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Music and Lyrics (2007) -- 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.
Music and Lyrics (2007) -- Clip: You're Destroying My Apartment
Music and Lyrics (2007) -- Behind The Scenes: Grant Singing On Stage In Park
Music and Lyrics (2007) -- Interview: Drew Barrymore On The Film
Music and Lyrics (2007) -- 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.

Overview

User Rating:
6.7/10   29,165 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Marc Lawrence (written by)
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Release Date:
14 February 2007 (USA) more
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Share the music with someone you love.
Plot:
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. full summary | full synopsis
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5 nominations more
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An unexpected pleasure more (260 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Hugh Grant ... Alex Fletcher

Scott Porter ... Colin Thompson
Nick Bacon ... Pop Bass Player
Andrew W. Blakemore ... Pop Guitar Player (as Andrew Wyatt Blakemore)
Dan McMillan ... Pop Drummer
Tom Foligno ... Has-Beens Promo Announcer (voice)

Zak Orth ... David Newbert - TV Executive #1
Brooke Tansley ... Janice Stern - TV Executive #2
Daniel Stewart Sherman ... Willy

Brad Garrett ... Chris Riley

Aasif Mandvi ... Khan

Drew Barrymore ... Sophie Fisher

Haley Bennett ... Cora Corman

Matthew Morrison ... Ray

Jason Antoon ... Greg Antonsky
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Additional Details

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Music and Lyrics by... (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some sexual content.
Runtime:
USA:96 min | Philippines:105 min | Hong Kong:104 min | Argentina:106 min | Croatia:95 min (DVD)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
As a child, Hugh Grant took piano lessons from Andrew Lloyd Webber's mother. At some point, he stopped piano lessons and subsequently forgot what he had learned. Prior to the filming of the movie, he was taught to play the portions where his hands would be visible on the keys. more
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: There is a scene where Alex and Sophie are walking to the coffee shop. The camera is traveling behind Sophie and Alex but you can clearly see that the audio is not synchronized with the movement of Alex' lips. more
Quotes:
Alex Fletcher: I slept with Sophie.
Chris Riley: [yelling] You slept with Sophie?
Alex Fletcher: Now remember your blood pressure. You're a tall man, you need all the pressure you can get!
Chris Riley: This is horrible Alex, this is very bad! Unless you're happy about this in which case I couldn't be more pleased for you... Should we do pros and cons?
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Movie Connections:
References V for Vendetta (2005) more
Soundtrack:
Don't Write Me Off more

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67 out of 80 people found the following comment useful.
An unexpected pleasure, 11 February 2007
9/10
Author: midwifejean from United Kingdom

It seems odd for me to give such a high rating for romantic comedy as I always find them frothy and lightweight. Yet I found this wonderfully pleasurable. Hugh grant may have been in his usual role of self depreciating charming English Gent who is living on his past pop star glory but the dialogue and one liners gave his role substance. He more than gave justice to them by his superb timing. Drew Barrimore also fell into the part as a woman who comes to feed the plants and ends up feeding ideas to him for a song in which he cant complete. The acting was spot on, the one liners witty but I think it was the music added joy to the film. As he said in the film don't quote me on this but something like " there is nothing like a good song for lifting your spirits in a second." I left this film feeling happy not only for the characters but in myself.!

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