Pour le pire et pour le meilleur (1997)
As Good as It Gets
Réalisateur : James L. Brooks
Scénaristes : James L. Brooks, Mark Andrus, Mark Andrus
139 minutes
Status : Released
Budget : 50 000 000 $
Langue : English
Pays : United States of America
Sociétés de production : TriStar Pictures, Gracie Films
Synopsis
Melvin Udall, un écrivain misanthrope, écrit à la chaîne des romans sentimentaux qui comblent son sens pervers de l'autodérision et lui permettent de vivre confortablement. Sa vie est réglée comme du papier à musique, il évite le contact humain hormis celui de Carol Connelly, une jeune mère célibataire, serveuse dans un restaurant où il prend ses repas. Un jour, Simon Bishop, son voisin, artiste gay, est défiguré par deux voyous, le fils de Carol tombe malade et Melvin hérite du chien de Simon pendant son séjour à l'hôpital. Sa vie en est toute bouleversée.
- Jack Nicholson - Melvin Udall
- Helen Hunt - Carol Connelly
- Greg Kinnear - Simon Bishop
- Cuba Gooding Jr. - Frank Sachs
- Skeet Ulrich - Vincent Lopiano
- Shirley Knight - Beverly Connelly
- Yeardley Smith - Jackie Simpson
- Lupe Ontiveros - Nora Manning
- Lawrence Kasdan - Dr. Green
- Harold Ramis - Dr. Bettes
- Kathryn Morris - Psychiatric Patient
- Alison Rose - Psychiatric Patient
- Maya Rudolph - Policewoman
- Julie Benz - Receptionist
- Jimmy Workman - Sean from the Bakery
- Jamie Kennedy - Street Hustler
- Brian Doyle-Murray - Handyman
- Peter Jacobson - Man at Table
- Jesse James - Spencer Connelly
- Randall Batinkoff - Carol's date
- Linda Gehringer - Publisher
- Kaitlin Hopkins - Woman in Lobby
- Lisa Edelstein - Woman at Table
- Danielle Brisebois - Singer
- Todd Solondz - Man on Bus
- Matt Malloy - Men's Store Salesman
- Tom McGowan - Maitre D'
- Bibi Osterwald - Neighbor Woman
- Ross Bleckner - Carl
- Bernadette Balagtas - Caterer
- Jaffe Cohen - Partygoer
- Laurie Kilpatrick - Partygoer
- Alice Vaughn - Partygoer
- Shane Black - Cafe 24 Manager
- Stan Bly - Cafe 24 Customer
- Missi Pyle - Cafe 24 Waitress
- Tara Subkoff - Cafe 24 Waitress
- Rebekah Johnson - Cafe 24 Waitress
- Leslie Stefanson - Cafe 24 Waitress
- Patricia Childress - Cafe 24 Waitress
- Wood Harris - Cafe 24 Busboy
- Chloe Brooks - Child at Cafe 24
- Cooper Brooks - Child at Cafe 24
- Kristi Zea - Mother at Table
- Justin Herwick - Street Hustler
- John F. O'Donohue - Detective Ray
- Mary Elizabeth Still - Nurse Receptionist
- Paul Greenberg - Bar Waiter
- David A. Kipper - Hospital Doctor
- Antonia Jones - Nurse
- Alex Ballar - Flower Store Customer (uncredited)
- Bronwyn Cornelius - Bartender (uncredited)
- Amy Anzel - Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
- Laura Mayes Byrnes - Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
- Maurice LaMarche - Fred Bishop - Simon's Dad on Phone (voice) (uncredited)
- Annie Maginnis Tippe - Daughter at Table
- Sharon L. Alexander - Female Passerby
- Holly Denys - Female Passerby
- Danielle Spencer - Veterinarian
- Kirk Ringberg - Food Waiter
- Dave Hawthorne - Bartender
- Dunya Djordjevic - Art Dealer (uncredited)
- Jason Thomas Campbell - Valet (uncredited)
- Eliza Harris - Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
- Eddie L. Fauria - NYC Transit Cop (uncredited)
- Frank Slaten - Miffed Party Goer (uncredited)
- Oriana Nicole Tavoularis - Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
- Roger Ferreira - Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
- Ava Lee Scott - New Yorker
