Remember Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt in James L. Brooks’ classic Old Friends? No? That’s because they changed the title to As Good As It Gets. This is part of a complete episode.
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A couple more movies that changed their titles in progress. You know the Jack Nicholson movie with Helen Hunt that used to be called Old Friends. Oh, as good as it gets. Yes, very good.
Now that’s much better, isn’t it? As good as it gets versus Old Friends, because that’s the essential moment of the film as well.
Yeah, yeah.
He encounters a room full of people. I guess they’re waiting for therapy.
Huh.
And he’s coming out of therapy, if I remember correctly, and he says this to them, what if this is as good as it gets? And the whole room just kind of like faces sag and shoulders collapse. And people are like, oh.
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