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Something's Gotta Give

Something's Gotta Give (2003)

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Average Rating: 6.6/10
Reviews Counted: 164
Fresh: 116 | Rotten: 48

Keaton shines in this smartly funny romantic comedy.

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Average Rating: 6.8/10
Critic Reviews: 39
Fresh: 29 | Rotten: 10

Keaton shines in this smartly funny romantic comedy.

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In keeping with the light and slick tones of her earlier film What Women Want, Nancy Meyers writes and directs the romantic comedy Something's Gotta Give. Jack Nicholson plays Harry Langer, a swinging sixtysomething entertainment executive surrounded by plenty of young girlfriends. His latest romance is young petite sophisticate Marin (Amanda Peet), who takes him to her mother's beach house in the Hamptons for a weekend fling. However, Marin's successful Broadway playwright mother Erica Barry

PG-13, 2 hr. 3 min.

Comedy, Romance

Nancy Meyers

Mar 30, 2004

$124.6M

Sony Pictures

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Critic Reviews for Something's Gotta Give

All Critics (173) | Top Critics (39) | Fresh (122) | Rotten (49) | DVD (38)

The moments between the characters are absolutely full. It's a pleasure to watch such consummate professionals.

January 15, 2004 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | Comment
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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Ms. Keaton projects her wondrously warm personality, and the erstwhile Jake Gittes keeps us entertained with a sense of irony that keeps things from getting too sticky.

January 8, 2004 Full Review Source: New York Observer | Comment
Andrew Sarris
New York Observer
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A comedy of manners (and mannerisms) with two of the most mannered movie stars of our time, Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson, acting all over the place until you surrender with the ecstasy of pure pleasure.

December 18, 2003 Comment
Rex Reed
New York Observer
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The movie itself reveals nothing, but it's entertaining.

December 15, 2003 Full Review Source: Slate | Comment
David Edelstein
Slate
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Something's Gotta Give is exactly the kind of 'adult' dreck that you'd expect to see on Broadway.

December 13, 2003 Comment
Charles Taylor
Salon.com
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In a rare -- if not entirely convincing -- bow to older audiences, Something's Gotta Give teams Nicholson with Diane Keaton in a romantic comedy that's funnier than it is trenchant.

December 12, 2003 Comment
Robert Denerstein
Denver Rocky Mountain News
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Delightful comedy, older teens and parents only.

December 28, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Nell Minow
Common Sense Media

Vintage Nicholson and Keaton, like fine wines, improve with age.

April 22, 2007 Full Review Source: Princeton Town Topics | Comment
Kam Williams
Princeton Town Topics

Gender avenger director Meyers's good natured target practice on a 60-ish Don Juan chasing tender-age babes.

February 7, 2007 Full Review Source: WBAI Web Radio | Comment
Prairie Miller
WBAI Web Radio

...an adult romantic comedy populated by pleasant people who say witty, charming things and have about them an air of unforced sophistication.

January 29, 2005 Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | Comment
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Nancy Meyers squanders the abundant talents at her disposal on a film whose look and vision seem to have been borrowed from commercials for cholesterol medications.

September 23, 2004 Full Review Source: Style Weekly (Richmond, VA) | Comment
Thomas Peyser
Style Weekly (Richmond, VA) Source: Style Weekly (Richmond, VA)

Something's Gotta Give is an entertaining romp with two fantastic actors, but a lack of concern for its story is ultimately the film's death.

July 20, 2004 Full Review Source: FilmFocus | Comment
Joe Utichi
FilmFocus Source: FilmFocus
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A very interesting Rom Com, not a perfect one, but Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton make this a wonder and a treat and is considered one of my favorite Diane Keaton films.

August 15, 2011
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Brad Wright

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When it comes to romantic comedies you really can't do any better than Nancy Meyers' "Something's Gotta Give." Meyers is the queen of the genre because she understands what makes it truly work. Meyers proves that with wonderfully likable actors playing wonderfully ironic characters coupled with a story that is

July 13, 2011
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Steven Carrier

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Something's Gotta Give Quotes

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    1. Harry Sanborn: No words can ever express my gratitude for taking me in and taking care of me and-
    2. Erica Barry: Hey, Your heart attack could be the best thing that ever happened to me.
    – Submitted by Olivia B (3 months ago)
    1. Harry Sanborn: Erica. You are a woman to love.
    2. Erica Barry: [leaves room] 'You are... You are a woman to love.' What the hell does that mean?
    – Submitted by Olivia B (3 months ago)

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