Good, but it needs to get better

IN James L. Brooks’ feted romcom, As Good As It Gets, Jack Nicholson offends his date Helen Hunt so grievously that she’s walking out of the restaurant unless he pays her an immediate compliment.

Nicholson tells her she makes him want to be a better man, a compliment so thoughtful that the swooned Hunt believes it’s the nicest she’s ever received.

“Well then I overshot the runway,” admits Jack, “‘cos I was hoping just to say enough to get you to sit down.”