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Music and Lyrics

Music and Lyrics (2007)

February. 09,2007
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6.5
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PG-13
| Comedy Music Romance

A washed-up '80s pop star gets a chance at a comeback when reigning pop diva Cora Corman invites him to write & 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.

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Stometer
2007/02/09

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

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UnowPriceless
2007/02/10

hyped garbage

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Afouotos
2007/02/11

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

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Zlatica
2007/02/12

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

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SnoopyStyle
2007/02/13

Director/writer Marc Lawrence is kind of a rom-com hack. And that's basically what we have here. The story is weak, but it's the two stars that make this shine.Alex Fletcher (Hugh Grant) is a has-been singer songwriter. He's living off his former fame, but that's drying up. So he's forced to ghost write for pop princess Cora Corman. Sophie Fisher (Drew Barrymore) is the substitute plant waterer. (really?? that's a job?) She ends up being his lyricist.It's all very silly and manufactured. But the storyline does allow a few jabs at popular music. Grant and Barrymore are super cute and amiable together. They are amazing rom-com material. Their chemistry is off the charts. They both have great comic timing. They make this premise work.

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maureen-burford
2007/02/14

This is my definition of the perfect pop movie. Drew and Hugh make us believe in these quirky characters, the music is spot on, the humor perfectly timed. It's under-rated because it doesn't try to be something it's not, so refreshing, but succeeds brilliantly at what it is--a seemingly effortless, finding themselves romantic comedy.If there were ever a documentary film devoted to best comic moments by supporting players this film has several that qualify for the hall of fame, including scenes with the apartment desk clerk played by Aasif Mandvi or with Drew's sister in the film played by Kristen Johnston.It's six years later and I still feel peeved when the talking heads who originally reviewed this film have the last word. It's a lovely dessert.

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nadya puig
2007/02/15

This is the fourth time I see the comedy romance movie Music and Lyrics, but this is the first time I actually see it to write about the movie. For me, it was a pleasure watching this movie all over again, since comedy romance films are my favorite and, I consider myself a big fan of Drew Barrymore. I have seen most of her movies I love the way she acts "sweet and innocent" when it comes to comedy romance films. This American actress has not only started in over 50 movies, including a commercial for puppy food at the age of 11 months in 1975, becoming one of Hollywood's most recognized child actors, but also in the 1980s hit movie "ET". She has directed, screen written, produced, and model on several occasions. What I most liked about this movie in particular is that destiny was the cause of joining "Hugh Grant" as Alex Fletcher and "Drew Barrymore" as Sophie Fisher. On the other hand, we have Hugh Grant, an English actor and film producer who had his first leading role in 1987 in the movie, "Maurice". His break through performance though was in the 1994 film "Four Wedding's and a Funeral". Since then, he has started in over 30 films including my favorite "Nine Months" from 1995.The writer of this movie is Mark Lawrence, who himself directed the film in 2007. Marc Lawrence also composed a sound track for this movie titled "Love Autopsy". It's a short comic sound track, but it gives the film a very special touch. Lawrence has both written and produced movies like "Two Weeks Notice" (2002), and "Did You Hear about the Morgan's?" (2009) both in which "Grant" has started as the main character. Both these films are from the genre, comedy romance. This American screenwriter and film producer has also written films such as "The Out-of-Towners" (1999), "Miss. Congeniality" (2000) and "Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous" (2005). His most recent movie is "Music and Lyrics" (2007).This film first came to the big screen on February 14, 2007. If I would've seen it on that date, I would've expected nothing less from this comedy romantic story. Like Tom Long from the Detroit News said, "Every valentines day should be blessed with a confection as fluffy, light and satisfying as Music & Lyrics, a cute movie filled with laughs and tunes and nothing too terribly serious to say". I couldn't agree with him more, these two characters, Grant as Alex Fletcher and Barrymore as Sophie Fisher live an adventure which at the end leads them to fall in love with each other. Even though it seems as just another love story, I perceived this love story very different from others that I have seen. I think this story was very original and not repetitions of other movies in which they only change the characters, but the story line is pretty much the same. This film brought back fond memories from my childhood in the 80's. I couldn't help but to go back in time and realize how much things have changed; from our cloths, music, and style of dancing. I must admit, it was a fun journey.Stephen Hunter from the Washington Post says, "I don't think the ending is up to the rest of the movie, but Grant and Barrymore are great together, and the movie has both, zing and song". I agree with Hunter, when you have two very talented actors like Grant and Barrymore you can't help but have a great movie, but ending with the song that they both wrote was a must. The song played a crucial role but ending with this romantic melody titled "Way Back in Love" gave the movie the final twist. Like in any movies when you have a man, and a woman faced with a problem, falling in love is inevitable. What gives this movie the perfect ending is the song they wrote together because that's exactly what happens with Fletcher and Fisher; they fall in love all over again.

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jwells97
2007/02/16

The first time I saw this, I enjoyed the comedy, but had a hard time believing that love could develop between a man and woman of different generations. After seeing it a second time, though, I caught many of the details that I had missed the first time and it made more sense. That, of course, heightened my enjoyment even more. Now the premise doesn't seem all that far fetched, after all. Hugh's and Drew's fine singing voices were a pleasant surprise, too. I advise everyone to see this movie at least twice. You'll probably find yourself singing the spotlighted songs for many days afterward. Excellent writing, directing, and acting.

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