She is my wife’s school buddy from long ago. She is sweet but often complains about intrusive fans who fail to respect boundaries. Largely unrecognizable these days, she enjoys her anonymity. After her car accident she stayed with us for 2 weeks in Santa Cruz California where not a single person recognized her. She loved it!
She is a great actress. Well deserved. After rewatching the moving after 25 years....it is a genuine jewel of drama sparkling laughs of comedy as life it is. Great Helen Hunt. Bravo!
She is so likeable. Such a classy and humble person. Helen Hunt is much loved by all, critics, film makers and audiences alike. That Oscar could not have gone to a more deserving person.
yes, best in history, of the entire universe of all of time, past present and all future universe's too .... and when time ends. and a new universe begins. she will always be godly
Helen Hunt is absolutely brilliant opposite Nicholson and Kinnear in that movie. She really tied that movie together emotionally and, even though you want to punch Nicholson's character, her empathy and compassion for the dope somehow rubs off on the audience. One of very few great movies on my replay list.
I didnt want to punch his character. I thought it brilliant, and if someone was like that in real life which they are, they just say whatever comes out. I dont find anything offensive that people say. There is absolutely nothing a person can say to me, or to another person that I would find offense. .Nothing..
Fun fact is that every time Jack Nicholson won Oscar, main actress also won Oscar. Louise Fletcher in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Shirley MacLaine in Terms of Endearment and Helen Hunt in As Good as It Gets.
You have to be an exceptional actor/actress to stand toe to toe with Jack. He just takes the set by storm, and if you can't match his energy, you might as well not be there. Hunt deserved the heII out of this.
@@alfredogomez5241 Dude, Jack was winning academy awards back in the 70's. This was Hunt's first academy award. Hunt is excellent, but implying that Jack needs another actor to win that award is ridiculous.
It's great she won. One of my favorite movies to re-watch. The whole cast is terrific and the story is believable, because the actors make it so. Beautiful story.
@@sharonjensen3016 Yes, Shirley Knight. She set up Helen Hunt's "Okay." line perfectly. Shirley's performance in "As Good As It Gets" was one of the best in that movie. She's Actors Studio royalty.
This is clear win for Helen Hunt. Those who are against this outcome are either those that didn't even watch the movie As good as it gets, or those that watched Titanic in tears
I saw "as good as it gets" many many times, because it´s a good movie, but you people are so blind discrediting Titanic that you can't see what's in front of you. I mean it's all right if you don't like it, but in terms of acting, Kate Winslet was the best performance of the year, and Helen Hunt didn't do a bad job, but please! it's not THAT good as people say here in the comments. She doesn't even come close to his partner in the movie, Jack Nicholson, her performance it's clearly overrated, i don't know why, maybe because of the very good writting in the movie, but still. As for Titanic, Kate winslet is wonderful as usual, you can just see all her feelings in the expression of her face, as well as the change of her character through the film, from the melancholy classy young lady, trapped in the rules of the aristocratic society, to the passionate and rebellious girl in love, and the heroine and survivor.
To Mrs Hunt, I just wanted to tell you how much this film touches me every time I watch it...one of the top films ever made. The acting is so fluid and natural, and a beautiful story. Thank you for pulling my heartstrings every time i watch this film
A great acceptance speech by a great actress. Notice that she talked about the film, people who have helped her and the other people who were nominated. Future nominees - take note that she did not get into politics or causes “cause” she’s an actress and not a political sciences student nor a philosopher. Keep your acceptance speeches on point and you’ll be remembered as classy and beautiful as this lovely woman.
@@MelissaThompson432Well, how refreshing and charming it is that someone with an advanced degree in snarkiness decided to chime in, four years late. 😑
If given good material, she's always great. It's just who ya know in the biz and I don't think she plays that game which makes me like her more, honestly.And yeah, she moved me to tears in Cast Away. (A huge compliment, with my deep dark bitchy heart lol) To captivate me in a scene as much as she does opposite of Tom Hanks in a movie? I'd say that's talent, given the Academy's (and the whole damn worlds) love of Hanks. I say this as someone who That Thing You Do! is a family tradition to watch it whenever its on TV so don't come for me, Hanks is great too.
She’s incredible. So elegantly beautiful in that dress, while still showing the incongruence of somehow being too down-to-earth to project that untouchability implied. Her subtle sense of witty humor is just icing on a wonderful cake.
I really adore this actress... there is something about her, something special, vunerable. As good as it gets, l can watch again and again great film, great Jack, great supporting actors... 👍❤️👌😊Xxx
Love everything about this, the woman, the movie, the gratitude towards so many, but especially the way her husband looks at her when she addresses him..❤❤
All these comments about Kate Winslet are hilarious. Prior to the Oscars, Helen Hunt had won the SAG award for Female Actress in a Leading Role (in any genre) as well as the Golden Globe for Lead Actress in a Musical or Comedy. Judi Dench had won the Golden Globe for Lead Actress in a Drama. Basically, Kate Winslet didn't have a chance in hell.
I think even Kate would agree that she didn’t deserve an Oscar for Titanic. She herself has said that she cringed when watching her performance, saying, “Really? You did it like that?” Helen did a great job at portraying a sensitive but tough Irish working class single mom from Brooklyn who doesn’t think much of herself, yet doesn’t take crap either. She captured the essence of her character perfectly.
Kate Winslet is fat! Those boobs are bigger than cow's udders. I don't know how she squeezed them into that bodice. Needs to lose some lbs. Typical Britisher probably loves her cakes and tea. Work out, Kate.
One of my favorite movies of all time! This was a slap in the face of Titanic, what you really need is an amazing script and extraordinary actors! And Jack God Nicholson and Helen Hunt were outstanding and unforgettable
you can see Kate Winslet was surprised, she was probably told she had it in the bag. but titanic is much more popcorn fluff and doesnt have the staying power that As Good As IT Gets Does. well made decisions by the academy that year. just as an aside I think the best Actor in Titanic had to be Kathy Bates as Molly Brown.
@@Mikebuster That's so unfair to base an acting award on a script or overall "feel" of a movie. It's the performance. I just hate giving out "acting talent" awards and having to choose ONE as "best"...it cheapens everything and makes people feel bad about themselves if they don't win. And it's always stuff out of their control. Yes they're almost always very wealthy people and they'll be fine no matter what, but it's still kinda shitty.
There were more unexpected moments in “As Good As It Gets,” than in any movie I have ever seen. I am so glad it was Jack, Helen, Greg and Cuba who were in it. So beautiful.
Helen’s right that Greg Kinnear’s performance was fantastic. Robin Williams, who won the Oscar for supporting actor in Good Will Hunting, was also terrific. Both weren’t typecasted into their respective roles. I think Robin playing a “serious” character that was quite a departure from his other portrayals certainly didn’t hurt. Greg was a relatively obscure actor at the time, and I think both the character he played and the overall tone of the screenplay being a dark romantic comedy-drama with themes of homophobia, racism, misogyny, mental illness, and class divisions presented a more complex role. The movie was about three very different characters. Jack, Helen, and Greg were sensational; only two won any kind of award for their performance.
I'm, English, & it's refreshing to see, a brilliant, American, actress, like, Helen, win an, Oscar. It always seems to go to, posh, middle-class, English , actors.Well,deserved.An, amazing, performance.
That's because the Academy is made up of a bunch of liberals who tend to be Anglophiles (and Europhiles, in general). The rest of us Americans are as equally puzzled by all of the British (and European) love. Within the past decade, Hollywood has gotten ultra-liberal, which has resulted in more British (and European) castings/nominations/wins. However, the country now seems to be shifting right politically -- many Americans are sick and tired of woke culture/politics, which is championed by liberals -- so it will be interesting to see how that will affect the Oscars/Hollywood in this decade and beyond, after the Republicans take both houses of Congress and the White House (and then some). Conservatives are generally patriotic, so if they begin calling the shots, it will be all about America First. Liberals have a reputation/history of being un-American.
I swear... This is the best thing I have ever watched in my still young but 30 years life. Melvin made me fucking cry like a baby.... it has to be shown to everyone.... It has to be forcefully shown to every! one!
It must have shocked everyone in the room that Kate Winslet didn’t win. But I’m glad to see Helen winning an Oscar. Edit: I can see now what everyone is talking about in the comments, and it does make sense. The Academy didn’t like to reward gloss then, they awarded talent. It’s about the performance.
livia gherasim I just mean being that Titanic was such an insanely smashing success with 10 other Oscars won that night, people might have thought Titanic would’ve swept.
@@lewisedwards4058 The weakest part of Titanic, though, was the acting. Leo didn’t even manage a nomination. Winslet was considered lucky to be nominated.
@@livia469 correct. The roles were totally different too. The way they were written worked against Winslett. Titanic was an overblown soap opera. As good as it gets has a beautiful arc to it and flashes of sheer brilliance. Not just the narrative but the dialogue. When Carol asked Beverley "what do you want?" you could feel her desperation. It was rivetting. My sister said she thought it wasnt authentic. I disagree strongly.
Helen was breathtakingly brilliant in that movie.. authentic to the point where you felt her pain her fears her becoming stronger her journey. It was all about character and neither big history or big events.. all the actors in that Movie squeezed the pretty simple story to it’s best… rewatched lately and still was amazed…
I am thrilled she won. One thing about her that has puzzled me for a long time. She lived with Hank Azaria for 6 years and the minute they said "I Do" it became "I Don't (anymore)" like so many others in Tinsel Town when they put a ring on it!
This really was such a tough year to win an Oscar and a great year for movies. As Good as it Gets, Titanic, Good Will Hunting, Men in Black, LA Confidential, Mrs. Brown, The Fifth Element, Wag the Dog, The Full Monty and Boogie Nights all came out that year.
One of my favorite movies and one of my all time favorite actresses. Helen Hunt really deserved it that year. She is a fabulous and convincing actress. One of my favorite lines from this movie is 'how do you spell conscience, no that can't be right, that looks like con science'....lol....
wow, being so young (i'm an old spinster now at 35) i hadn't realized Contact was that year. Can't help but agree with ya, the script has its flaws but her acting was superb and her talent is all the better for it. I always find myself watching it when it's on TV and not just for the baby faced matthew mcconaughey eye candy lol
@@kidsundance9021 As my 61 year old father tells me on a regular basis, "you're a spring chicken" whenever I joke about being a spinster so no, I'm just a drama queen from Kansas City ;)
i love many actresses and many movies in hollywood but this women and as good as it gets are something else, really beautiful performance that touche your heart
I LOVED HELEN HUNT FINALLY BEING NOMINATED, & THEN WINNING ! Not only is she a wonderful, totally committed actor, she is completely the character she portrays ; she is fully, an actor's actor. And, in " Castaway ", Helen deserved -the Oscar, for her performance. Love, this woman ! ------MJL, 77 y/o
What can I say? It fills me with emotion to see again -like the many times before- this intimate scene that gives me a feeling of something wonderful that I don't know how to define and that can only be in the divine hearts of a mother and daughter who love each other deeply. Helen Hunt has that incredible ability to make us feel the nobility, goodness and immeasurable beauty of the soul of a woman who was born to give the best of herself to everyone who needs it and who needs love and comfort.
@@canigettawhatwhat you know twitter would be apeshit over that in our post #metoo world. good on her for being a good sport and letting him kiss her hand and remembering HIM when it was her turn to accept an award. my less mature and younger petty self probably would have opted to "forget" to thank him too but goes to show what a good soul and strong character she always seems to be in interviews and such.
I agree, I just watched it and couldn't decide if he did it on purpose. Like "I'm not going to give kudos to anyone" As he got up for his award. Or he "in the moment" just forgot. (Which I doubt, as good as an actor he is. (I have read hes a also really arrogant.) Not sure how true it is. But if you watch, she is about t do it back. And who can blame her. But he must reach out, and take her hand, as she seems surprised, and turns around. And even then doesn't wait but gets away, and goes up for the award.
Great performers allow that suspension of belief necessary to become absorbed into the story. That you can forget the actor and believe the person they have created. Helen Hunt is one of those performers.
Winslet's later oscar win for The Reader, that role was really sad and impressive. As Rose in Titanic of all the other actresses, hers was a very physically demanding role with all that water, etc. but Helen Hunt deserved it, she was great, although I heard Judy Dench was most insiders guess to win, even Helen though Dench was going to win.
@Sharon Jensen James Cameron be drowning them actresses close to death since Piranha 2, the Abyss, Titanic and now Avatar 2 😂. I have 3 bad experiences reading a book and then seeing their movie adaptations so no more of that for me. Although I understand they're different mediums but when I read a book and walk into the movie, I see all the "stitches, strings and wheels". It will take me awhile to appreciate the movie for what it is on it's own. Maybe you're one of those persons that can immediately disassociate the two right away. Anyways, Jurassic Park is one of my favorite childhood movies and I read the book as an adult and well, they left out a lot and made changes (necessary for film) but great book too and scarier but even so, JP as a movie even stripped down from a lot of the book, is still a great darn adaptation. I can imagine The Reader book must be great.
Helen Hunt is so supremely genuine and sincere that I hold her in very, very high regard.
This was very well deserved by Helen Hunt. Great performance.
This is STILL one of my all-time favorite movies for so, so many reasons!!
I'm due for a rewatch ASAP!
One of the best Oscar speeches ever. So humble and touching.
yes, you are SÓ right
she is simply fantastic🥂
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I ran into her at the Louvre in 2017 and greeted her. She responded gracefully and politely--such a classy and down to earth lady.
Lucky you!
Wow. So much beauty in one place
She is my wife’s school buddy from long ago. She is sweet but often complains about intrusive fans who fail to respect boundaries. Largely unrecognizable these days, she enjoys her anonymity. After her car accident she stayed with us for 2 weeks in Santa Cruz California where not a single person recognized her. She loved it!
@@christopherp.hitchens3902 I feel like her personality has mellowed as she has gotten older. She seems a lot more carefree these days.
I met her once on the champes eleeses and she actually gave me her oscar! She is really down to earth!
She is a great actress. Well deserved. After rewatching the moving after 25 years....it is a genuine jewel of drama sparkling laughs of comedy as life it is. Great Helen Hunt. Bravo!
She is so likeable. Such a classy and humble person. Helen Hunt is much loved by all, critics, film makers and audiences alike. That Oscar could not have gone to a more deserving person.
Probably the best performance in a movie. Most deserved Oscar in history. Absolutely stunning. 😊
yes, best in history, of the entire universe of all of time, past present and all future universe's too .... and when time ends. and a new universe begins. she will always be godly
I loved Kate’s reaction to Helen winning. Instead of being upset or disappointed she reacted with class and actually smiling that she won.
Well after a brief sudden shock pause
She used to it. She has been nominated several times but never won until 2009.
Helen Hunt is absolutely brilliant opposite Nicholson and Kinnear in that movie. She really tied that movie together emotionally and, even though you want to punch Nicholson's character, her empathy and compassion for the dope somehow rubs off on the audience. One of very few great movies on my replay list.
Very well said mate. I’m glad I stumbled on your comment.
The fact that you really, really dislike JN means his acting is great. All I am sayin.
I didnt want to punch his character. I thought it brilliant, and if someone was like that in real life which they are, they just say whatever comes out. I dont find anything offensive that people say. There is absolutely nothing a person can say to me, or to another person that I would find offense. .Nothing..
Fun fact is that every time Jack Nicholson won Oscar, main actress also won Oscar.
Louise Fletcher in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Shirley MacLaine in Terms of Endearment
and Helen Hunt in As Good as It Gets.
Look at it another way. Without Hunt Jack may have not win his oscar. This movie is outstanding.
@@alfredogomez5241 exactly she was brilliant
Or perhaps every time an Oscar-worthy actress paired up with Jack, some of the magic rubbed off and he won too.
You have to be an exceptional actor/actress to stand toe to toe with Jack. He just takes the set by storm, and if you can't match his energy, you might as well not be there. Hunt deserved the heII out of this.
@@alfredogomez5241 Dude, Jack was winning academy awards back in the 70's. This was Hunt's first academy award. Hunt is excellent, but implying that Jack needs another actor to win that award is ridiculous.
It's great she won. One of my favorite movies to re-watch. The whole cast is terrific and the story is believable, because the actors make it so. Beautiful story.
Totally agree
@joao luiz nazario no way, so well deserved, but i agree the competition was tough, all such strong actresses
She was absolute shit in this movie
@joao luiz nazario who shoulda won?
so ridiculous she won and dench lost here. absurd.
"As Good as It Gets" -- As good as any movie gets. And what incredible performances all around. They all deserved Oscars. 7/2018
Great movie
Yep, one of few films where you can say, "nope, wouldn't change a thing?"
I couldn't agree more. Can't think of any other movie with a better ensemble cast. It was perfection.
I love how you dated this comment 🥰
Forgot to thank "Verdell!" Mr. Nicholson, a man who seems very comfortable in his own skin.
Love "As good as it gets"! ❤
If you make the audience in that hall laugh after you had said in screen ‘okay’. So you totally deserve to win oscar, Helen. Magic moment.
I think it was the hesitation and then….”okay”.
She definitely sold that line but it seemed gratuitous to me
That's Shirley Knight in the scene with Helen, isn't it?
@@sharonjensen3016 Yes, Shirley Knight. She set up Helen Hunt's "Okay." line perfectly. Shirley's performance in "As Good As It Gets" was one of the best in that movie. She's Actors Studio royalty.
This is clear win for Helen Hunt. Those who are against this outcome are either those that didn't even watch the movie As good as it gets, or those that watched Titanic in tears
I saw "as good as it gets" many many times, because it´s a good movie, but you people are so blind
discrediting Titanic that you can't see what's in front of you. I mean it's all right if you don't like it, but in terms of acting, Kate Winslet was the best performance of the year, and Helen Hunt didn't do a bad job, but please! it's not THAT good as people say here in the comments. She doesn't even come close to his partner in the movie, Jack Nicholson, her performance it's clearly overrated, i don't know why, maybe because of the very good writting in the movie, but still. As for Titanic, Kate winslet is wonderful as usual, you can just see all her feelings in the expression of her face, as well as the change of her character through the film, from the melancholy classy young lady, trapped in the rules of the aristocratic society, to the passionate and rebellious girl in love, and the heroine and survivor.
Hunt was incredible in this. Well deserved.
@@ignaciomedina9816 Kate honestly wasn't THAT good. Face it. She was good, but the role itself wasn't that complex.
I never watched Titanic and Helen grabbed all our hearts in those few seconds she’s had with her screen mom. I cried with her… twice. 😂
@@ignaciomedina9816 Dude, Kate had the same face on literally the whole movie. Don't know what movie you watched.
To Mrs Hunt, I just wanted to tell you how much this film touches me every time I watch it...one of the top films ever made. The acting is so fluid and natural, and a beautiful story. Thank you for pulling my heartstrings every time i watch this film
Helen and Jack where class together.brilliant this film
A true actor and a humble human being. One of the absolute best.
I’ve liked her since her small but very good role in Peggy Sue Got Married and I liked her in Project X.
I just finished watching the movie in Netflix and I must say, she deserved it! 👏
Sincerely memorable performance... She deserved the award 110% !!
A great acceptance speech by a great actress. Notice that she talked about the film, people who have helped her and the other people who were nominated. Future nominees - take note that she did not get into politics or causes “cause” she’s an actress and not a political sciences student nor a philosopher. Keep your acceptance speeches on point and you’ll be remembered as classy and beautiful as this lovely woman.
How nice that someone with such vast experience at accepting awards is here to tell us how to do it.
@@MelissaThompson432Well, how refreshing and charming it is that someone with an advanced degree in snarkiness decided to chime in, four years late. 😑
Helen hunt is the best Actress. Even in cast away she was 10/10
If given good material, she's always great. It's just who ya know in the biz and I don't think she plays that game which makes me like her more, honestly.And yeah, she moved me to tears in Cast Away. (A huge compliment, with my deep dark bitchy heart lol) To captivate me in a scene as much as she does opposite of Tom Hanks in a movie? I'd say that's talent, given the Academy's (and the whole damn worlds) love of Hanks. I say this as someone who That Thing You Do! is a family tradition to watch it whenever its on TV so don't come for me, Hanks is great too.
@@Facelessman254 shoulda put a ring on it and ASKED before NYE lol
She waa in it for five minutes and she stole the movie. Of course she was wonderful.
@@Facelessman254 ????
@@zapkvr stole the movie...lmao
So many wonderful performances but Helen hit it out of the park.
Her performance at this movie is remarkable....One of the most outstanding of her life time...She is a woman to love
She’s a wonderful actress and makes this movie, along with her amazing two colleagues, UNFORGETTABLE
Helen Hunt is an amazing actress. Well deserved
I liked her as a kid on her sitcom but her acting really shined in this movie and her speech showed she is a beautiful person too.
Oooh and Project X
When I watch this movie I never want it to finish
Watching it right now ❤
Sharon Jensen true, I saw parasite and liked it a lot but wanted to end
Everytime i see it, i like it more.
@@LL-ow1qt Me too. Great movie
just saw it and i agree. Suberb acting .
Kate Winslet's reaction lol
She is one of the greatest actress of her generation but I noticed her loser face was the worst every time she did not win...
@@heyjuderabbit85 Don't overestimate this lady.
I’m sure 100% of the people around her assured her she would win. She was just surprised.
She would win one eventually. Just a few years ago I think.
She’s incredible. So elegantly beautiful in that dress, while still showing the incongruence of somehow being too down-to-earth to project that untouchability implied. Her subtle sense of witty humor is just icing on a wonderful cake.
I really adore this actress... there is something about her, something special, vunerable. As good as it gets, l can watch again and again great film, great Jack, great supporting actors... 👍❤️👌😊Xxx
Beautiful moment for a beautiful human being. Acceptance speech was perfection.
Love everything about this, the woman, the movie, the gratitude towards so many, but especially the way her husband looks at her when she addresses him..❤❤
Great movie, Jack and Helen were terrific.
These women are fantastic! They all deserve an Oscar!!!!
All these comments about Kate Winslet are hilarious. Prior to the Oscars, Helen Hunt had won the SAG award for Female Actress in a Leading Role (in any genre) as well as the Golden Globe for Lead Actress in a Musical or Comedy. Judi Dench had won the Golden Globe for Lead Actress in a Drama. Basically, Kate Winslet didn't have a chance in hell.
I think even Kate would agree that she didn’t deserve an Oscar for Titanic. She herself has said that she cringed when watching her performance, saying, “Really? You did it like that?”
Helen did a great job at portraying a sensitive but tough Irish working class single mom from Brooklyn who doesn’t think much of herself, yet doesn’t take crap either. She captured the essence of her character perfectly.
@@MillennialAngstIt was good for Helen Hunt but not comparatively.
Her career since has been unremarkable where the same can not be said for Winslet.
Kate Winslet is fat! Those boobs are bigger than cow's udders. I don't know how she squeezed them into that bodice. Needs to lose some lbs. Typical Britisher probably loves her cakes and tea. Work out, Kate.
Took a long time and a hell of a determination for Winslet to win for the well deserved Oscar for The Reader.
Her performance in titanic is so overrated. 80% of her lines are just saying the name JACK. It's so overly annoying
One of my favorite movies of all time! This was a slap in the face of Titanic, what you really need is an amazing script and extraordinary actors! And Jack God Nicholson and Helen Hunt were outstanding and unforgettable
totalmente cierto
you can see Kate Winslet was surprised, she was probably told she had it in the bag. but titanic is much more popcorn fluff and doesnt have the staying power that As Good As IT Gets Does. well made decisions by the academy that year. just as an aside I think the best Actor in Titanic had to be Kathy Bates as Molly Brown.
@@Mikebuster That's so unfair to base an acting award on a script or overall "feel" of a movie. It's the performance. I just hate giving out "acting talent" awards and having to choose ONE as "best"...it cheapens everything and makes people feel bad about themselves if they don't win. And it's always stuff out of their control. Yes they're almost always very wealthy people and they'll be fine no matter what, but it's still kinda shitty.
I agree I have watched it umpteen times
There were more unexpected moments in “As Good As It Gets,” than in any movie I have ever seen. I am so glad it was Jack, Helen, Greg and Cuba who were in it. So beautiful.
agree 💕
This is one of my favorite movies. Seen it so many times.
Well deserved Oscar for a wonderful actress!
she was brilliant in that role
Helen’s right that Greg Kinnear’s performance was fantastic. Robin Williams, who won the Oscar for supporting actor in Good Will Hunting, was also terrific. Both weren’t typecasted into their respective roles. I think Robin playing a “serious” character that was quite a departure from his other portrayals certainly didn’t hurt.
Greg was a relatively obscure actor at the time, and I think both the character he played and the overall tone of the screenplay being a dark romantic comedy-drama with themes of homophobia, racism, misogyny, mental illness, and class divisions presented a more complex role. The movie was about three very different characters. Jack, Helen, and Greg were sensational; only two won any kind of award for their performance.
I'm, English, & it's refreshing to see, a brilliant, American, actress, like, Helen, win an, Oscar. It always seems to
go to, posh, middle-class, English , actors.Well,deserved.An, amazing, performance.
That's because the Academy is made up of a bunch of liberals who tend to be Anglophiles (and Europhiles, in general). The rest of us Americans are as equally puzzled by all of the British (and European) love. Within the past decade, Hollywood has gotten ultra-liberal, which has resulted in more British (and European) castings/nominations/wins. However, the country now seems to be shifting right politically -- many Americans are sick and tired of woke culture/politics, which is championed by liberals -- so it will be interesting to see how that will affect the Oscars/Hollywood in this decade and beyond, after the Republicans take both houses of Congress and the White House (and then some). Conservatives are generally patriotic, so if they begin calling the shots, it will be all about America First. Liberals have a reputation/history of being un-American.
I’m drowning here and you’re describing the water
What a film 🎥
I swear... This is the best thing I have ever watched in my still young but 30 years life.
Melvin made me fucking cry like a baby.... it has to be shown to everyone.... It has to be forcefully shown to every! one!
Well picking on me won’t help!
I'd give her an Oscar for leading actress with outstanding hair-do.
It must have shocked everyone in the room that Kate Winslet didn’t win. But I’m glad to see Helen winning an Oscar.
Edit: I can see now what everyone is talking about in the comments, and it does make sense. The Academy didn’t like to reward gloss then, they awarded talent. It’s about the performance.
i think it didnt shock anyone
livia gherasim I just mean being that Titanic was such an insanely smashing success with 10 other Oscars won that night, people might have thought Titanic would’ve swept.
Even with all that Titanic oscars and the grand success of it, the performances of the two are not comparable
@@lewisedwards4058 The weakest part of Titanic, though, was the acting. Leo didn’t even manage a nomination. Winslet was considered lucky to be nominated.
@@livia469 correct. The roles were totally different too. The way they were written worked against Winslett. Titanic was an overblown soap opera. As good as it gets has a beautiful arc to it and flashes of sheer brilliance. Not just the narrative but the dialogue. When Carol asked Beverley "what do you want?" you could feel her desperation. It was rivetting. My sister said she thought it wasnt authentic. I disagree strongly.
With tears welling in her eyes, voice quavering, she accepted this honor with flying colors.
Helen was breathtakingly brilliant in that movie.. authentic to the point where you felt her pain her fears her becoming stronger her journey. It was all about character and neither big history or big events.. all the actors in that Movie squeezed the pretty simple story to it’s best… rewatched lately and still was amazed…
Love this movie, re-watched it so many times. Great performances by all.
Helen Hunt is a favorite of mine since "As Good as it Gets" ... glad to hear she had no ill effects from the recent car accident.
Kate Winslet was beautiful back in those days... What a woman!
This actress is a part from heaven ...her touch to my heart wont go away
This was a tough decision..
The Favourites were Helen and Judi..
But Helen I feel deserved to win..
She was so wonderful in that movie. And so was Jack & the supporting cast.
I am thrilled she won. One thing about her that has puzzled me for a long time. She lived with Hank Azaria for 6 years and the minute they said "I Do" it became "I Don't (anymore)" like so many others in Tinsel Town when they put a ring on it!
This really was such a tough year to win an Oscar and a great year for movies. As Good as it Gets, Titanic, Good Will Hunting, Men in Black, LA Confidential, Mrs. Brown, The Fifth Element, Wag the Dog, The Full Monty and Boogie Nights all came out that year.
What?! Really?! I've seen most of them and they're amazing. Wasn't LA Confidential nominated for Best Picture? What a year then
I do think that year 2 movies got robbed for best picture of Good Will hunting and As good as it gets. Both were better then titanic
@@chrissachse6207 totally agree!
@@BJBee LA Confidential is one of my favorite movies of all time. Such a great movie. And it isn't even a genre that I typically love.
Really? “MIB” “Wag the Dog” “The Fifth Element” deserved Oscar’s?!!?
Ms. Hunt was wonderful in this movie! Brava!👏🏻
Helen deserved this Oscar, she was brilliant in the role
I just rewatched this movie. Everyone was flawless. Helen Hunt was so natural and pulled this off so beautifully. Totally an Oscar that was deserved.
One of my favorite movies and one of my all time favorite actresses. Helen Hunt really deserved it that year. She is a fabulous and convincing actress. One of my favorite lines from this movie is 'how do you spell conscience, no that can't be right, that looks like con science'....lol....
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I still think of that line whenever I have to spell that word.
JUDI DENCH WAS SOO GOOD THOUGH. COULD'VE GONE EITHER WAY
Helen Hunt is a great actress and person. Glad to see this.
Yes 🙌🏼
She made me understand this woman in this role.
It was me.
She was amazing in the film
Such an incredible speech, such a CLASS. ACT. This is how it’s done.
2:19 I love that "okay" and the audience reaction is pure gold =)
One of the best movies ever due to Greg, Helen and Jack
and gregg
A genuinely rare and realistically beautiful film - even after the sixth viewing. Thank you.
"As Good as it Gets" is one of the best movies I have ever seen. Such dialogue and casting, and then delivery of performances. Just fantastic.
Such a class act and she did a fabulous job in the film.
What a wonderfully perfect acceptance speech... love the bones of this lady ... such a great performance by her in this fabulous film ❤
20 years have passed!!! Amazing!!!
las buenas historias no se olvidan :)
Judi Dench created brilliant performance!
Jodie Foster deserved a nomination for Contact
Katya ?
wow, being so young (i'm an old spinster now at 35) i hadn't realized Contact was that year. Can't help but agree with ya, the script has its flaws but her acting was superb and her talent is all the better for it. I always find myself watching it when it's on TV and not just for the baby faced matthew mcconaughey eye candy lol
@@kidsundance9021 As my 61 year old father tells me on a regular basis, "you're a spring chicken" whenever I joke about being a spinster so no, I'm just a drama queen from Kansas City ;)
@@kidsundance9021 "And that kids, is How I Met Your Mother..."
Congrats to Helen Hunt!! I thought she acted so great in this movie.
In early episode éarly episodes she played Murrays daughter in The Mary Tyler Moore show.
i love many actresses and many movies in hollywood but this women and as good as it gets are something else, really beautiful performance that touche your heart
Helen won the Oscar but I tell you. She had all those other terrific nominated actresses breathing down her neck.
So happy she got this. Her portrayl of a waitress raising her kid was awesome
3:56 You can tell Kate Winslet expected to win, specially since "Titanic" took home almost every Oscar that night. She can hardly hold her tears.
MrMcsia It should have been Kate’s
She should have win.
I love this film and have watched it many times over ❤️
One of my all time favourite movie, I was very happy to see both of them got this coveted award for the same movie!!
I LOVED HELEN HUNT FINALLY BEING NOMINATED, & THEN WINNING ! Not only is she a wonderful, totally committed actor, she is completely the character she portrays ; she is fully, an actor's actor. And, in " Castaway ", Helen deserved -the Oscar, for her performance. Love, this woman ! ------MJL, 77 y/o
She was stunning in that dress. What a woman!
Wonderful acceptance speech! Very gracious!
Just about the best speech ever
And Nicholson - old school... Love it
What can I say? It fills me with emotion to see again -like the many times before- this intimate scene that gives me a feeling of something wonderful that I don't know how to define and that can only be in the divine hearts of a mother and daughter who love each other deeply. Helen Hunt has that incredible ability to make us feel the nobility, goodness and immeasurable beauty of the soul of a woman who was born to give the best of herself to everyone who needs it and who needs love and comfort.
Helen Hunt is love.
Back when these award shows were actually watchable.
Helen Hunt es una actriz fuera de serie! Sencillamente maravillosa!
She has always been tremendous, from tv to movies
3:20.........Jack kisses her hand as she goes up for the award..........
He completely ignored her when he won too lol. She went up yo hug him and he just looked the other way
Ryan M. I saw that too! I thought how rude!!! Not being mean but she seemed sad 😞
@@canigettawhatwhat you know twitter would be apeshit over that in our post #metoo world. good on her for being a good sport and letting him kiss her hand and remembering HIM when it was her turn to accept an award. my less mature and younger petty self probably would have opted to "forget" to thank him too but goes to show what a good soul and strong character she always seems to be in interviews and such.
I agree, I just watched it and couldn't decide if he did it on purpose. Like "I'm not going to give kudos to anyone" As he got up for his award.
Or he "in the moment" just forgot. (Which I doubt, as good as an actor he is. (I have read hes a also really arrogant.) Not sure how true it is.
But if you watch, she is about t do it back. And who can blame her. But he must reach out, and take her hand, as she seems surprised, and turns around.
And even then doesn't wait but gets away, and goes up for the award.
@@canigettawhatwhat yah, what was up with that?
Helen Hunt is absolutely stunning women
Helens acting was as good as it gets.That movie is a true classic.
So good in As Good as it Gets
Helena thought for a second he was calling her name 🙀
Great performers allow that suspension of belief necessary to become absorbed into the story. That you can forget the actor and believe the person they have created. Helen Hunt is one of those performers.
Judi Wench, Helena Bonham Carter, Kate Winslet, and Helen Hunt were all tied. All four should've won for Best Actress.
Kate Winslet: O: shit I didn't win!
Winslet's later oscar win for The Reader, that role was really sad and impressive. As Rose in Titanic of all the other actresses, hers was a very physically demanding role with all that water, etc. but Helen Hunt deserved it, she was great, although I heard Judy Dench was most insiders guess to win, even Helen though Dench was going to win.
@Sharon Jensen James Cameron be drowning them actresses close to death since Piranha 2, the Abyss, Titanic and now Avatar 2 😂. I have 3 bad experiences reading a book and then seeing their movie adaptations so no more of that for me. Although I understand they're different mediums but when I read a book and walk into the movie, I see all the "stitches, strings and wheels". It will take me awhile to appreciate the movie for what it is on it's own. Maybe you're one of those persons that can immediately disassociate the two right away. Anyways, Jurassic Park is one of my favorite childhood movies and I read the book as an adult and well, they left out a lot and made changes (necessary for film) but great book too and scarier but even so, JP as a movie even stripped down from a lot of the book, is still a great darn adaptation. I can imagine The Reader book must be great.
I think that if she had won the oscar her career would stagnate
When i saw this movie i love all characters in this film.