Music and Lyrics (DVD)

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 ...

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 - ...

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 ...