I went from thinking “This movie is great!” to thinking “This movie sucks!”
Something's Gotta Give (2003)
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Reviews Counted:159
Fresh:111
Rotten:48
Average Rating:6.5/10
Consensus: Keaton shines in this smartly funny romantic comedy.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for sexual content, brief nudity and strong language
Runtime: 2 hrs 8 mins
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release:Dec 12, 2003 Wide
Box Office: $124,590,960
Synopsis: In the sparkling comedy SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE directed by Nancy Meyers (WHAT WOMEN WANT), divorced, successful playwright Erica Barry (Diane Keaton) has given up on finding a fulfilling romantic... In the sparkling comedy SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE directed by Nancy Meyers (WHAT WOMEN WANT), divorced, successful playwright Erica Barry (Diane Keaton) has given up on finding a fulfilling romantic relationship. When her beautiful young daughter Marin (Amanda Peet) visits the family's Hamptons home with her aging, lothario boyfriend Harry Sanborn (Jack Nicholson), Erica's plight as a mature, single woman comes into stark focus. Harry exclusively dates young women, which infuriates Erica. Though initially they repel each other, things change when Harry has a heart attack and Erica comes to his aid. The two make peace and discover a smoldering attraction to one another. However, love never comes without complications. Harry still has a romantic obligation to Marin, and Erica gets a taste of Harry's lifestyle when the sexy young doctor Julian (Keanu Reeves) hits on her. Whether Erica and Harry can reconcile their differences provides the premise for an elegant, touching, and amusing tale. In their first movie together since REDS, Keaton and Nicholson share natural chemistry, each giving powerful and moving performances under Meyers' expert direction. [More]
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Frances McDormand, Keanu Reeves
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Frances McDormand, Keanu Reeves, Amanda Peet, Jon Favreau, Paul Michael Glaser
Director: Nancy Meyers
Director: Nancy Meyers
Screenwriter: Nancy Meyers
Producer: Nancy Meyers, Bruce A. Block
Studio: Columbia Pictures
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Reviews for Something's Gotta Give
At times hilarious and definitely the best date movie in theaters, but that's not saying all that much.
A film for adults and about adults, a charming, touching story that explores a romantic relationship not between a Maxim girl and the latest hunk, but two people eligible for subscriptions to Modern Maturity magazine.
...an adult romantic comedy populated by pleasant people who say witty, charming things and have about them an air of unforced sophistication.
Something's Gotta Give can be formulaic, but watching the incandescent Nicholson and Keaton, all loose and funny and sharing jokes about reading glasses, is a rare treat.
Keaton has been handed the role of a lifetime, a Ferrari among Edsels, and she floors that baby from start to finish.
Doesn't America's 50-and-fabulous set deserve better than a movie this superficial and pandering?
Keaton delivers her best performance in years...But finally, the something that gives in Something’s Gotta Give is Myers’ good sense of direction.
Nancy Meyers' film all but shouts 'Older women are sexy too!' -- and while that's a point well taken, it's taken repeatedly.
Meyers takes a quantum leap forward from such feeble fluff as Father of the Bride and I Love Trouble.
[Keaton and Nicholson] bring so much experience, knowledge and humor to their characters that the film works in ways the screenplay might not have even hoped for.
Nicholson, with his swagger and cunning, and Keaton, with her nerves and off-kilter timing, show us why the old-style romantic comedies worked and why they can work just as well in an age of sexual candor.
Worth seeing for its offbeat story, its tantalizing settings, and most of all, its spot-on acting, especially by Keaton and Nicholson, whose amazing chemistry doesn't quit for a second.
Esperemos que seu sucesso nas bilheterias abra as portas para novos projetos protagonizados por atores veteranos. Quem sabe o filme não se redime desta maneira?
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