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Susan Stark, Detroit News: Urbane, alert, funny, compassionate. Read more
Janet Maslin, New York Times: Wicked, but it works. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: It's a mark of how magically written, directed and acted As Good as It Gets is that we end up loving this film despite knowing how haphazard, scattershot and almost indefinable its charm is. Read more
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: How [Brooks] emerged an abler artist is worth puzzling over; I suspect it has something to do with sheer instinct triumphing over industry machinery. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: It's fun to watch Jack Nicholson draw on great reservoirs of bile to play a mean SOB with an obsessive-compulsive disorder. Read more
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: Romance comedies definitely come better than this, although perhaps not lately. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: By the time we leave the theater, the warmth of love has melted the coldest heart. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The movie succeeds at many moments even while pursuing its doomed grand design. Read more
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle: Part of the appeal of this comedy is that Melvin's transformation never gets sappy. Read more