Grant has the occasional good line (or at least he makes a few of them seem funny), but the film limps along like someone trying to tap dance in flippers.
Comment
02/18/07
Music and Lyrics (2007)
63 %
Reviews Counted: 158 Fresh: 99 Rotten:59 Average Rating: 6/10
Consensus:
Music & Lyrics is a light and pleasant romantic comedy that succeeds because of the considerable charm of its co-stars. The music segments featuring Hugh Grant are worth the price of admission.
Rated: PG
Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins
Theatrical Release: 09-02-2007
Synopsis: Alex Fletcher (Hugh Grant) is a cynical and self-deprecating former pop idol (the hilarious opening video introduces his '80s new wave band Pop!) who is now playing the nostalgia circuit, but has maintained enough dignity to turn down an appearance on a "Battle of the '80s Has-Beens" TV... [More]
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Musicians, Relationships, Singers, Composers
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Hugh Grant, Brad Garrett, Kristen Johnston, Campbell Scott
Reviews
The leads show all the sexual understanding of strapping two cats together, throwing them in a tumble dryer, and expecting them to mate. When they kiss, it has all the romantic impact of watching Wildlife on One.
02/09/07
The film isn't that risky, and the romantic obstacles thrown in the couple's way feel a little perfunctory.
02/09/07
So, this is a passable, often funny rom-com that’ll make an awful lot of Friday-night daters very happy. But it really is high time Grant tried something different.
02/09/07
This is a highly entertaining little comedy that soars far above the usual level of chick-flick.
02/09/07
Sorry? If Cole Porter put his name to Barrymore's "Figuring out you and me/Is like doing a love autopsy..." he'd surely have been thrown out of the Waldorf-Astoria in disgust, whatever he was wearing.
02/09/07
Top Critic
Grant and Barrymore make a reasonable odd couple, and both have charm, but this never comes to life.
02/09/07
Top Critic
It says a lot about the film that the most positive things I can find to write are that Grant has a couple of decent lines and Barrymore has nice skin.
02/09/07
Top Critic
If music be the food of love, Music and Lyrics is a recipe for indigestion.
02/09/07
Top Critic
Grant and Barrymore just don't have the depth or chemistry to make you care. In short: flat like Milli Vanilli.
02/09/07
Top Critic Top Critic
Enjoyable romantic comedy with likeable characters, a decent script and some surprisingly catchy tunes.
02/08/07
A watchable, workaday rom-com with business as usual from the leads, a bland plot and inconsistent characters.
02/06/07
Top Critic
Move beyond the lame title, and you'll find an unexpectedly good movie, with the inspired casting of Drew Berry and Hugh Grant possessing the necessary chemistry to lift this rote, manufactured story into something appealing.
07/26/07
Far too little originality ... to make the film anything other than a disposable rom-com triviality.
07/03/07
Hugh Grant is a genius at romantic comedy. He has just the right blend of good looks, sex appeal, wit, sensitivity, self-awareness, and even more endearing, self-mockery.
04/23/07
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