Purely Joyful Movie!

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Good concept, poorly executed.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

My major disappointment with Something's Gotta Give is not hearing a single note of Johnny Mercer's famous standard in a film with that title and having an extensive music score. I'm sure there's a story why that didn't happen. Other than that this is one sleek romantic comedy about some older people finding true love.For Diane Keaton she's kind of wrapped herself in her work and her reputation as America's leading female playwright since Lillian Hellman. Her daughter Amanda Peet however is dating 60 something Jack Nicholson a record industry mogul. Nicholson is a compulsive womanizer and Peet is the latest in a long line of trophy beauties. This man has something to prove.But at their summer beach house Nicholson suffers some cardiac arrest and he's bound there while he mends. And of course Nicholson discovers that an intelligent woman close to his own age might actually have something to offer. Because 30 something doctor Keanu Reeves who is treating Nicholson finds Keaton most intriguing. In fact I've never seen Keanu Reeves more romantic on the screen.I'm older than all the principal characters in this film and I'm always glad to see films like Something's Gotta Give for us senior citizens showing that even if we have to take it easy we can still enjoy life and all it has to offer.If you're in my age bracket, don't miss this one.

Much like "It's Complicated," this film utilizes the stellar acting chops of actors with a great deal of both comedic and dramatic experience. That is probably one of the factors that makes it so great. The pairing of Keaton and Nicholson is brilliant. Their chemistry is undeniable - and their ability to make their uncomfortable situation palatable speaks to their acting chops.While the story may seem unfathomable, life can be stranger than fiction so it isn't hard to suspend disbelief on this one. Especially keeping in mind that this is a romantic comedy, after all. This film is not meant to be taken too seriously. But it IS seriously hilarious!

Started well, the middle was pretty good, grabbed at the romantic in all of us, but the minute Diane Keaton was typing and "crying" (which a 2nd rate actor could have done better), the movie went downhill from here. Now apparently I have to write 10 lines, but what else should I write, Jack was pretty good, playing himself, as always, Diane wasn't too bad, up until she decided to "give up" as soon as she had to hit the keyboard, the movie hit a few hit note, but too few to make it stand out, direction was lazy, to let a pretty good premise turn out so average. It movie rapidly ran out of steam once we got to the keyboard scene. And in the end you don't really care what happens, you feel a bit cheated.

When older guys (those who aren't rich & famous like Jack Nicholson, that is) want to believe that they are still attractive to hot young women, they go to places like strip clubs or, ' Hooters ', & indulge their fantasies, at least as long as their time & money last. Yet deep-down everyone knows that it's all just a temporary illusion.But when angry aging feminists want to believe that they are still attractive to younger men, they write/direct/star in/support movies like 2003's, ' S.G.t.G. ", in which they too can temporarily live out their own fantasies.In reality, however, no man with a heartbeat would EVER willingly choose to be with a 2003 version of Diane Keaton, over a 2003 version of Amanda Peet (who is hardly A-List fantasy material herself).Now perhaps in the big picture, this reality is somewhat unjust.But, as the old saying goes, Life's Not Fair.Yet these angry aging feminists are so incapable of accepting this reality, that their only recourse is to try & project their desperate wishful-thinking forcefully enough, so that someone else actually buys into it.And before anyone bares their fangs & claws, and bites my head off, just please answer me this one question: Back when Keaton was at her peak, both in terms of her looks, and her popularity, and was starring in hit films opposite Hollywood's top male stars of that era (Al Pacino in, ' The Godfather ', Woody Allen in, ' Annie Hall ', Richard Gere in, ' Looking for Mr. Goodbar ', Etc.), can you please list for me just ONE (1) time that she herself played a character who lost her leading man to an older woman??? -I Didn't Think So.So let's please not be hypocrites here, ladies...M