Rainy Day Movie: Something's Gotta Give

So, this past weekend I was extremely sick.  I couldn't get up from bed to do a single thing.  I knew catching up on laundry, homework, or even Associated Content articles was out of the question.  That's right, my friends.  This weekend was designed for me to watch movies.  But not just any movie - I had to allow myself to be succumbed to watching whatever movie was the movie of the weekend.  And I think we all know what those movies can be like.  They're usually the movies that I personally don't pay any attention to when it hits theaters, the movies that make me scoff at the portrayal of what is supposed to be called, "acting," the movies that make me wonder, how the hell did Hollywood think this would be a good idea?  Well, this particular weekend, my calling was to watch Something's Gotta Give with Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson in the lead roles.

Now, I know what you're thinking.  How could I think a movie with Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson could be as bad as I say it is?  Well, that's just the thing - it wasn't bad!  Now, I normally don't watch romantic comedies - especially not the ones that are made today.  Today's movies seem to be too far of a stretch and way too sappy even for a 22-year-old female who happens to get teary-eyed when a child wins first place at the Science Fair.  Yes, it's a weird female hormone and I'm working on figuring how all of a sudden this "hormone" got triggered as soon as I stepped into my 20s.  Anyhow - the point being - this movie was actually time well spent.

Diane Keaton plays a loveable New York playwright, Erica Barry, who's mother to Amanda Peat's character, Marin.  Marin is in her early 30s and is dating Harry Sanborn (Jack Nicholson), who is 63.  Now, the age difference doesn't really seem to bother me and I went into this movie thinking it would.  I was pleasantly surprised so I decide to trudge along and continue watching this movie.  I was surprised to find myself chuckling in certain scenes my former self would never have thought to have found amusing!