Article: A Little Movie 'Bout Jack & Diane Proves Oldies Like Sex, Too.(Arts&Entertainment)(Review)

Byline: Andrew Sarris

Nancy Meyers' Something's Gotta Give, from her own screenplay, plays like an old-fashioned star vehicle disguised as a dissertation on the battle against aging and its eternal gender warfare. As befits the limitless grandiosity of the season, Something's Gotta Give qualifies as an epic sex comedy full of contemporary nymphs and satyrs. Jack Nicholson is flauntingly introduced as playboy/philosopher Harry Sanborn, an old goat cavorting with Marin (Amanda Peet), a young looker who could pass as his daughter or even his granddaughter. Harry claims that he's never dated a woman over 30, and Marin serves as a nubile playmate, though the movie is ...

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