As Good As It Gets

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.