Something's Gotta Give (2003) Parents Guide: Is the movie OK for kids?

Name: Something's Gotta Give
Director: Unknown
Released: 0
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 6.6

Age Rating, Sex, Violence & Language

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.

Rated NR • 2003 • 1h 40m

Directed by Unknown

6.6

1K+

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Age

13+

Something's Gotta Give is a Nancy Meyers romantic comedy for adults, and its PG-13 comes almost entirely from sexual content and one memorable moment of non-sexual nudity. Harry Sanborn, a 63-year-old record executive who dates only women under thirty, has a heart attack at the Hamptons beach house of playwright Erica Barry - his girlfriend's mother - and ends up convalescing there. Parents should expect frank sexual dialogue about… Sign up for the full guide

Cast

Jack Nicholson

Diane Keaton

Keanu Reeves

Frances McDormand

Amanda Peet

Jon Favreau

Paul Michael Glaser

Rachel Ticotin

Paige Butcher

Tanya Sweet

Kristine Szabo

Daniella van Graas

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Content severity in Something's Gotta Give

Sex Strong 6/10

Violence None 0/10

Language Moderate 4/10

Substances Strong 5/10

Themes Strong 6/10

What happens in Something's Gotta Give, moment by moment

0:08 ♥ Sex & Nudity 5/10
0:14 🍷 Substances 3/10
0:19 ♥ Sex & Nudity 6/10

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Sex and nudity in Something's Gotta Give

Frequent and frank, though never graphic. The film opens on Harry and Marin's weekend away and gets to foreplay before his heart attack interrupts it, with partial undress. Harry and Erica's affair includes an implied sex scene and a good deal of morning-after material. The most-discussed moment is non-sexual: Erica is seen fully nude from the front when Harry walks into her bedroom by mistake, played for embarrassment rather than titillation. Viagra, erectile difficulty and Harry's history with much younger women…

Violence and gore in Something's Gotta Give

None. There is no violence anywhere in the film - the only physical crises are Harry's heart attack and two subsequent panic attacks, which are medical rather than violent.

Language in Something's Gotta Give

Moderate. Scattered profanity through the arguments between Harry and Erica, including a small number of stronger words, along with crude sexual references in Harry's dialogue and Zoe's academic frankness about sex.

Drugs, alcohol, and smoking in Something's Gotta Give

Present throughout. Wine is served at nearly every meal in the Hamptons house and in the restaurant scenes, and prescription medication is a running element after the heart attack - including a scene turning on Harry taking Viagra against medical advice.

Mature themes in Something's Gotta Give

Ageing and desirability are the film's real subject, particularly the double standard between a man of 63 dating women in their twenties and a woman of 55 being treated as past it. Divorce and its aftermath run through Erica's story, and the central awkwardness - a mother and daughter involved with the same man - is played for comedy but taken seriously enough to sting. Erica's weeks of near-continuous crying after the break-up are unusually frank about heartbreak for the genre.

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Is Something's Gotta Give appropriate for kids?

Bontent's parent guide suggests Something's Gotta Give is best for ages 13+. It's rated NR. Something's Gotta Give is a Nancy Meyers romantic comedy for adults, and its PG-13 comes almost entirely from sexual content and one memorable moment of non-sexual nudity. Harry Sanborn, a 63-year-old record executive…

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Something's Gotta Give is officially rated NR. Bontent's independent parent guide recommends it for ages 13+.

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How violent is Something's Gotta Give?

None. There is no violence anywhere in the film - the only physical crises are Harry's heart attack and two subsequent panic attacks, which are medical rather than violent.

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How long is Something's Gotta Give?

Something's Gotta Give runs 100 minutes, directed by Unknown.

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