Something’s Gotta Give

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Plot and Summary

Harry Sanborn (Nicholson) is a New York music mogul with a libido much younger than his years. He has the world on a string — and a string of beautiful young girlfriends to prove it. During a romantic rendezvous with his newest girlfriend, Marin (Peet), at her mother’s Hamptons beach house, Harry develops chest pains and eventually winds up being nursed by Marin’s reluctant mother, Erica Barry (Keaton) — a successful, divorced New York playwright. In the process, Harry develops more heart pangs — the romantic kind — for Erica, a woman who is finally right for him in every way. However, some habits die hard, and when Harry hesitates to pursue Erica, his charming thirty-something doctor (Reeves) becomes smitten with her. Harry undergoes a true change of heart when he fights to win Erica back.

Information

Director: Nancy Meyers
Writer: Mancy Meyers
Genre: Romance, Comedy

Released on December 12, 2003

Cast

Jack Nicholson … Harry Sanborn
Diane Keaton … Erica Barry
Keanu Reeves … Julian Mercer
Frances McDormand … Zoe
Amanda Peet … Marin

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Trivia

The title of the movie is from a 1954 song written by Johnny Mercer. As a tribute, Keanu Reeves’ character is named Julian Mercer.
Twentieth Century Fox declined making the film citing that the leads were too old.

Quotes

Julian Mercer: You really are a very sexy woman.
Erica Barry: No, really, swear to God, I’m NOT.
Harry: I’ve never seen a woman her age naked before.
Julian Mercer: You’re kidding.
Harry: Hey! We’re not all doctors, baby.
Julian Mercer: Must we go through this every time? Come here.
Julian Mercer: The woman is really very brilliant, but she cannot hold her liquor.
Erica Barry: I like that about me.
Harry Sanborn: Me too.
[At the same time as Harry]
Julian Mercer: Me too.
Erica Barry: If I were writing this, this is where I would write “an awkward moment”.
Harry Sanborn: Honey, if you were writing this, I’d be DEAD!
Julian Mercer: I knew you’d smell good.
Erica: It’s just… soap
Julian Mercer: How great is it for you that im not intimidated by your brilliance?
Harry: Oh. *Her*. She is a *major* piece of work. Doc, the woman wears turtlenecks in the middle of summer: she’s *beyond* uptight. Almost makes her fun to be around.
Julian Mercer: Uptight. That’s funny, I haven’t noticed that.
Harry: Try living with her.
Julian Mercer: [offering a bouquet] These are for you to give me when you apologize.
Julian Mercer: When something happens to you that hasn’t happened before, don’t you at least have to find out what it is?

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