Spanglish after this and you're like, wow, like, this is the bad version of as good as it gets.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:54:28 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Tomorrow Never Dies: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): As Good as It Gets → Tomorrow Never Dies. It opened at number three on Dec. 26, 1997 behind Titanic and Tomorrow Never Dies.
    “It opened at number three.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:57:39 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

What About Bob?: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (OCD treatment): What About Bob? → As Good as It Gets. Bob's improvement by pursuing the doctor is compared to Helen Hunt making Nicholson less OCD.
    “So it's almost like Helen Hunt and as good as it gets, making Nicholas and less OCD.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:09:56 · Van Lathan (0.60 sure it was them)

Will & Grace: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): As Good as It Gets → Will & Grace. Kinnear's gay character came a year before Will & Grace changed depictions on TV.
    “To give you some perspective, this is a year before the TV show Will and Grace debuts.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:43:07 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Wolf: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): As Good as It Gets → Wolf. Nicholson's earlier 90s films had a harder edge; this is the softest, cheeriest Nicholson movie.
    “But Jack Nicholson, usually the movies he's in have a harder edge.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:18:15 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (4)

  1. career (career): I'll Do Anything → As Good as It Gets. After the disaster of I'll Do Anything, Brooks needed to get his groove back, and As Good as It Gets did it.
    “And then makes, I'll do anything, which is like a disaster.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:15:06 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Maya Rudolph → As Good as It Gets. Her first film role, before SNL in 2000.
    “but this is her 1st film role.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:37:33 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Helen Hunt → As Good as It Gets. Helen Hunt's run from Kiss of Death and Twister to winning an Oscar for As Good as It Gets was an unexpected shoot to the A-list.
    “And then she wins an Oscar for as good as it gets.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:21:43 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Greg Kinnear → As Good as It Gets. Ephron and Delia wanted the actor after his As Good as It Gets notices and he was about to blow up.
    “Uh, it's Delia Nora Efron, go see as good as it gets.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free) · 0:31:44 · Griffin Newman (0.55 sure it was them)

contrast (2)

  1. contrast (contrast): As Good as It Gets → Groundhog Day. A host argues Groundhog Day's redemption of a jerk is more commendable than Melvin's.
    “but look at Groundhog Day, another one, but in a way that I think actually is more commendable.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:37:56 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): As Good as It Gets → Wolf. Nicholson's earlier 90s films had a harder edge; this is the softest, cheeriest Nicholson movie.
    “But Jack Nicholson, usually the movies he's in have a harder edge.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:18:15 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

craft (5)

  1. craft (craft): As Good as It Gets → Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Chris ranks Nicholson's unapologetic jerk alongside Steve Martin in Planes, Trains and Automobiles among the best comedic performances.
    “Steve Martin in Plains Trains and Audible.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:33:09 · Chris Gethard (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): As Good as It Gets → Jerry Maguire. Both are classic 90s movies that start a whole second movie mid-film.
    “It's one of those classic 90s like Jerry Maguire, where it's just like, let's just do like a whole other movie in the middle of the movie.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:34:34 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. craft (craft): Jack Nicholson → As Good as It Gets. A host says Nicholson designed his own character's wardrobe, aiming for a downtown look, then jokes he sewed it himself like Daniel Day-Lewis.
    “Jack Nicholson designed the wardrobe for this character.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:28:16 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (unclear) (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. craft (craft): As Good as It Gets → Titanic. Unlike Titanic's Jack, the drawings here are actually impressive because they are by a real artist.
    “more so than Titanic this same year where they want you to be like aghast with Jack's drawings.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:32:42 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. craft (craft): As Good as It Gets → Planes, Trains and Automobiles. The audience sides with the nuisance (Candy / Simon) against the clear jerk, the same dynamic Kinnear sustains against Nicholson.
    “even though Steve Barnes clearly a dick are like, yeah, but fucking John Candy, this guy is a nuisance.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:45:16 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

industry (5)

  1. industry (industry): As Good as It Gets → Will & Grace. Kinnear's gay character came a year before Will & Grace changed depictions on TV.
    “To give you some perspective, this is a year before the TV show Will and Grace debuts.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:43:07 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. industry (industry): As Good as It Gets → Mars Attacks!. Released the same year; a host loved Mars Attacks for Nicholson's double performance.
    “This is the same year as Mars Attacks, and I was all fucking about Mars Attacks, in both Jack Nicholson performances, blows the roof off.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:16:39 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. industry (industry): As Good as It Gets → Batman. As Good as It Gets is Nicholson's second-highest grosser, behind Batman.
    “This is his 2nd highest grossing film ever only behind Batman.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:17:45 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. industry (industry): Helen Hunt → As Good as It Gets. Hunt was the first to win an Emmy and an Oscar in the same year (Mad About You and this film).
    “win the Emmy and the Oscar in the same year.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:21:08 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. industry (industry): As Good as It Gets → Titanic. Asks if this thoughtful character piece broke out in a year of Titanic and Men in Black.
    “in a year where it was like Titanic, Men in Black, all of a sudden, here's this like, thoughtful character piece.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:32:58 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

lineage (2)

  1. lineage (lineage): As Good as It Gets → Jerry Maguire. Brooks and Crowe share a very similar tone and mix of emotions.
    “But they have a very similar tone and sort of like touch and mix of emotions and all that.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:14:23 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): As Good as It Gets → Spanglish. Spanglish is the bad version of As Good as It Gets: no plot, lots of monologues.
    “you watch Spanglish after this and you're like, wow, like, this is the bad version of as good as it gets.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:54:28 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): As Good as It Gets → Chill Factor. Gooding and Skeet Ulrich supposedly bonded on this set and made Chill Factor together.
    “They clearly just hit it off so hard at the craft service table on as good as it gets that they said, we got to find a vehicle for the 2 of us”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:58:48 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

programming (2)

  1. programming (programming): As Good as It Gets → Tomorrow Never Dies. It opened at number three on Dec. 26, 1997 behind Titanic and Tomorrow Never Dies.
    “It opened at number three.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:57:39 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. programming (programming): As Good as It Gets → Jackie Brown. Jackie Brown opened the same Christmas weekend and bombed while As Good as It Gets took off.
    “It's his best film, though, and it's called Jackie Brown.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:59:34 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): Say Anything... → As Good as It Gets. Say Anything is the top example of a 'but I like her' genre in which a refused man persists until the woman caves, a genre the hosts apply to romcoms like this one.
    “Obviously say anything's a huge one.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:36:40 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (OCD treatment): What About Bob? → As Good as It Gets. Bob's improvement by pursuing the doctor is compared to Helen Hunt making Nicholson less OCD.
    “So it's almost like Helen Hunt and as good as it gets, making Nicholas and less OCD.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:09:56 · Van Lathan (0.60 sure it was them)

verdict (3)

  1. verdict (verdict): As Good as It Gets → Groundhog Day. Doubts Melvin's growth compared with Phil Connors's growth.
    “I don't know that I buy Melvin's growth.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:39:25 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): As Good as It Gets → Greg Kinnear. Chris asks if the film is Kinnear's career peak.
    “as good as it gets, is it peak Kaneer?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:45:55 · Chris Gethard (0.80 sure it was them)
  3. verdict (verdict): As Good as It Gets → Good Will Hunting. A host would have given the Oscar to Damon; another recalls Nicholson more.
    “I love Matt Damon, but I remember Jack Nicholson's performance a lot more.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:48:09 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about As Good as It Gets: Sixth biggest movie of 1997 despite Titanic and Men in Black.
    “It was the 6th biggest movie of the year.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:35:17 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about As Good as It Gets: Helen Hunt said it was not meant as a romcom; Brooks only asked for a kiss on the final scene.
    “And then when they filmed the final scene, James L. Brooks was like, Try kissing her.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:12:31 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about As Good as It Gets: Brooks did not originate the script, unlike every other movie he made; he punched up the dialogue.
    “And this script wasn't originated by him, which every other movie he's done.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:15:19 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about As Good as It Gets: Opening scene has Melvin throwing a dog down a garbage chute and berating Kinnear; the hosts note it is the opposite of save the cat.
    “It's also like, it's pretty audacious of Brooks to be like, I'm literally going to do the opposite of save the cat in the 1st shot of my movie.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:25:54 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about As Good as It Gets: The dog looks like a muffin; the poster featured smiling Jack holding the dog.
    “This dog that literally just looks like a muffin with 2 eyes on it.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:26:07 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about As Good as It Gets: Trivia: Nicholson designed his own downtown wardrobe, though the hosts debate whether it reads downtown.
    “Jack Nicholson designed the wardrobe for this character.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:28:16 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  7. fun, about As Good as It Gets: Six directors cameo in the film: Ramis, Kasdan, Black, Ratner, Solondz and more.
    “6 directors who are not usually actors all appear in this film.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:35:46 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  8. fun, about As Good as It Gets: Maya Rudolph appears as a cop in her first film role.
    “but this is her 1st film role.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:37:33 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

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