483: As Good As It Gets

I Hate It But I Love It

Kat Angus and Jocelyn Geddie

Comedy, Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

This week, we're discussing a film that AGED LIKE MILK IN THE SUN, As Good As It Gets! We discuss a plot that's contingent on forgiving a man just... cause, what it means to half-fridge a character, and wonder why this movie hates Helen Hunt so much.

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0:00.0	I hate it!
0:02.0	I hate it! but I love it!
0:26.2	I hi-bile, everybody.
0:27.6	I hi-bile, one and all.
0:28.7	Welcome to I hate it, but I love it.
0:30.0	I am Jocelyn Getty.
0:31.0	I am Kat Angus, and welcome to the podcast about all the pop culture you love and hate simultaneously.
0:35.4	This week, admittedly, it's more of an eye-high than a by-eye for us. We are talking about 1997s as good as it gets. Yeah, you know what,
0:42.6	dude, I'd never seen this movie. Really? Yeah. I mean, once it started and that familiar
0:47.6	tutelie theme started up, I was instantly rocketed back to 1997 because, of course, this theme
0:53.3	played all over the Oscars that year.
0:55.0	Oh, yeah.
0:56.0	But I had never seen it.
0:58.0	And wowie Zowie.
0:59.0	Oh, it's an unpleasant film.
1:01.0	Sure it is.
1:02.0	That like, in the pantheon of films that have aged badly, oh, it's in there.
1:08.0	Wow, that is so true. Although, as i was watching it i was thinking like
1:13.3	this is one of those moments where if someone younger than us were to see this movie probably
1:18.9	their first thought would be like i guess all movies of this time were this offensive and
1:22.6	everyone was just okay with it and although this was a beloved, very successful film, a lot of the critical
1:29.9	response was like, this isn't okay. Yeah, this isn't good. People are good in it, um, ish.
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