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(1 - 40) of 40 OFCS Rating: 64% Fresh Page   1   "Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore, who generate great chemistry together, display impeccable comic timing in 'Music and Lyrics.'"   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker 6/10 "The cinematic equivalent of a drugstore-bought Whitman's Sampler: it's overly sweet, of questionable quality, and you appreciate it more in theory than in practice"   Freeze Dried Movies   Brian Juergens C+ "The melody of the film is found between scenes, where Barrymore and Grant aren't forcing themselves into roles or inane banter, but coasting on each other's charisma and sneaking in a rapport with the audience that eludes Lawrence's grand design."   OhmyNews.com   Brian Orndorf C "The novelty of comedic musical hooks, and the eye pleasing coupling of Barrymore and Grant, dissolves with writer/director Marc Lawrence's ("Miss Congeniality") predictable storyline."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "This is Barrymore's burden, that she consistently resists generic business even as she makes it tolerable. The next step is to challenge the business outright."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 3/5 "Watching 'Music and Lyrics' is like watching an exceptionally good cover band imitate Wham! or Duran Duran. They'll manage to hit all the familiar notes, but there won't be any surprises or any sound that's not already on your CDs at home."   eFilmCritic.com   Dan Lybarger 2/4 "...an effective romcom this is not..."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair 3/4 "A beguiling, witty and truly romantic date flick."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman 3/4 "Music and Lyrics has a very strange notion of how business meetings are conducted and an even stranger opinion of the pull songwriters have in the music industry, but Barrymore's balancing act keeps everything else feeling real."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez 2/5 "Una comedia romántica realmente menor y predecible, con alguna ironía sobre la música pop de los años '80 (y la de ahora)."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio B "A frothy, funny, frivolous affair, largely because of Grant's contributions."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 2/4 "The laughs are scattered and hopefully in ten years the work of Marc Lawrence will also be non-existent and left in the Wal-Mart bargain bins where they belong without a divider."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress B "A lively, funny paean to pop culture, a romantic comedy in which the romance takes a back seat to the film's sneaky insights into the timeless appeal of popular music."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov 2.5/4 "Although at times bland and cheesy in concept, Music and Lyrics has the right kind of benevolent bounce to its cheeky step."   Movie Eye   Frank Ochieng B- "Flyweight but mostly agreeable romantic comedy...buoyed by its jovial but good-natured send-up of pop music past and present."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 2/5 "Not even the considerable charm of Grant and Barrymore can make this trivial and predictable romantic comedy shine."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3/4 "The movie fails to achieve a position in the top echelon of romantic comedies, but it resides high enough in the pecking order to be worth a look by anyone with a penchant for the genre."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3/4 "Music and Lyrics is a nice, light, bright romantic comedy -- a demonstration of the best and the worst of modern romantic comedy in action, in fact. ..."   Cinematical   James Rocchi 3/4 "Screams mainstream but it's a sweet-enough holiday confection."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 6/10 "Music and Lyrics admits its own shallowness, but it wants you to admit you shamelessly enjoy it too."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen 5/10 "Music and Lyrics could have had more rhythm and a better beat..."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio 6/10 "It's a little like watching Gandalf and Frodo share scenes."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick 4/5 "...when this movie gets a moment right, it nails it. It's now you tolerate/notice the rest that will affect your experience."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Karina Montgomery 4/5 "strikes a solid chord with its mix of feel-good romantic comedy and searing commentary on the music industry as a whole"   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr 2/4 "Writer-director Marc Lawrence's dispiriting romantic comedy is a formulaic exercise in mismatched characters doing stupid things to delay the moment when they fall in love, then doing more stupid things to temporarily derail their budding romance."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 3/4 "As sweet and likeable as its title is bland."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik A "Like a catchy pop song you can't stop humming, the sublime romantic melody of Music and Lyrics puts a smile on your face and love in your heart."   Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema   Mark Pfeiffer 2.5/5 "So many things go wrong in the film, but the music is intriguing ... certainly food for thought where the rest of the film leaves us starving."   Goatdog's Movies   Michael W. Phillips, Jr. 3/4 "Music and Lyrics is not the most original or ambitious movie I've ever seen. However, Barrymore is well-paired with Grant in a story that is smarter than you might think. It's just all-around good fun."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B+ "Comedy that is actually funny plus romance that is actually sweet equals a sunny little valentine to brighten the winter doldrums."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow C "Far too little originality ... to make the film anything other than a disposable rom-com triviality."   Lessons of Darkness   Nick Schager 3/5 "There are a surprising number of laughs, and the saccharine content is kept to a minimum. A mostly enjoyable experience, all told."   Film Threat   Pete Vonder Haar 3/5 "The plot is paper-thin, and the set-up is beyond contrived (a plant waterer?), but there are a surprising number of laughs, and the saccharine content is kept to a minimum."   Film Threat   Pete Vonder Haar 3/5 "Silly and enjoyable, but superficial and formulaic."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline B- "The bounce in the film's step renders its otherwise timid approach agreeable."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux B "This movie has more witty lines in any 10 minute clip than most comedies have in the entire film."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten "If there's one thing Music and Lyrics understands, it's the apparent effortlessness of a good pop song, the way, particularly on a bad day, it can seem like a gift floating down from the heavens."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 7/10 "An indubitably delightful date movie"   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf 2.5/4 Read review   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito  (1 - 40) of 40 OFCS Rating: 64% Fresh Page   1