A swinger on the cusp of being a senior citizen with a taste for young women falls in love with an accomplished woman closer to his age.A swinger on the cusp of being a senior citizen with a taste for young women falls in love with an accomplished woman closer to his age.A swinger on the cusp of being a senior citizen with a taste for young women falls in love with an accomplished woman closer to his age.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 8 wins & 13 nominations total
Rachel Ticotin
- Dr. Martinez
- (as Rachel Ticoti)
Vanessa Trump
- Beauty
- (as Vanessa Haydon)
Jennifer Siebel Newsom
- Younger Woman in Market
- (as Jennifer Siebel)
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- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaThe interior of Harry's (Jack Nicholson's) house is the same townhouse used as Miranda Priestly's (Meryl Streep's) house in The Devil Wears Prada (2006).
- GoofsSomeone trained in CPR would know that you don't start compressions or mouth to mouth on an awake person who clearly is breathing and has a pulse.
- Quotes
Julian Mercer: When something happens to you that hasn't happened before, don't you at least have to find out what it is?
- Crazy creditsJack Nicholson sings "La Vie en Rose" during the closing credits.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards (2004)
- SoundtracksButterfly
Written by Seth 'Shifty Shellshock' Binzer, Bret Mazur, Flea (as Michael Balzary), John Frusciante,
Anthony Kiedis and Chad Smith
Performed by Crazy Town
Produced by Josh Abraham
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
Contains a sample of "Pretty Little Ditty"
Performed by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Courtesy of EMI Records
Under license from EMI Film & Television Music
Featured review
Finally...a romance for REAL folks!
I love a good romantic movie. However, I have noticed that most of these films feature extremely young folks. Because of this, the covert message is that older people are not sexual or don't really matter! It's only s REAL romance when the actors are young and hot....or so you might think. However, in "Something's Gotta Give", you have a film featuring a woman in her 50s and a man in his 60s--not the sort of romantic leads you'd expect. And, it's simply a delight to watch.
When the film begins, Harry (Jack Nicholson) is out chasing after a women who is about a third his age, Marin (Amanda Peet). However, this womanizing eternal bachelor is about to come into contact with Marin's mother, Erica (Diane Keaton) and for the first time in his life, he begins to have real feelings for a woman. Up until then, it was just a long series of shallow sexual relationships--in a sad attempt to prove his masculinity and protect himself from real intimacy. How all this works out is just something you'll have to see. Plus, with nearly 400 reviews for the film, it's probably not worth me repeating what others have said so many times already.
The film works for me for two huge reason--the quality of the acting and the intelligence of the script. While Erica and Harry are NOT ordinary older folks (they are both wealthy and relatively famous characters), they represent interesting archetypes--the strong but lonely woman and the sad guy who doesn't realize just how lonely he really is. Most importantly, however, the writing is so good that you believe such a relationship COULD happen--and it's not simply a formulaic film and the two behave in wonderful and unexpected ways when they realize they are in love. Well worth seeing and a great date night film for any age group--but which will probably be appreciated more by an older audience. At 50, this sort of flick is just what I was looking for!
When the film begins, Harry (Jack Nicholson) is out chasing after a women who is about a third his age, Marin (Amanda Peet). However, this womanizing eternal bachelor is about to come into contact with Marin's mother, Erica (Diane Keaton) and for the first time in his life, he begins to have real feelings for a woman. Up until then, it was just a long series of shallow sexual relationships--in a sad attempt to prove his masculinity and protect himself from real intimacy. How all this works out is just something you'll have to see. Plus, with nearly 400 reviews for the film, it's probably not worth me repeating what others have said so many times already.
The film works for me for two huge reason--the quality of the acting and the intelligence of the script. While Erica and Harry are NOT ordinary older folks (they are both wealthy and relatively famous characters), they represent interesting archetypes--the strong but lonely woman and the sad guy who doesn't realize just how lonely he really is. Most importantly, however, the writing is so good that you believe such a relationship COULD happen--and it's not simply a formulaic film and the two behave in wonderful and unexpected ways when they realize they are in love. Well worth seeing and a great date night film for any age group--but which will probably be appreciated more by an older audience. At 50, this sort of flick is just what I was looking for!
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- Nov 1, 2014
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Box office
- Budget
- $80,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $124,728,738
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $16,064,723
- Dec 14, 2003
- Gross worldwide
- $265,328,738
- Runtime2 hours 8 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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