Music and Lyrics [US Import] [HD DVD] [2007] | ![Music and Lyrics [US Import] [HD DVD] [2007]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51T94TzSisL._SL75_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Marc Lawrence (ii)
Actors: Hugh Grant, Drew Barrymore, Brad Garrett, Kristen Johnston, Campbell Scott
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
Buy New: £16.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 102936
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Media: HD DVD
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 104
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: HD111287
UPC: 085391112877
EAN: 0085391112877
ASIN: B000PGTERY
Theatrical Release Date: February 14, 2007
Release Date: June 12, 2007
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 Sinfully Good March 3, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"Music and Lyrics" is a hoot: witty, bright, beautifully performed by the luminous Drew Barrymore (as ditzy, charming, beautiful Sophie Fletcher) and the dry of wit, Hugh Grant (as the less famous half, Alex Fletcher of a hot 80's duo, "Pop" obviously patterned after "WHAM") and briskly paced by director Marc Lawrence.
The story is light and airy: Fletcher needs help writing a song for a Britney clone, Cora. A song that could maybe bring him back to prominence after twenty years of playing store openings, amusement parks and nostalgia concerts. Sophie, though a partner with her sister in a Weight Loss clinic, is a whiz at writing pop lyrics: presto...match made in heaven!
The interplay between Barrymore and Grant is spot on and the dialogue and story are almost up to their excellent timing but they both work hard, though not too as that would negate the comedy, to make this work and in most scenes it does.
"Music and Lyrics" is as light as a crepe filled with caramelized bananas and topped with whipped cream and as such don't expect more from it than a huge smile and the delicious satisfaction that comes from eating something you have no business consuming.
 Absolutely chamring February 20, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
M&L is driven by several major sources of energy, if you will, mixed
together with skill and a fine sense of timing: absurd comedy, parody,
utter predictability and an overwhelming charm that only a
romantic-comedy hater could resist. As for me, I was...well 'charmed'.
Hugh Grant, as my wife noted, basically always plays the same
character: a mix of hapless but amusing bumbler with a self-effacing
sense of insight into his own bumbler-ness and maybe human nature in
general. In anybody else this endearingness would be annoying--and do
not doubt that there are a lot of Hugh-Grant-haters out there; and good
for you, because I know where you're coming from. It's just that I'm
not with you on this.
Drew Barrymore has always had a slight inherent cluelessness and
innocence, mixed it with a twinkle of the actress's own
life-ups-and-downs, that made her perfect for this little flick. This
is in contrast to another not-so-recent movie Ever After, which was
very likable and charming, but I wished the Cinderella character had
been someone else, because the US accent just grated--just as did, for
example, the accents in The Three Musketeers and especially Chris
O'Donnell's D'Artagnan. I can't abide that kind of sloppiness. But
here, Barrymore was perfect.
They spent a lot of time on music numbers in this one, playing songs
almost all the way through. This normally would have annoyed me for I
would have thought of it as the time-filler it might have been. If it
was, well in this instance I don't care, because it worked as well. And
the ditty Way Back Into Love is a real earworm. It made the whole thing
almost believable--believable enough at the time to allow, for me at
least, effortless suspension of disbelief.
Last, but not least, this is the kind of movie I could never make or
script. I don't have the disposition for it. Because of that I really
have no notion of how to make it better--and that's a good thing,
because I wasn't sitting there, asking myself "but why didn't they...",
which is what I sometimes do in flicks that I might have written, but
in which I detect serious flaws. If this thing here had flaws, well, I
don't care. It was fun and games and lots of laughs. And yes, call me
whatever you want to, but I was humming that damn tune when I came out.
Till Noever, [...]
Five Stars for a Silly Romance? Yes! February 16, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Sure. Why not? The first question in assessing a movie's merit is does it do as intended?
With "Music and Lyrics," what it intends is nothing extraordinary. It aims to be a fun, romantic, sweet comedy of a man meeting a woman and falling love, with a poke at pop culture. It accomplishes this. I saw this on February 14, Valentine's Day, and wanted exactly as delivered.
Paul McCartney asked in the 1970s what the world needs with another silly love song. "Music and Lyrics" is, in film, a silly love song.
Hugh Grant plays Alex Fletcher, a has-been pop singer from a defunct duo similar to Wham!, struggles to find his way as his audience stops caring. Realistic, he knows what he is capable of, but is unsure what his next step should be.
When Cora, a pretentious form of Britney Spears-Shakira-Christina Aguilera of sex-pop, offers him an opportunity to write a song, he runs into trouble. He is a melody man, not a lyricist. His lyricist from his old band, Pop!, is long gone.
In walks Sophie Fisher, played with charm by the ever-sweet Drew Barrymore. She's Alex's temporary plant watering person (and not a very good one), with a penchant for delivery peppy lyrics under her breath. Despite the scorn of fill-in wordsmith Greg Antonsky, Alex takes a liking to her style. Greg's angst-style, hopeless lyrics seem off kilter with Alex's personality.
Embittered from a broken affair with an engaged man, Sophie is uninterested. It is one thing to hum a tune, and it is another to commit to writing a song. However, Alex only has a few days and pressures (begs, really), Sophie to help.
She acquiesces, and tries to write. Alex and Sophie clash, as he understands the profession of music, and is desperate, and she is still stuck on the failed affair.
Both are living in the past, and both need to move up into 2007 to survive and thrive.
Finally, lyrics are written, and Cora loves them -- with a few changes. Cora's version is laced with faux spirituality and tramped-up seduction. Sophie's artistic sensibilities are insulted, and pulls the song much to Alex's chagrin. They argue, break-up, and now, Alex is stuck trying to fix a song.
Can he fix the song on time? Will they figure out how to live in the present day? What about love (this is a romantic commedy, remember?).
A fine self-mocking performance is put on by Kristen Johnston as Sophie's older sister Rhonda, making jabs at her own weight-loss campaign. Brad Garrett as Alex's agent Chris Riley is right on the money, as he is both a manager and friend.
Drew Barrymore shows she's more than the girl next door, but has a kind of Lucille Ball, Jenna Elfman, Meg Ryan mix going on.
Hugh Grant is perfectly cast, and is the better side of himself. He never overplays the role, and yet, does not fall into the 'stupid Englishman' persona he occasionally does.
I fully recommend "Music and Lyrics."
Anthony Trendl
editor, HungarianBookstore.com
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