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Starring: Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Keanu Reeves, Amanda Peet, Frances McDormand
Directed by: Nancy Meyers
Screenplay by: Nancy Meyers
Produced by: Bruce Block, Nancy Meyers, Suzanne Farwell
Release Date: December 12, 2003
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual content, brief nudity and strong language.
Box Office: $124,728,738 (US total)
Studio: Columbia Pictures
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 Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson in Something's Gotta Give. |
 Something's Gotta Give Production NotesAcademy Award winners Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton and Frances McDormand star with Keanu Reeves and Amanda Peet in a sophisticated romantic comedy Something's Gotta Give, from writer/director Nancy Meyers (What Women Want, The Parent Trap), which proves that in matters of the heart, you can expect the unexpected.
Harry Sanborn (Nicholson) is a perennial bachelor who only dates women under the age of 30. On what was to have been a romantic weekend with his latest infatuation, Marin (Peet), at her mother's Hamptons beach house, Harry develops chest pains. Marin's mother Erica Barry (Keaton), a successful, divorced playwright, reluctantly agrees to help nurse him back to health.
Once they are alone together, Harry is surprised to find himself drawn to Erica for all the right reasons. And despite her initial protestations about Harry, Erica finds herself rediscovering love. Romantic complications arise when Erica is also pursued by Harry's charming 30-something doctor, Julian Mercer (Reeves). Once recovered, Harry returns home and goes back to his old ways. However, when his feelings for Erica prove to be life altering, Harry must undergo a true change of heart if he is to win her back.
Throughout her remarkable—and remarkably successful—two decade long career as a screenwriter and, now, director, Nancy Meyers has insightfully dissected the contemporary struggles between men and women. In an era when movies often sacrifice credible relationships in favor of technological wizardry, Meyers’ films remain focused on how human beings relate to each other in love and family. Something’s Gotta Give continues this tradition and expands on it.
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