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Music and Lyrics (DVD)

 

Description: Genre: Romance / Theatrical Release: 2007 / Director: Marc Lawrence / Actors: Campbell Scott, Brad Garrett ... / DVD ... more
Music and Lyrics (DVD) ... released 04 June, 2007 at Warner Home Video / Features of the DVD: PAL / Music & Lyrics is frothy and sweet, like the top of a perfect cappuccino shared a deux. Hugh Grant is a self-professed "happy has-been," playing his befuddled, adorable persona more spot-on than he has since Four Weddings and a Funeral. As Alex, former member of an '80s pop band who years later is playing at water parks and high school reunions, he's settled into a life of lesser expectations. Drew Barrymore, quietly radiant, is Sophie, the underachieving girl Friday who arrives to water--make that overwater--Alex's plants--and to explode him out of that comfy rut. If the plot's a bit farfetched, it matters not, since the two lead characters are so likable--and make such beautiful music together. Big bonus: the supportive role of Kristen Johnston as Rhonda, Sophie's older sis (and longtime Alex fan) whose hilarious performance threatens to steal the show whenever she's onscreen. (The owner of a chain of successful weight-loss centers, Rhonda tries to comfort a rattled Sophie: "Want to do some stress eating?") The film also marks the remarkable debut of Haley Bennett, who plays a pop star of Britney/Cristina proportions with deadpan sincerity radiating through her skimpy outfits and mega-extensions. As Alex and Sophie work on crafting musical magic, something else is taking hold. It's music to the ears of anyone needing a sweet romantic comedy that hits all the right notes. --A.T. Hurley

Newest Review: ... Scott Porter ... Colin Thompson Nick Bacon ... Pop Bass Player Andrew W. Blakemore ... Pop Guitar Player Dan ... more

 ... McMillan ... Pop Drummer Tom Foligno ... Has-Beens Promo Announcer (voice) Zak Orth ... David Newbert - TV Executive #1 Brooke Tansley ... Janice Stern - TV Executive #2 Daniel Stewart Sherman ... Willy Brad Garrett ... Chris Riley Aasif Mandvi ... Khan Drew Barrymore ... Sophie Fisher Haley Bennett ... Cora Corman Hugh Grant is in the lead role as Alex who had chart success in the 1980's as part of a top band however lately he is only doing a number of second rate gigs at high school reun...more

blonde_girl774
Premium Review Music and Lyrics (DVD): Sadly No Sweet, Sweet Music Was Made! (850 words)
by blonde_girl774 - written on 28.03.08 (Very useful, 141 readings)
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Over the weekend I managed to have a lazy Saturday afternoon which consisted of nothing more than lying on the sofa and watching films in preparation for a night out later that evening. One of the films I came across on the DVD hard drive was Music and Lyrics which I knew starred Hugh Grant, one of my favourite actors, and so decided to give it a go! The Plot Alex (Hugh Grant) was a famous pop star in the 80s but since then his success within the music scene has been somewhat limited and he has resorted to writing lyrics for other people. One of the most famous teenage pop princess's Cora Corman has requested him to write a song for her which ...

kingfisher111
Premium Review Music to my ears! (703 words)
by kingfisher111 - written on 24.09.07 (Very useful, 166 readings)
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I was very happy to receive the DVD of Music and Lyrics as a birthday present from my small daughter (with no doubt a bit of advice from her daddy!) and very happily settled down to watch it the other night, ensconced with a glass of wine and a box of chocolates. It was not a fim I had seen at the cinema and did not really know what to expect other than the fact that it was starring Hugh Grant - but then, of course, if you watch a movie starring Hugh Grant then you probably do know what to expect after all! The film is described as a tuneful romantic comedy. Hugh Grant plays Alex Fletcher, once an eighties iconic pop star but now sadly a bit of a has been - ...

mummy2harry
Premium Review Music and Lyrics (DVD): Romantic comedy with 2 fantastic rom-com actors (749 words)
by mummy2harry - written on 19.07.07 (Very useful, 85 readings)
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My partner and I love Hugh Grant films, so when he released this one, we were keen to see it. I also think Drew Barrymore is a great actress so I had quite high expectations about this film because of the quality of the actors starring in it. Music and Lyrics is centred around the character Alex Fletcher, an 80's has-been popstar. He was part of a successful 80's group called PoP! but when the band fell apart, Alex was not able to maintain the success that he had received in PoP! He is doing small shows at reunions and theme parks, but nothing to get him into the public domain again. His manager manages to introduce to Cora Corman, THE young popstar of the ...

 
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