Yeah, so I agreed to take Lacey to a chick-flick on Valentine's day. It had Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore in it, both of whom I like, and who make pretty good choices as far as these movies are concerned. And it got decent reviews on rotten tomatoes, so I figured it was safe. I wasn't expecting much, being as though it was a romantic comedy released ON Valentine's day, but I was extremely surprised to find an excellent movie! It was absolutely hilarious. The premise is that Hugh Grant is one of these has-been 80's stars who was in a huge band, but the lead singer went solo and now he's living off that success, but is a complete nobody. However, he survives, mostly due to the resurgence of 80's interest. Seeing a parody of those bands, with Hugh Grant as the keyboard player, was worth the price of admission by itself. I think I disturbed a lot of the people around us, laughing at his hip thrusts, hairstyle, and horrendous outfits. You really have to remember the 80's to get some of the humor (which I do), but it's totally worth it. This movie nails the music industry SPOT ON. So anyway, he is hired to write a song in 3 days for this bubble-gum pop star a la Britney/Christina/Shakira. He finds Barrymore in a meet-cute, and, well, you know the drill. I laughed a LOT, and the script was excellent! I really cared about the characters (which is hard for me in a chick flick), and although there were the obvious cliches, I really think this one's a buy-when-it-comes-out-er. I don't know how they got all those in-movie pop songs to be catchy, and "moving" but they succeed on almost every point. It was a very enjoyable time, and I'm STILL singing the main song they put together. I highly recommend this as a date movie with something extra to offer.
Posted by jmmelton at February 15, 2007 10:27 AM | TrackBack