Music and Lyrics
Release Date: February 14, 2007
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: Marc Lawrence
Screenwriter: Marc Lawrence
Starring: Hugh Grant, Drew Barrymore, Brad Garrett, Kristen Johnston, Campbell Scott, Haley Bennett
Genre: Comedy, Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for some sexual content)
Official Website: MusicandLyrics.com
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——Opened Nov 14——
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Punisher: War Zone, Cadillac Records, Extreme Movie, Nothing Like the Holidays, Defiance
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Alex Fletcher (Hugh Grant) is a washed-up 80s pop star who's been reduced to working the nostalgia circuit at county fairs and amusement parks. The charismatic and talented musician gets a chance at a comeback when reigning diva Cora Corman invites him to write and record a duet with her, but there's a problem—Alex hasn't written a song in years, he's never written lyrics, and he has to come up with a hit in a matter of days. Enter Sophie Fisher (Drew Barrymore), Alex's beguilingly quirky plant lady, whose flair for words strikes a chord with the struggling songwriter. On the rebound from a bad relationship, Sophie is reluctant to collaborate with anyone, especially commitment-phobe Alex. As their chemistry heats up at the piano and under it, Alex and Sophie will have to face their fears—and the music—if they want to find the love and success they both deserve. — More here |
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 Sitcommy in structure and execution
Todd McCarthy
Variety
The amusement inherent in watching Hugh Grant play a washed-up '80s boy-band pop star angling for a comeback provides "Music and Lyrics" with its catchy hook. Sitcommy in structure and execution, this very mainstream romance between an aging, commitment-phobic pretty-boy and an emotionally wounded gal whose songwriting collaboration takes on a personal dimension, offers few surprises...
Grant and Barrymore keep this catchy rom-com humming along agreeably.
Michael Rechtshaffen
Hollywood Reporter
Their pleasantly in sync performances alone should ensure that this heart-shaped Warner Bros. Pictures confection remains fresh well beyond its Valentine's Day opening date...
 Put Hugh Grant in shoulder pads and a tacky ’80s pop video and you’ve got immediate, easy comedy
Anna Smith
Empire Magazine
A watchable, workaday rom-com with business as usual from the leads, a bland plot and inconsistent characters...
 It begins well enough
Stella Papamichael
BBC
Grant and Barrymore just don't have the depth or chemistry to make you care. In short: flat like Milli Vanilli...
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