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Music and Lyrics (2007) 6.5
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6.5/10 from 75,857 users
Metascore: 59/100
Reviews: 286 user | 174 critic | 30 from Metacritic.com A washed up singer is given a couple days to compose a chart-topping hit for an aspiring teen sensation. Though he's never written a decent lyric in his life, he sparks with an offbeat younger woman with a flair for words. Director:Marc LawrenceWriter:Marc Lawrence |
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Cast
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| Scott Porter | ... | ||
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Nick Bacon | ... |
Pop Bass Player
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Andrew Wyatt | ... |
Pop Guitar Player
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Dan McMillan | ... |
Pop Drummer
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Tom Foligno | ... |
Has-Beens Promo Announcer
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| Zak Orth | ... | ||
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Brooke Tansley | ... | |
| Daniel Stewart Sherman | ... | ||
| Brad Garrett | ... | ||
| Aasif Mandvi | ... | ||
| Drew Barrymore | ... | ||
| Haley Bennett | ... | ||
| Matthew Morrison | ... |
Ray
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Greg Antonsky
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Cheery Alex Fletcher lives comfortably in Manhattan off the residuals from his 80's pop success and reprising his hits at school reunions, theme parks, and state fairs. But those gigs are declining, so he jumps at the chance to write a song and record it with reigning teen idol Cora Corman. Trouble is, he's good at melodies but needs a lyricist and has less than a week to finish. Enter Sophie Fisher, subbing for a friend who waters Alex's plants; she's a pretty good poet, quick witted, and could do it, if she'd agree. But there's some sort of shadow over her head that Alex may not be able to charm his way past. And what if they do get a song written, what then? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
14 February 2007 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Music and Lyrics by... See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
£1,929,058 (UK) (9 February 2007)Gross:
$50,562,555 (USA) (11 May 2007)Company Credits
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Sophie Fisher: I-uh-I'm getting really nervous.
Alex Fletcher: You'll be fine, just use your normal, nice voice that I've heard... so much over the last three days.
Sophie Fisher: It's like, ugh, my throat's closing up. It's, like, anaphylactic.
[cough]
Alex Fletcher: It's fine, it's just a three-minute song.
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Written by Adam Schlesinger
Produced by Adam Schlesinger and Steven M. Gold
Performed by Hugh Grant and Haley Bennett
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Trivia
A UK band called Pop! used the same name as Hugh Grant's fictional entourage, complete with the punctuating exclamation mark. They released three top 40 hits before disbanding. See more »Goofs
During the scene where Sophie and Alex are in the café and he sings "I've got sunshine on a cloudy day..." When it cuts to the camera viewing Sophie, you can see that his lips are not synced with his vocals. See more »Quotes
Alex Fletcher: [start of Way Back Into Love Demo Version] Way Back Into Love, take one.Sophie Fisher: I-uh-I'm getting really nervous.
Alex Fletcher: You'll be fine, just use your normal, nice voice that I've heard... so much over the last three days.
Sophie Fisher: It's like, ugh, my throat's closing up. It's, like, anaphylactic.
[cough]
Alex Fletcher: It's fine, it's just a three-minute song.
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Crazy Credits
During the end credits the video of 'Pop Goes My Heart' is played with pop-ups similar to VH1's 'Pop-up Video' See more »Soundtracks
Way Back into LoveWritten by Adam Schlesinger
Produced by Adam Schlesinger and Steven M. Gold
Performed by Hugh Grant and Haley Bennett
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I must warn you -- Being a guy, I had pretty low expectations to begin with. However, there were a couple of things I enjoyed:
1) The movie was funny.
-- Hugh Grant's one-sentence witty remarks came out natural and funny.
-- Their ability to poke fun of two distinct musical decades could be better, but still turned out pretty funny.
2) The plot was novel (at least to me).
-- "Meshing" the two music periods (the 80's and today) in the same movie provided a good way to contrast the two styles.
-- Since I'm not so familiar with the music industry, I enjoyed the "behind the scenes" with the trial and error of coming up with lyrics (at least in the way the movie portrays it.)
Other than that, it was the typical "chic-flick." Guy has problem with girl, he says some bad things, stir up some emotional scene and the usual -- will they get back together?
Other than that, if you're just looking for a good laugh, I'd give it a go!