Billy Griffith, Brad Garrett, Brooke Tansley
Alex Fletcher, a washed-up '80s pop star, has 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 ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 8, 2007
Stats: 40,097 reviews
Started off really well with a washed up 80's pop star trying to kick start his career. Starting with a funny fake video I thought I was in for a happy surprise but alas, it didn't last and it soon descended into a cliché ridden mess.
Rom-com is not one of my favorie genres. That being said I have to admit that Barrymore and Grant do work well together and this movie is quite pleasant and entertaining.
Starting with one of the best opening scenes I've seen in past years. It's easy for me to like this, cuz I've been growing up listening (forced by my mother...) to Abba, A-ha and different 80's pop bands.
Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore act good together and they have a good on-...( read more)
Movie about a washed-up pop star (Grant) and a young writer (Barrymore) who figure out a way to write a successful song and learn a bit about love.
Wasn't that bad, I quite like romantic comedies and this was what I expected.
Wholly unimaginative but consistently peppy (well, at least until its requisite gooey feel-good finale), Music & Lyrics is exactly the film you expect it to be. Boasting a surprisingly deft performance in the form of Haley Bennett as a pastiche of sexualized pop stars, the film s...( read more)
Seriously it was suprisingly good. Better than what I've expected.
One of the best romantic comedies I have ever seen! Some great acting, especially by Drew Barrimore, and I would've never thought Hugh Grant could sing and play the piano as well as he did - it actually was him singing in the movie!
Marc Lawrence, the director, has done a fabul...( read more)
Grant strikes precisely the right note with regard to Alex's career: He's too intelligent not to be a little embarrassed, but he's far too brazen to feel anything like shame. full review
When the movie zooms in on their fruit-and-nutcake relationship, it's adorable, too. full review
Most of the musical numbers, including the central song, are unexpectedly catchy and believable. Thanks for that goes to songwriter Adam Schlesinger of the band Fountains of Wayne. full review
In the end, the movie's just the kind of enjoyably empty-headed fluff it celebrates and mocks. full review
Grant, a comic actor of superb timing and limitless likeability, has possibly never been funnier than he is here. full review
Music and Lyrics aspires to nothing more than the competent dispensing of mild amusement and easy emotion.
Despite dragging in the last third, the movie works as a light and frothy confection for an enjoyable Valentine's Day treat. full review
A satisfying scoop of audiovisual comfort food. Expect more and you have no one to blame but yourself. full review
If there's one thing Music and Lyrics understands, it's the apparent effortlessness of a good pop song, the way, particularly on a bad day, it can seem like a gift floating down from the heavens. full review
haley bennet is so awesome!! i love her! and hugh grant is so funny!! lol pop goes my heart! ahha
ive seen it but my sister payed me to stay watching..
very....weird movie but it was alright
Hugh Grant at his best, paired with Drew Barrymore This is a classic rom/comedy.. Great!!!
If u are into romantic and boy and gurl type of movie ...dis is it...go ahead....one of the best movies of its kind....and have lovely song.
I Loved This Movie My Fav Part Was The POP Gose My Heart Video I Whatched It So Many Times... I Thought Scott Porter Was Really Hot In It.
-Amanda <3
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