Music and Lyrics (HD DVD) (US Version) HD-DVD

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 reality show. Sophie Fisher (Drew Barrymore) is a gifted writer with deep inferiority issues who's been hired to water Fletcher's plants, and ends up becoming his emergency fill-in lyricist for a song he needs to deliver to teen queen singer Cora (Haley Bennett) in four days. Despite this contrived "cute meet," the film, to its great credit, deftly avoids many possible rom-com tropes in favor of organic, character-driven conflicts and comic situations. Alex and Sophie fall in love, struggle over their song, and wrestle with their own respective resistance to romantic happiness, while simultaneously coping with the frustrations of the creative process and the demands of the music industry. The two leads (aided by great comic sidekick turns from Brad Garrett and Kristen Johnston) manage to pull all this off with a lightness of touch that makes the characters' vulnerability appealing and not pathetic. The original songs by Adam Schlesinger (the go-to guy for singer-songwriter film music) is charming and catchy.

3 stars out of 4 -- "Hugh Grant's has-been pop star in MUSIC AND LYRICS is the ideal fit for the actor's trademark low-key, self-deprecating wit." - Claudia, Puig (USA TODAY CRITIC), USA Today, 02/16/2007

"MUSIC AND LYRICS includes some great throwback faux music videos." -- Grade: B- - Lisa, Schwarzbaum (Entertainment Weekly Critic), Entertainment Weekly, 02/23/2007

"The couple work well, with Barrymore's more grounded performance enabling Grant, whose role is business as usual, to steal most of the laughs....There is an understated poetry of sorts at work in the film." - Patrick, Fahy (Sight and Sound Critic), Sight and Sound, 04/01/2007

"Grant and Barrymore's] chemistry and comic repartee evoke the lightheartedness of screwball romantic classics of the Thirties and Forties." - Film Comment Staff (Film Comment Critic), Film Comment, 05/01/2007

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Product Title:	Music and Lyrics (HD DVD) (US Version) [num]歌有情人 (HD DVD) (美國版) [num]歌有情人 (HD DVD) (美国版) Music and Lyrics (HD DVD) (US Version) Music and Lyrics (HD DVD) (US Version)
Artist Name(s):	Hugh Grant (Actor) | Drew Barrymore (Actor) | Campbell Scott (Actor) | Irene Bedard (Actor) | Verne Troyer (Actor) | Hayley Bennett (Actor) | Paul M. Heller 曉格蘭特 (Actor) | 祖娜芭莉摩亞 (Actor) | 甘寶史葛 (Actor) | Irene Bedard (Actor) | Verne Troyer (Actor) | Hayley Bennett (Actor) | Paul M. Heller 晓格兰特 (Actor) | 祖娜芭莉摩亚 (Actor) | Campbell Scott (Actor) | Irene Bedard (Actor) | Verne Troyer (Actor) | Hayley Bennett (Actor) | Paul M. Heller ヒュー・グラント (Actor) | Ｄｒｅｗ ドリュー・バリモア (Actor) | Ｃａｍｐｂｅｌｌ Ｓｃｏｔｔ (Actor) | Irene Bedard (Actor) | Verne Troyer (Actor) | Hayley Bennett (Actor) | Paul M. Heller 휴그랜트 (Actor) | 드류 베리모어 (Actor) | Campbell Scott (Actor) | Irene Bedard (Actor) | Verne Troyer (Actor) | Hayley Bennett (Actor) | Paul M. Heller
Director:	Paul M. Heller Paul M. Heller Paul M. Heller Paul M. Heller Paul M. Heller
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Release Date:	2007-06-12
UPC Code:	085391112877
Language:	English
Country of Origin:	United States
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Color Information:	Color
Disc Format(s):	HD DVD
Rating:	PG-13 (MPAA)
Publisher:	Warner Home Video
Package Weight:	280 (g)
Shipment Unit:	2 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1004815639

Director: Mark Lawrence

HD DVD/DVD Hybrid Features:
note: This is a HD-DVD/DVD hybrid, playable on HD-DVD and standard DVD players.

Widescreen
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English, French, Spanish
Subtitles - English, French, Spanish
Additional Release Material:
Additional Footage
Behind the Scenes - 1. "Note for Note": The Making of Music and Lyrics
Deleted Scenes
Gag Reel
Music Video - "Pop Goes My Heart"