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Something's Gotta Give
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Something's Gotta Give is a romantic comedy directed, written and produced by Nancy Meyers. It stars Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Keanu Reeves and Frances McDormand, with Michael Ballhaus as director of photography, Joe Hutshing as film editor, and a score by Hans Zimmer. Filmed partly at Lake Como and set partly in Paris, it was produced in the United States by Columbia Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures and Waverly Films. The film had a budget of 80,000,000 and took in 266,700,000 at the box office. Running 123 minutes and released in 2003, it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and received eight wins and thirteen nominations in total, later becoming available through Netflix.
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6.6When perpetually single, aging music industry exec Harry Sanborn, and his latest trophy girlfriend, Marin, arrive at her mother's beach house in the Hamptons, they find that her mother, playwright Erica Barry, also plans to stay for the weekend. Erica is scandalized by the relationship and Harry's sexist ways. But when Harry has a heart attack while there, and the doctor prescribes bedrest, his only option is to stay at the Barry home. Left in the care of Erica and his doctor, a love triangle starts to take shape.
Cast
- Jack Nicholson as Harry Sanborn
- Diane Keaton as Erica Barry
- Keanu Reeves as Julian Mercer
- Frances McDormand as Zoe
- Amanda Peet as Marin
- Jon Favreau as Leo
Themes
- new york city
- paris, france
- heart attack
- age difference
- womanizer
- playwright
- dating
- falling in love
- older man younger woman relationship
- divorcee
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Ratings
IMDb
6.8/10
138,041 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
72%
Metacritic
66/100
- Year
- 2003
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 8 wins & 13 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Nancy Meyers
- Written by
- Nancy Meyers
- Produced by
- Nancy Meyers Bruce A. Block
- Starring
- Jack Nicholson Diane Keaton Keanu Reeves Frances McDormand Amanda Peet Jon Favreau
- Cinematography
- Michael Ballhaus
- Edited by
- Joe Hutshing
- Music by
- Hans Zimmer
- Production companies
- Columbia Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures Waverly Films
- Distributed by
- Sony Pictures Releasing (United States and Canada) Warner Bros. Pictures (International)
- Release date
- December 12, 2003 ( 2003-12-12 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 128 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $80 million
- Box office
- $266.7 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Nancy Meyers
- Screenwriter
- Nancy Meyers
- Cast member
- Connie Sawyer
- Composer
- Hans Zimmer
- Producer
- Nancy Meyers
- Cinematographer
- Michael Ballhaus
- Narrative location
- Paris
- Filming location
- Lake Como
- Duration
- 123
- FilmAffinity ID
- 658192
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2004-02-12
- film editor
- Joe Hutshing
- title
- Something's Gotta Give
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- distributed by
- Netflix
- box office
- 266700000
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 6.8/10
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Encyclopedic overview
Something's Gotta Give is a 2003 American romantic comedy drama film written, produced, and directed by Nancy Meyers. It stars Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton as professionals who find love for each other in later life, despite being complete opposites. Keanu Reeves and Amanda Peet co-star, with Frances McDormand and Jon Favreau playing key supporting roles.
Something's Gotta Give was released on December 12, 2003, by Sony Pictures Releasing in the United States and Canada and by Warner Bros. Pictures in international markets. The film received positive reviews from critics, with praise directed towards Keaton and Nicholson's performances. The film emerged as a major commercial success at the box-office, grossing $266 million worldwide against a production budget of $80 million.
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