moviejournal - music and lyrics

there are few actors that are really comfortable in certain roles. Matt Damon is smooth as Bourne, Nice Cage sublime as unwilling hero, tom hanks perfect as family man. hugh grant, on the other hand, shines when put against a smart actress and witty plots. fortunately, music and lyrics is one of his good works in recent years.

there really is nothing much to the genre of romantic comedy. the genre says it all: it has to be romantically involving two or more person, and it has to be funny. in other words, two funny people flirting is what works. Grant is perfectly suited to the funny one-liner style british comedy that we all got so fond of in recent years, following the dramatic and huge success of Hugh Laurie's house and other english dramas. plus i like him.

he definitely shows his age in this film though, once the handsome throb dude is no more, the thing is though he didn't seem to catch on with his age, still wielding the same level of youthful power he once commanded. while it is nothing to be alarmed of, this will eventually catch on and he has to do the sean cornnery type image revamp to adapt to another age group.

drew barrymore is as cute as ever, however his uneven mouth shape is ever so obvious in close up shots. but she's being sweet and lovely and all smiling, who can resist that?

all in all, a wonderful time spent worthwhile.