Someday, Amanda Peet will find a great role in a great film.
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
I went from thinking “This movie is great!” to thinking “This movie sucks!”
Something's Gotta Give is witty, smart, and charismatically electric—three vital elements rare to find in most of today's romantic comedies.
Something’s Gotta Give is trite and overly cloying for its own good to the point that the pretentiousness factor is as jumpy as Nicholson’s devilish facial expressions
If you've seen the previews, you've already watched the best parts of 'Something's Gotta Give.'
Something's Gotta Give is exactly the kind of 'adult' dreck that you'd expect to see on Broadway.
A great example of what witty and stylish romantic comedy used to be.
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.
The film Meyers has fashioned is generally quite amusing, with a brilliant cast.
Meyers's movie is too well done to call it anything but good entertainment.
A man who discovers the beauty of a woman his own age? Only Hollywood — birthplace of the Trophy Wife — could try to pass this notion off as something clever and original.
There's a lot of pleasure in watching seasoned pros like Nicholson and Keaton do their pas de deux of late-blooming romance.
As a valentine to Keaton -- and a rare romantic comedy in which both leads need glasses to see what time it is -- it provides some long-overdue pleasures.
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