The real reason Music and Lyrics should be remembered is for the actual music
But this is a movie that happened, even if most of us seem to have missed it due to romantic comedy fatigue and perhaps the fact that we weren’t quite ready for the kind of tongue-in-cheek retoolings of cherished pop culture that are currently so popular. The plot ofis pretty standard romantic comedy fare—Hugh Grant plays Alex Fletcher, a washed-up musician set to run out of money if he can’t turn around a hit for reigning pop princess Cora in a few short days.
And that is an adequate enough plot, leaving plenty of space for two romantic comedy naturals to do what they do, which is be charming standing next to one another with a camera pointed at them.As a romantic comedy leading man, the appeal of Hugh Grant is a bit like one of those blurred posters in a late-’90s mall. If you didn’t see the dolphins hidden in the center within the first few minutes of staring, you were probably never going to see them.
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