A washed up singer is given a couple days to compose a chart-topping hit for an aspiring teen sensation. Though he's never written a decent lyric in his life, he sparks with an offbeat young... Read allA washed up singer is given a couple days to compose a chart-topping hit for an aspiring teen sensation. Though he's never written a decent lyric in his life, he sparks with an offbeat younger woman with a flair for words.A washed up singer is given a couple days to compose a chart-topping hit for an aspiring teen sensation. Though he's never written a decent lyric in his life, he sparks with an offbeat younger woman with a flair for words.
- Awards
- 6 nominations
- Pop Guitar Player
- (as Andrew Wyatt Blakemore)
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- TriviaAs a child, Hugh Grant took piano lessons from Andrew Lloyd Webber's mother. At some point, he stopped piano lessons and subsequently forgot what he had learned. Prior to the filming of the movie, he was taught to play the portions where his hands would be visible on the keys.
- GoofsWhen Alex and Sophie are at breakfast, Sophie's cup changes positions several times between shots. Many times, she will lift the cup to take a drink, then in the next shot the cup is back on the table.
- Quotes
Alex Fletcher: It doesn't have to be perfect. Just spit it out. They're just lyrics.
Sophie Fisher: "Just lyrics"?
Alex Fletcher: Lyrics are important. They're just not as important as melody.
Sophie Fisher: I really don't think you get it.
Alex Fletcher: Oh. You look angry. Click your pen.
Sophie Fisher: A melody is like seeing someone for the first time. The physical attraction. Sex.
Alex Fletcher: I so get that.
Sophie Fisher: But then, as you get to know the person, that's the lyrics. Their story. Who they are underneath. It's the combination of the two that makes it magical.
- Crazy creditsDuring the end credits the video of 'Pop Goes My Heart' is played with pop-ups similar to VH1's 'Pop-up Video'
- Alternate versionsIn the original version Sophie enters Alex's apartment asking him if he has a watering pot and telling about the eighty year old German screaming at her. In the German dubbing this old man is French.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Top Gear: Captain Slow Meets the Bugatti Veyron (2007)
- SoundtracksPoP! Goes My Heart
Written by Andrew Wyatt (as A. Blakemore) and Alanna Vicente
Produced by Josh Deutsch
Performed by Hugh Grant
[Played during the opening titles, sung by Alex in the amusement park, and played before and during the end titles]
1) The movie was funny.
-- Hugh Grant's one-sentence witty remarks came out natural and funny.
-- Their ability to poke fun of two distinct musical decades could be better, but still turned out pretty funny.
2) The plot was novel (at least to me).
-- "Meshing" the two music periods (the 80's and today) in the same movie provided a good way to contrast the two styles.
-- Since I'm not so familiar with the music industry, I enjoyed the "behind the scenes" with the trial and error of coming up with lyrics (at least in the way the movie portrays it.)
Other than that, it was the typical "chic-flick." Guy has problem with girl, he says some bad things, stir up some emotional scene and the usual -- will they get back together?
Other than that, if you're just looking for a good laugh, I'd give it a go!
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- Budget
- $40,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $50,572,589
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $13,623,630
- Feb 18, 2007
- Gross worldwide
- $145,896,422
- Runtime1 hour 44 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1