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Highly Overrated But Still Good

As Good As It Gets

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Is this movie good? Remove Russell Brand and it's a nice movie with rather crude and harsh humor.I had no idea this was a remake. Why do all critics judge a remake film against the original picture? It doesn't make sense. Not just this film, but all remakes need not be judged against the originals. For most people would not have watched the original especially when the time frame between the two films is over 20 years.IF you can go past the main character, the film is charming, honest, has for the most part a smarter script than you average girl's comedy film, a nice chicks film. Most critics hate Russell Brand (and I can't blame them), reason why they ditched the entire film. If your nose makes more than 20 degrees with the horizontal, skip this movie. For anything 19 degrees and under, give it a watch.

What an amazing, not-great movie.This movie fires on all cylinders, but unfortunately not all in the same direction.The story is light hearted and entertaining. The cast all transcend their roles and show off what smart people in broad movie roles can achieve if they work and have talent. The script is occasionally very clever. But above all, there is actual legitimate TRUTH and ROMANCE in this film. Everyone's motivation and personalities are believable, even amid the farce of the plot.The biggest problem of the film stems from it being a remake that keeps unnecessary elements for no reason. The biggest culprit is the biggest element of the film, which is that Brand portrays a drunk. I suppose there was a certain irony in casting Brand in the role, but the irony play out in that Brand does not play a convincing comedic drunk. Except for the scenes in which they take great care to demonstrate his possessing alcohol, one would forget that he even IS drunk. The greatest offense is that it is unnecessary. The alcoholic elements play into the film in order to justify Arthur's selfish excess. But many films have been made in the past 30 years with the same conceit minus the alcohol. Adam Sandler, perhaps, has most solidified our ability to believe in the man-child without the plot device of alcohol to buoy the concept. I would very much recommend this movie. It's clever, inoffensive and showcases a great deal of original wit from Brand and Mirren who are both so lovable that every second of screen time is a joy.

Comedies should be fun. Sometimes they can deviate from reality but the whole premise of this movie is absurd.Arthur was just a totally unbelievable character. Maybe it was brand, maybe it was the script, maybe it was the director. It doesn't matter. If we don't believe Arthur could ever be a real person then we will never have the connection that is needed for a movie to succeedPerhaps the people who find torture and sadism entertaining could rate this movie highly but for the majority of the human population they will find this a piece of trash. I am just surprised that this movie with the deridingly unfunny revised script was ever released.

For a romantic comedy, then "Arthur" is a pretty straight run of the mill. Fairly generic storyline, that is predictable to the core, as is with most movies in this genre.The comedy used in the movie is great and right to the point. Lots of hilarious moments, dialogue and situations, and as such, the movie really delivers right on.The storyline, as generic as it is, is about a rich and drunk playboy named Arthur who is to marry a corporate woman, as requested by his estranged mother. If he fails to do so, he will have his multi million dollars stripped from his good name. However, Arthur is caught between having to please his mother and marry the woman he doesn't love, or follow his heart and go to the woman whom he loves honestly and truly, and thus say good bye to his million dollar lifestyle.I will say that the people they had hired for the various jobs did good work with their given characters. But personally, it is a bit too strained by now to watch Russell Brand play yet another alcoholic rich guy, it is wearing a bit thin already. The movie was so well carried by the performance of Helen Mirren."Arthur" is a good and entertaining movie. However, if you are the least bit familiar with the romantic comedy genre, then you will not find anything new or remarkably innovating in this movie. But still, "Arthur" entertains at all the right moments.