![]() ![]() ![]() Depicted as the funkiest fiftysomething ever, you'll totally buy it when Nicholson and Keanu Reeves (achieving a level of charm usually beyond his grasp) become rivals for her affections. As an actress of a certain age, Keaton's suffered at the hands of Hollywood ageism, but Something sets out to up-end a pair of industry myths: that middle-aged actresses can't be sexy and that all rom-coms must feature nubile youth. Matching him quip for quip is Diane Keaton, who gets to show off what a gifted comic actress she is (her crying jag over one bust-up vies with Nicholson's exposed-arse-in-hospital-gown promenade as the movie's funniest scene). With her previous war-of-the-sexes comedy What Women Want, Meyers riffed on chauvinist men threatened by powerful women - and she also has plenty of scope for humour here, exploring both sides of the OAP-dating-younger-member-of-the-opposite-sex divide.īut this is no solo showcase for Mr Jack. Sending up his own public persona as an unrepentant ladies' man, Nicholson is fighting fit and smacking his lips at every chunk of scenery that writer/director Nancy Meyers throws his way. Apart from the forgivable blunder of Anger Management, Nicholson's eye for material - unlike his tabloid-tailored, bad-boy behaviour - isn't diminishing with age, and with the oldie rom-com Something's Gotta Give he lends his prodigious talents to another worthy vehicle. We’re at a point where for many people it’s not about the money anymore, said Carignan, a 25-year-old who started investing with Wealthsimple, a Canadian online investment management service focused on millennials, during the pandemic. ![]()
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