2003 · drama · comedy · romance
Something's Gotta Give
Directed by Nancy Meyers2h 8m2003
When 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.
Our read: Something's Gotta Give (2003) reads as a cosy, steady, grounded drama · comedy · romance entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, steady, gentle drama / comedy, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- cosy
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
- funny
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