I love this movie so much

Simply A Masterpiece

As Good As It Gets

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

This picture hit the movie screen on October 5 1979 Starring: Dudley Moore as George Webber, Julie Andrews as Samantha Taylor, and Bo Derek as Jenny Hanley.Summary: The picture opens with Samantha giving a surprise birthday party for her good friend George Webber. After the party and a good night sleep, George gets up an goes to the local club. George is a songwriter and likes to go to the club to play the piano. After playing the piano, George gets in his car and starts for home. While sitting at a stop sign, George looks over to the car next to him where he sees a beautiful blonde-haired woman in the back sit of a Royce with her wedding gown on. George decides he's going to follow the Royce to see where it's going. Every turn the Royce made, George would make the same turn. When the Royce stops at a local church, George decides to go around it and hits a police car head on in the process. So now, George has to try to explain to the officer why he was driving like that. After hearing George explanation, he decides to give George a ticket anyway. George is given a ticket for the following, an expire drivers license, no registration, no insurance and wreck less driving. So after the police leave George pulls his car of the road and tries to sneak into the church to see the wedding. While hiding near the flowers so no one could him, a bee crawls up his nose and he gets stung and knocks over the flowers. Therefore, after the day he has had, he gets into his car and heads for home. After having a couple of drinks, George goes out onto his porch to look in his telescope. Now most people have telescopes to look at the stars, however, George uses his for looking across the grounds into other people's bedroom. Therefore, George and Samantha get into bed and start to talk when George uses the word broad. After getting into an argument about the word instead of spending the night Samantha gets her stuff and heads home leaving George to spend the night alone. The next day George has to go to the dentist to get work done on his mouth. After several hours in the dentist chair, the dentist gives George a prescription for pain pills. The problem George has is he also has cotton in his mouth and can't talk right. Therefore, Samantha calls a couple of times and when George answers the phone, she can't understand what he's saying so she keeps hanging up on him. So after several more tries Samantha calls the police to go to George house to check on him. In the mean time, George has been mixing his pain pills with his scotch and by the time, the police get to George house he's feeling no pain at all. After things continue to go wrong, George calls a travel agent and makes a trip to go to Aural Mexico. After his plane lands and being as drunk as a skunk, George goes straight to his room an passes out. After sleeping of his scotch, George goes to the lounge for a cup of much needed coffee; the bride he saw in the car comes over and sits down beside him. Now things are going off the wall and George doesn't no what to do next. Here's some extra news and notes about this film. George Segal was suppose to play the role of George Webber but walked off the set shortly after production started. The song that was being played during the love scene with Dudley Moore and Bo Derek was titled Ravel's, which means Bolero. Later in Bo Derek's career she would star in a movie titled Bolero, which hit the screen in 1984. Although this movie's title was widely understood to say that Bo Derek's looks rated 10 out of 10, the rating actually given to her character's looks in the scene where the subject arises is 11 out of 10.My Thoughts: However, I don't think that Bo Derek should have been cast for this role. There were several actresses that I think could have fill the role a lot better. Raquel Welch would have looked good running down a beach in a one-piece suit. In addition, Lynda Carter, Rosa Blasi, and Jaclyn Smith would have filled the role far better then Bo Derek. When you talk about all three actresses Lynda, Raquel, Rosa, and Jaclyn are far more then tens and would have made the movie a lot better. Therefore, the weasel stars I can give this movie is 8

Amazing for so many reasons:It's Dudley Moore at his comedy best ('Arthur' certainly wasn't),it has Dudley playing the finest rendition of Macini's 'Easy To Say',it has Julie Andrew's incredible voice and it has Bo Derek at her prettiest.There's something in there for everyone. As a youngster I remember liking this film for the titillating scenes with Bo Derek in them, but becoming a fan of Dudley Moore as an adult and being a pianist myself, the man's comedy timing and musical talent are a joy to behold.The only puzzling thing about this film is the title. As, when asked by his psychiatrist, 'what score would you give (Bo Derek) out of a maximum of 10' - he say's '11'. So really, the film should be called '11'.

Blake Edwards directed this romantic comedy starring Dudley Moore and Julie Andrews.there's a lot of of nudity in the film all of it gratuitous,so if you if that's something that bothers you,you might want to avoid this one.without giving too much away, a lot of the comedy(though not all of it)revolves around the main character being drunk and acting silly.and there is some physical comedy as well.and i have admit,i laughed out loud a number of times.but i also thought a few of the comedic bits fell flat.the movie was also somewhat predictable and a bit too long,in my opinion.overall,though i found it entertaining enough to pass the time.for me,10 is 6/10

This Blake Edwards sex farce probably serves as his apology to his wife Julie Andrews for occasionally letting younger women catch his eye. It happens to all of us, unless we are somehow rich or famous. The younger women we still crave are just not into us older guys. But that's life. And it serves as a dilemma for Dudley Moore's George Webber character. His is a successful, yet undeniably aging composer who just turned 42. He seems to have a lot going for him including a wonderful girlfriend his age (Andrews), a fancy home in a swinging neighborhood, and a nice Rolls Royce. But one day while out on a drive, he catches the eye of a beautiful young bride-to-be on the way to her wedding. Webber then spends the majority of the film lusting after her.This film is a bit uneven when you break it down, but more often than not it succeeds. The laughs here come from Dudley Moore doing John Ritter style physical comedy. I do believe the show Three's Company was popular back then. The story on the other hand moves a bit too slowly than you'd hope. The material here just doesn't warrant a two-hour running time. The script does throw in some surprises here and there, mostly after Moore has located the girl in Mexico. And there he learns that the gap in their ages is dwarfed by their gap in values. It was a nice revelation.The acting is quite good here. Moore is delightful and his relationship with Andrews allows her to shine as well. Robert Webber takes a surprising turn as a gay songwriter partner of Moore's. The two seem to have the kind of relationship Bernie Taupin might have shared with Elton John. Its interesting to see what Brian Dennehy was up to before getting type-cast as the "macho man". Bo Derek wasn't the greatest actress, but she is a joy to behold in a physical sense. And she really gets very little screen time, anyway. Yes, the film looks quite dated, but the California of that time was infinitely more magical than the illegal immigrant and gang infested Kaleeforneea of today. All in all I'd say this film is worth about 7 of 10 stars.The Hound.