Music and Lyrics



Quick thoughts about Music and Lyrics - watching Music and Lyrics was like going in to see a good covers band. Very predictable, but enjoyable nonetheless. You want Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore to reprise the roles they've come to claim as their own - Hugh enjoyably wry, Drew bubbly and somewhat kooky. And they do it well, despite a predictable plot. Hugh, in particular, clearly has fun as Alex Fletcher, a washed-up less famous half of former 80s sensation PoP. (There's more than a little of Wham in PoP, and more than a little Andrew Ridgely in Grant's character.)

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Anonymous said…
I enjoyed this movie too. Here in Paris it is known as Le Comeback.
26 March 2007 at 15:15
Anonymous said…
It's really a nice movie. Simple and sweet.
2 May 2007 at 07:44
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