SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Stoutor It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

Myron Clemons A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

ravitchn What a dumb movie! Two over aged swingers give each other the eye and take the consequences. It end however as happily bourgeois as possible.

quarterwavevertical I started watching it on cable earlier this evening, largely because I saw the previews of it on that channel. I switched it off after 45 minutes, partly because not much seemed to be happening. It's the sort of movie where one could stop watching and go do something else like, say, change the oil in one's car. One can then come back and continue watching without having missed a lot.The movie "Cactus Flower" covered a similar theme many years earlier and did it much better.Avoid this one and spend your time doing something worthwhile, such as doing your income tax return.

Davis P Well, Nancy Meyers does it again! Nancy Meyers really knows what she is doing, she's one of my absolute favorite filmmakers! The characters in this film are just so wonderfully written and they have many many deep dramatic layers to them, they certainly are not one dimensional. Diane Keaton really did deserve that academy award nomination! She was robbed, I swear she was robbed! And I'm surprised Jack Nicholson didn't get an Oscar nomination for his wonderful performance, he was great too! And one of the best things about this film is the awesome on screen chemistry that Keaton and Nicholson share throughout this movie, they really do convince you that their love is real. The script is very in depth and entertaining. This is one of those movies that can juggle comedy, drama, and romance so well! Meyers really balances everything very well! And I applaud Diane for being brave enough to do a nude scene at her age, but ya know, she looks great for her age in 2003. That scene was a hilarious scene, and I'm glad it was in there. Also the sex scenes were very funny and very romantic at the same time, which can be hard to do, so yay them! Amanda Peet and Francis McDormand were very funny and did well in their respective roles. I adore the way somethings gotta give very intelligently explores love and the reasoning behind Diane's character's loneliness and why she seems to be a little distant at times. This movie is truly very smart and fun to watch! Truly a classic! Also Keanu Reeves had a great role as well. 9/10.

r_mc_laughlin2002 Started well, the middle was pretty good, grabbed at the romantic in all of us, but the minute Diane Keaton was typing and "crying" (which a 2nd rate actor could have done better), the movie went downhill from here. Now apparently I have to write 10 lines, but what else should I write, Jack was pretty good, playing himself, as always, Diane wasn't too bad, up until she decided to "give up" as soon as she had to hit the keyboard, the movie hit a few hit note, but too few to make it stand out, direction was lazy, to let a pretty good premise turn out so average. It movie rapidly ran out of steam once we got to the keyboard scene. And in the end you don't really care what happens, you feel a bit cheated.