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The Indiana Daily Student

'Something's Gotta Give,' apparently it's the extras

"Something's Gotta Give" revolves around the lives of two individuals -- Harry Sanborn (Jack Nicholson) and Erica Barry (Diane Keaton) -- whose lives are suddenly forced together after Harry experiences chest pains at Erica's Hampton mansion, where he was vacationing with Erica's daughter, Marin (Amanda Peet). However, while staying in Erica's house to recover, Erica and Harry soon form a friendship and then fall for one another, a change for Harry since he is noted for gallivanting with young women around New York.\n"Something's Gotta Give" is the perfect tale to preach about finding love at any age and to poke fun at the older man/younger woman syndrome and even the older woman/younger man relationship Erica finds with a handsome doctor (Keanu Reeves). Not only are there incredible sparks between Keaton and Nicholson in this movie, but there is a sweetness about it which makes younger viewers not want to stop the film when the two are having elderly troubles during a love scene.\nAlthough the DVD is a worthy buy, especially to see Keaton in her Golden Globe-winning and Oscar-nominated role, I was a bit disappointed with the special features on the DVD. Sure, it includes commentary with Keaton and writer/director Nancy Meyers, and then a separate commentary with Meyers and Nicholson, filmographies, a bunch of previews, a tour of the Hampton mansion and one deleted scene, but I really would've liked to have seen an onscreen interview with Keaton and Nicholson together, or a behind-the-scenes look, or even a gag reel. I think the most important part of this film was Keaton and Nicholson's chemistry, and I would have loved to have seen how that translated off-screen.

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