59%User score 59 percent
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
2009 · Comedy · Drama
User Score
1.8K votes
After a lifetime of going from girl to girl, the ultimate bachelor is about to encounter something new.
When perpetually single, aging music industry exec Harry Sanborn, and his latest trophy girlfriend, Marin, arrive at her mother's beach house in the Hamptons, they find that her mother, playwright Erica Barry, also plans to stay for the weekend. Erica is scandalized by the relationship and Harry's sexist ways. But when Harry has a heart attack while there, and the doctor prescribes bedrest, his only option is to stay at the Barry home. Left in the care of Erica and his doctor, a love triangle starts to take shape.
Recommendations based on this film
Wuchak
August 16, 2020
_**That Hamptons episode**_ A lifelong ‘ladies man’ (Jack Nicholson) used to dating young women has a life-altering experience while staying at the manor of a playwright (Diane Keaton) in the Hamptons. Amanda Peet plays the latter’s daughter, Frances McDormand her sister and Keanu Reeves a local doctor. Written & directed by Nancy Meyer, "Something’s Gotta Give" (2003) is an amusing romcom that addresses the theme of…
Read the full review on TMDB
CinemaSerf
July 21, 2026
"Harry" (Jack Nicholson) has a penchant four younger women to whom he could be a grandfather. He's a charismatic music executive, has some considerable success on that front and his current squeeze is "Marin" (Amanda Peet) who takes him to her mother's beach house for the weekend. What she doesn't know is that her writer mum "Erica" (Diane Keaton) and her sister "Zoe" (Frances McDormand) are also staying at the place…
Read the full review on TMDBReviews are written by the TMDB community, not by Something's Gotta Give's publisher.
