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14 February 2007 (USA) moreTagline:
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 synopsisAwards:
5 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Surprisingly good fun - better than you'd think. 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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Rated PG-13 for some sexual content.Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
USA:96 min | Philippines:105 min | Hong Kong:104 min | Argentina:106 min | Croatia:95 min (DVD)Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishColor:
ColorAspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 moreCertification:
USA:PG-13 | Ireland:PG | Malaysia:U | Hong Kong:IIA | Australia:PG | Germany:o.Al. | Canada:PG (Ontario) | South Korea:12 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Singapore:PG (edited version) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | UK:PG | Argentina:Atp | Netherlands:AL | Finland:S | Denmark:A | New Zealand:PG | Portugal:M/12 | Sweden:BtlFun Stuff
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Hugh Grant learned to play piano for the film, and both he and Drew Barrymore learned to sing. However, while you can watch Hugh play on screen, the audio you hear of the piano performance is actually vocal coach Michael Rafter. moreGoofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: 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. moreQuotes:
Alex Fletcher: People wait their whole lives to see an ex when things are going really good. it NEVER happens. You could make relationship history! moreSoundtrack:
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I've just read the first review on here and I'm a little surprised at the things it said but as always, these things are only an opinion. Anyway, I went to the World Premiere last night and here's what I thought.
The plot is fairly simple - Hugh Grant plays a washed out 80s pop star with a flair for melodies but no clue about lyrics. Cue the dizzy plant-girl (do people really have a plant-girl??) Drew Barrymore who can throw lyrics together without a problem. The relationship between Drew and Hugh is built well - especially when you remember that Drew is 31 and Hugh is 47. There's nothing wrong with such a gap, I'm simply saying the chemistry is there (or they would have looked a little creepy).
Haley Bennett plays Cora, a Britney/Christina/Shakira mish-mash who is looking to do a duet with Hugh's character. She is brilliant at the shallow, superficial teen-nymphette and it's a surprise to see that it's her first feature. And check out her costumes! The soundtrack is good fun - pretend 80s songs mix with Cora's modern pop and the Hugh/Drew demo track is nice too. One of the songs sounds a bit like The Whitlams. The spoken section at the very start of the film sounded awful but the rest was fine - maybe the cinema's problem but I was in the Odeon Leicester Square....
The editing seemed a tiny bit, er, clunky at times - scenes cut into each other messily and dialogue at one point seemed to be cut short. It hadn't been but it just sounded that way at the time.
I didn't expect to like the film that much - I only went as I fancy Drew to bits (and having seen her close up I'm right to!) but both my girlfriend and I came out laughing and humming the main song. It's genuinely as good as any other Hugh Grant film and is another great performance from Drew (though it doesn't get near Wedding Singer or Doppelganger (joking about Doppelganger)). It's well worth going to see at the cinema and is a proper feel good rom-com. There's no shame in it for us fellas as Drew is nice to look at, as is Haley. My girlfriend loved it.