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The opening credit starts with the song "POP goes my heart" sung by the band POP.Alex Fletcher(Hugh Grant) is an 80’s pop star from the band which is now broken up.After POP’s
success,bandmember Colin leaves for his own solo career which becomes a huge hit.Colin goes on to get his own perfume launched while Alex becomes an 80’s has-been.Alex doesn’t seem to bother that his own solo album’s been declared a flop.He still makes his living as a star by performing his POP hits in amusement parks & for reunions.He looks at his life in a good-humoured way with his manager Chris(Brad Garrett).Reigning pop queen Cora(Haley Bennett) makes an offer to Alex which he can’t refuse-to perform a concert with her at Madison Square.The only catch is that he must write a new song on the title ’Way Back into Love’ within a week’s time.Alex is a little week on the lyrical side ’cause it’s been ten years since he’s written lyrics.Sophie Fisher(Drew Barrymore) is a lady who waters Alex’s plants & she tends to be gifted with poetic words.Soon Alex & Sophie team up to write the lyrics for the song.While doing so,they also open up about their lives to each other & Alex finds out that Sophie suffers from her own problems.Alex asks her to confront her issues while Sophie teaches him the importance of having good lyrics in a song.Alex is a very musical guy who focusses on the melody in a song since he feels it’s the melody that captures everyone’s attention.But according to Sophie,as one gets to know the melody better the only thing that keeps the song going is the lyrics.She compares melody to physical attraction & sex & lyrics to the heart & emotions of a person.After one sees the physical stuff,then the only thing that keeps love going are the feeling that a man & woman share.This is the underlying basis of the movie.Alex is the music & Sophie is the lyrics.Later on,when the time comes to show Cora the finished product,Cora is all praise for the duo & she fixes a time when they can record the song.But Alex & Sophie get horrified when they see Cora doing exotic dances with a ’huff & puff" of orgasms to their romantic number.Cora believes in Buddhism & she also believes in doing exotic dances with skimpy clothes to Indian music that portray her ’spiritual’ side.Sophie wants to tell Cora that she’s damaging two musical cultures at a time.But Alex informs Sophie that everything’s fair in money & the music world.Sophie is disgusted that he’s prepared to allow anyone to ruin his art for the sake of money.What follows is a tale of music,lyrics & sweet love.Hugh Grant is perfect as Alex Fletcher & his sarcastic comments bring a smile to one’s face.Drew Barrymore seems comfortable in her role as a sweet & quirky woman.This is a ’popcorn movie’,no doubt.But I’m a sucker for romantic comedies & I know many people out there also appreciate the so called ’popcorn movies’.Hey!Only these sort of movies manage to keep me smiling.
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The sarcastic take on the music industry
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Movie Genre:
Comedy
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Ending
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