As Good As It Gets

A different way of telling a story

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Good, cute movie. Casting.. eh... but Zeb Halsell? Call me a cougar, but yum. could watch him breath. :) Nadine is very pretty. Kind of a Stockard Channing look to her. She's a bit old for the role, I think. For a supposed 20-year-old, she is WAY to obedient to her mom. Dialogue in script seems like it should be more of a rebellious 15-, 16-year old person. Mother and daughter look like sisters. Decent movie if you are just looking for some fantasy romance kind of thing to take your mind off the "real" world. :)

I haven't seen a really bad movie in a long time, this is terrible. Terrible writing, terrible casting, terrible acting, terrible outfits, terrible chemistry, etc. The mother is from Days of our lives and she was an awful actress on that. The daughter and mother are not believable. .. the daughter looks 35. The mother looks 45. The love interests are dull. I don't care that the story is predictable and is the same old romance story. That's what us girls want... but the acting in this makes me cringe. The story itself seems like it would be really good but the casting.. horrible! I blame the casting director. Never hire her if you want your movie to do well. Kendra Jones. I'm going to call her out. I continued to watch this movie just because I had to see how bad this could be. If there was a less than one rating I would give it. Rodeo the horse was the best actor in it. If you'd like to watch some really bad acting this is it.. this is the movie for you!

LET ME TELL YOU WHAT. I HAD A REAL BUCKIN GOOD TIME WATCHING THIS!Now I believe there is room for improvement so it will be getting a 6 out of 10 from me.Sandrifer Garlock (the mother who looks like a mix of Sandra Bullock and Jennifer Garner) is having that classic struggle where a single mother, who inherits a wild plantation/ranch down in he way hot summers of Louisiana, has to convince her bratty teenage daughter, Juliet (played by someone in her late 20s, possibly the gal from PLL and Ned's Declassifieds?) to leave their life behind in NYC and start a new chapter in their lives.They get down there and Juliet immediately makes a black friend (at least they attempted diversity) near offensively named, Nan, and falls in love with a CGI horse named "Rodeo."This movie has it all. Love, romance, tragedy, despair, broken hearts, SCANDAL, friendship, and inspiration. This movie, despite that she falls in love with her mother's lover's nephew's brother's first cousin twice removed's fiance's father or something (almost too close for comfort), really provided a nice evening of laughs and memories.Very clever title name too honestly. Quite superb!

This movie is horrible, I do not recommend it. The Mom acts like a 15 year old drama queen, and dresses like it. The daughter acts so spoiled. I honestly couldn't stand it. If the acting is so poor, it's hard to fully enjoy the movie. And the men? With long hair mullet type hair-do's? Can you be more stereotypical. Geez. The outfits? Total Hollywood. Not realistic at all. And so much is built up between Juliet and Monty, kissing, connection, and in the end, they race each other like brother and sister? And her mom and his uncle are getting married, so what, the young couple ignores it? Nothing is said? Since they'll be related now, they won't date? So much built up tension, then nothing to end it? Not even an explanation? Such a complete waste of time watching this movie. Don't do it. Horrible horrible awful movie.