As Good As It Gets
Movie • 1997 • Comedy
ReportSynopsis
New York City. Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer, finds his life turned upside down when neighboring gay artist Simon is hospitalized and his dog is entrusted to Melvin. In addition, Carol, the only waitress who will tolerate him, must leave work to care for her sick son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast.
Filter to only show:
Both
Yes
No
Your Triggers
Yes
1
No
15
Needs More Answers
Yes
0
No
2
Yes
0
No
2
Yes
0
No
2
Are there transphobic slurs?
74 supporters
Yes
0
No
2
0
No but there are homophobic misgendering insults from Melvin towards the gay characters.
1 comment | Add comment
Are there jokes about sexual assault on men?
71 supporters
Yes
1
No
1
0
Not exactly but Melvin makes homophobic assumptions about Simon's interest in him.
1 comment | Add comment
Are there abusive parents?
70 supporters
Yes
2
No
0
0
Both Melvin and Simon tell stories of their physically abusive fathers. Not shown on screen.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
2
Yes
0
No
2
Yes
0
No
2
Yes
0
No
2
Abandonment
Is an animal abandoned?
164 supporters
Yes
0
No
3
0
No, but when Simon goes into hospital he needs someone else to look after his dog.
2 comments | Add comment
Abuse
Yes
0
No
7
0
Not in the film but two characters discuss how they were abused as children.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Is there domestic violence?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
116 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
7
Is someone gaslighted?
45 supporters
Yes
2
No
6
0
When Carol is understandably upset that Melvin has found her address and showed up at her home, he blames her for taking it personally. She relents and lets him into her home, and later apologizes for being creeped out by his behavior.
1 comment | Add comment
Is someone stalked?
29 supporters
Yes
4
No
6
0
Melvin coming to his waitress's home definitely feels like stalking and she reacts like it is.
2 comments | Add comment
Addiction
Does someone abuse alcohol?
26 supporters
Yes
0
No
8
0
Melvin sits at a bar and drinks and wallows after Carol walks out of the restaurant.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
1
No
7
Yes
1
No
7
Animal
Yes
0
No
7
Yes
0
No
8
Yes
0
No
8
Yes
1
No
9
Is an animal sad?
1 supporters
Yes
4
No
0
0
Yes, Verdell is quite sad and traumatized after his owner is attacked and hospitalized. He ends up happy though.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
10
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
0
No
10
Yes
0
No
9
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
1
No
9
Yes
0
No
10
Are animals abused?
1 supporters
Yes
20
No
2
4
In the opening scene, a dog is thrown down an apartment building’s trash chute. The dog is fine, and becomes a central part of the film’s plot.
2 comments | Add comment
Assault
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
0
No
7
Is there pedophilia?
167 supporters
Yes
0
No
3
0
No, but Simon's mother did used to pose nude for him when he was a child, directly leading to him being assaulted by his father.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Bodily Harm
Is there eye mutilation?
148 supporters
Yes
4
No
5
0
No, but after Simon is beaten, one of his eyes is swollen closed.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
0
No
6
Yes
0
No
5
Yes
0
No
6
Yes
0
No
7
Yes
0
No
8
Yes
0
No
6
Yes
0
No
6
Yes
0
No
6
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
0
No
6
Yes
0
No
6
Does someone struggle to breathe?
47 supporters
Yes
1
No
5
0
The child has serious asthma but we don't see his attacks on screen. We hear him breathing heavily on the phone after a football game but he is fine.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
11
No
0
Yes
1
No
7
Yes
0
No
8
Yes
0
No
6
Children
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
1
No
9
Drugs/Alcohol
Yes
0
No
3
Family
Yes
0
No
9
Yes
0
No
7
Yes
0
No
6
Yes
0
No
6
Fear
Yes
0
No
6
Yes
0
No
8
Yes
0
No
7
Is there a shower scene?
1 supporters
Yes
7
No
2
0
An off screen shower scene. An on screen bath prep scene.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
8
Gross
Does someone vomit?
175 supporters
Yes
16
No
1
2
yes. and then later her date sticks his hand in it on her shirt. not really a visual but grosses you out
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
1
No
6
Yes
0
No
5
Yes
9
No
0
Law Enforcement
Yes
0
No
5
Medical
Yes
0
No
7
Yes
0
No
7
Yes
0
No
6
Yes
1
No
8
Yes
10
No
0
Mental Health
Does someone die by suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
128 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
7
Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
124 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
0
No
7
Yes
0
No
6
Yes
1
No
8
Yes
1
No
3
Yes
6
No
2
Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
42 supporters
Yes
2
No
4
1
Simon says that most of his thoughts are about killing himself.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
2
No
2
Yes
0
No
6
Yes
1
No
6
Does someone have a mental illness?
16 supporters
Yes
3
No
0
0
The main character has obsessive compulsive disorder.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
2
No
5
Noxious
Yes
0
No
8
Yes
0
No
6
Yes
0
No
5
Pregnancy
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
0
No
7
Yes
0
No
6
Yes
0
No
6
Yes
0
No
6
Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
65 supporters
Yes
16
No
0
1
The main character says horribly homophobic things to his neighbor while he's at the lowest point of his life. "Queer" is used pejoratively, F-slur casually thrown.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
11
No
0
Yes
1
No
6
0
Homophobic misgendering.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
5
Yes
3
No
6
Does an LGBT person die?
43 supporters
Yes
0
No
9
0
No, but he is violently attacked.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there hate speech?
41 supporters
Yes
18
No
0
1
The main character belittles people in the lowest ways and says very racist and homophobic things. There's little forgiveness or accountability for his behavior.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
2
No
6
Yes
13
No
0
1
The main character gets away with being horribly antisemitic.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
7
Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
46 supporters
Yes
3
No
1
1
Helen Hunt was only in her 30s and looks it, but her character is supposed to be around 50. Jack Nicholson was in his 60s and his character is a crotchety old man.
1 comment | Add comment
Sex
Yes
0
No
6
0
No but Simon's mother posed nude for him as a child and when his father caught them, he beat Simon unconscious.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
6
No
1
Are there nude scenes?
70 supporters
Yes
3
No
1
1
Carol is naked in a towel waiting for a bath and then naked on the bed being sketched but the audience don't see much. We do see some of Simon's paintings including nudity.
2 comments | Add comment
Is someone sexually objectified?
55 supporters
Yes
2
No
1
0
Yes, Melvin tells Carol that he thought it would be a good idea for her to sleep with Simon so he wouldn't be gay anymore. Strange thinking there.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
1 supporters
Yes
4
No
1
1
The main character belittles his gay neighbor while he's crying and at his lowest, and calls him a homophobic slur.
1 comment | Add comment
Sickness
Does someone have a chronic illness?
17 supporters
Yes
2
No
1
0
Spencer has severe asthma throughout the movie. It's a main theme.
1 comment | Add comment
Social
Is someone homeless?
1 supporters
Yes
2
No
1
0
The man (and his friends) who attacked Simon were homeless. Simon ends up technically homeless for a few hours.
1 comment | Add comment
Spoiler
Yes
0
No
6
Yes
0
No
8
Vehicular
Yes
0
No
6
Yes
0
No
8
Yes
2
No
1
Yes
0
No
8
Violence
Is there blood/gore?
82 supporters
Yes
1
No
6
-1
Not really, a main character is assaulted and we see him bruised with stitches.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
8
Yes
0
No
6
Yes
0
No
6
Where to Watch
