Something's Gotta Give
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) | Release Date: December 12, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
66
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 40 Critic Reviews
Positive:
31
Mixed:
8
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The New YorkerDavid Denby
Harmless, but it gave me a pain. Why make such a fuss over middle-aged bodies anyway? [22 & 29 December 2003, p. 166]
60
EmpireAlan Morrison
It also takes too long in the final act to write itself out of its plot entanglements, and ends up looking rather too pleased with itself. Read full review
60
New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter Rainer
Even in a piffle like Something’s Gotta Give, Keaton reminds us of her uncanny ability to inhabit her characters' knockabout emotions. Read full review
60
Dallas ObserverLuke Y. Thompson
As a date-night movie for women of 50 or thereabouts, chances are it'll do the trick. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
Jack, the actor, smiles obligingly, but you can practically feel him rolling his eyes. Read full review
50
SalonCharles Taylor
Irritatingly moralistic romantic comedy. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
If the lines in the script were as keenly etched as the ones in her face, Keaton would have had something to work with. Instead, during an especially lovelorn sequence, she's asked to indulge in a crying montage so painfully extended that it has us in tears too -- weeping from embarrassment for her. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineEthan Alter
A whiz at crafting conventional Hollywood screenplays, Meyers's direction is overreliant on close-ups and medium shots; there's no life to any of the images. Still, the film coasts along smoothly on the charisma of its stars. Read full review
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