As Good As It Gets: Film Review

As Good as it Gets
Focus

By Toby Klein Greenwald
Director, WholeFamily Room

Print and discuss after the film, around the family dinner table or while you're out for a ride. Reading them before the film will help focus your viewing.

Describe the unfolding relationship between Melvin and Carol and between Melvin and Simon.
Melvin has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. What are the manifestations of his problem?
Does Melvin appear to be a nice person? Does he go through any change in the film? If so, do you think he really changed, or was he like that all the time and it just wasn't always apparwent?
What are the turning points in the film?
Did this film leave you with doubts or feeling hopeful? Explain?

Please share your thoughts with us that were triggered by these questions at our
Film Board.

Ms. Toby Klein Greenwald is Co-President and Director of Creative Development of WholeFamily.com. In her former life she taught film analysis and wrote scripts.

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