<P> As Good as It Gets is a 1997 American romantic comedy film directed by James L. Brooks . It stars Jack Nicholson as a misanthropic and obsessive - compulsive novelist , Helen Hunt as a single mother with a chronically ill son , and Greg Kinnear as a gay artist . The screenplay was written by Mark Andrus and Brooks . The paintings were created for the film by New York artist Billy Sullivan . </P>
<P> As Good as It Gets is a 1997 American romantic comedy film directed by James L. Brooks . It stars Jack Nicholson as a misanthropic and obsessive - compulsive novelist , Helen Hunt as a single mother with a chronically ill son , and Greg Kinnear as a gay artist . The screenplay was written by Mark Andrus and Brooks . The paintings were created for the film by New York artist Billy Sullivan . </P>
who starred in as good as it gets
who starred in as good as it gets
Jack Nicholson Helen Hunt Greg Kinnear
Jack Nicholson Helen Hunt Greg Kinnear