Something's Gotta Give

Theatrical Release Date: 2003 12 12 (USA)

UPC: 043396013025

Studio: Columbia TriStar

MPAA Rating: PG13   Contains:[Brief Nudity, Adult Situations, Adult Language, Sexual Situations, Watch With Your Teen]

Summary: 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 (Diane Keaton) is already vacationing at the house with her sister Zoe (Frances McDormand). Marin and Harry stay anyway, and Harry ends up having a heart attack. He goes to the hospital and is looked after by thirtysomething doctor Julian Mercer (Keanu Reeves). Impressed by her writing, Dr. Mercer finds himself pursuing a romance with Erica. Because of his serious health condition, he orders Harry to stay near the hospital. While Marin returns to Manhattan, Erica agrees to stay on and look after Harry. Of course they are repulsed by each other at first, but they end up falling in love throughout the recovery process. Also starring Jon Favreau as Harry's assistant. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi

Category: Romance

Awards: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical – null Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or – null Best Actress – Screen Actors Guild Best Actress – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Actress – National Board of Review Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical – Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Features: cc Audio commentary with writer/director Nancy Meyers, Diane Keaton, and producer Bruce A. Block
Audio commentary with writer/director Nancy Meyers and Jack Nicholson
Harry Sings Karaoke to Erica: Deleted scene
"Hamptons House Set Tour With Amanda Peet"
Cast and crew filmographies
Theatrical previews

Something's Gotta Give

Format: DVD

Release Date: 03/30/2004

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 128 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 --
1. Start [2:17]
2. Harry Sanborn, a Famous Bachelor [3:34]
3. The Barry Sisters [2:53]
4. At the Barefoot Contessa [2:05]
5. Dinner With an Escape Artist [6:35]
6. A Mild Heart Attack [2:29]
7. Dr. Julian Mercer, a Huge Fan [2:34]
8. A Little Loopy [4:01]
9. Dave Klein, the Ex-Husband [1:47]
10. Erica Barry, Night Nurse [2:27]
11. The "You Saw Me Naked" Thing [2:20]
12. If You Can Climb a Flight of Stairs [2:32]
13. Dr. Mercer's Prescription [2:54]
14. A Walk on the Beach [5:41]
15. A Date With Julian [4:49]
16. Pajama Party [8:45]
17. 120/80 [4:51]
18. Overwhelmed [2:28]
19. An Old Dog Learns New Tricks [14:33]
20. The Fiancée [2:14]
21. Love Hurts [7:27]
22. Erica's Sob Story [5:50]
23. Something From the Farm Stand [4:29]
24. Schmucks Are People, Too [6:32]
25. Married & Three Months Pregnant [3:13]
26. Closure to Generations of Women [5:32]
27. Erica's Birthday Dinner [4:02]
28. 63 & in Love for the First Time [8:46]

Derek Armstrong

Something's Gotta Give starts as a brisk romantic comedy with an escapist Hamptons backdrop, then goes through so many location changes, narrative developments, and minutes of celluloid, it wears out its welcome. For the first and second acts, it's a delicious comedy of manners set refreshingly among older adults, with Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson butting heads like seasoned veterans. The two film icons are in top form here, and their entertaining banter even carries over to the realm of computer instant messaging, which grounds their timeless gender battle in the present. Keaton in particular won kudos, as well as an Oscar nomination, for an utterly naked performance, both physically and emotionally. In a brave decision, the 57-year-old actress completely disrobes for a hilarious bit in which Nicholson walks in on her, nearly fracturing his neck in his haste to look away. (Never mind that any senior citizen would die to show off a body kept in such good shape.) It's the rare scene where nudity is not only germane, but key to the joke, and Keaton wins huge points for realizing that. But she loses some points by going through several long and exaggerated crying jags over Nicholson's character, which undercut the intelligent, well-realized feminist she's created. These hysterics, even played for comedy, grant Nicholson exactly the power to hurt her she wants to deny him. That may be writer/director Nancy Meyers' point, but if so, it marks the second straight film (after What Women Want) where she manages to skew her girl-power message into something more conventional and outdated. ~ Derek Armstrong, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Bruce A. Block  Producer 
Nancy Meyers  Director 
Nancy Meyers  Producer 
Nancy Meyers  Screenwriter 
Hans Zimmer  Composer (Music Score) 
Jack Nicholson  Actor 
Diane Keaton  Actor 
Keanu Reeves  Actor 
Frances McDormand  Actor 
Amanda Peet  Actor 
Jon Favreau  Actor 
Paul Michael Glaser  Actor 
Rachel Ticotin  Actor 
Marjie Gum  Actor 
Russell Russo  Actor 
KaDee Strickland  Actor 
Nichole M. Hiltz  Actor 
Blaine Allen  Actor 
Ara Anton  Actor 
Roxanne Beckford  Actor 
Taylor Block  Actor 
Conroe Brooks  Actor 
Paige Butcher  Actor 
Tania Deighton  Actor 
Susan Dizon  Actor 
Maria Esquivel  Actor 
Michelle Fabiano  Actor 
Patrick Fischler  Actor 
Sonja Francis  Actor 
Vanessa Haydon  Actor 
Cindy Joseph  Actor 
Melissa Keller  Actor 
Melette Le Blanc-Cabot  Actor 
Catherine McGoohan  Actor 
Susan Misner  Actor 
Tayrene Mugridge  Actor 
Alexandra Neil  Actor 
Joan Adelle Nelson  Actor 
Nicki Norris  Actor 
Beatrice Quinn  Actor 
Julia Rose  Actor 
Robin Pearson Rose  Actor 
Connie Sawyer  Actor 
Lorna Scott  Actor 
Jennifer Siebel  Actor 
Sean Smith  Actor 
Peter Spears  Actor 
Tamara Spoelder  Actor 
Tanya Sweet  Actor 
Kristine Szabo  Actor 
Elayn Taylor  Actor 
Robert Frank Telfer  Actor 
T.J. Thyne  Actor 
Kathy Tong  Actor 
Leslie Upson  Actor 
Daniella Van Graas  Actor 
Audrey Wasilewski  Actor 
Lorraine Nicholson  Actor 

Country: USA