Melvin Udall is a popular writer who suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder. His nasty personality is tempered through his relationships with Simon, his gay neighbor, and Carol, his favorite waitress at a local diner. Starring Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt. (1997, Rated PG-13). More information about the film (from Internet Movie Database) About the speaker Full text of the discussion of As Good As It Gets Background reading materials: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (a booklet published by the National Institute of Mental Health) The showing of the film and the discussion of As Good As It Gets took place on August 13, 1998 at the NIH in Bethesda, Md.