Before I write my review on this movie, I confess that I am a huge Drew Barrymore fan. I think she is excellent in these kind of romantic comedies and find her very... uh... hot. heh. Yeah, I noe she's not 'hot' in the typical sex-bomb kinda way, but somehow I like her in all her movies like The Wedding Singer, 50 First dates and of course the Charlie Angels movies.
Ok, so M&L is really your typical love story. This means there's usually 4 parts:
(1) Beat around the bush, dance around the trees, I don't like you but I actually do, etc, etc.
(2) Fall in love (expectedly in supposedly unexpected ways)
(3) Conflict (usually coz the guy's a jerk)
(4) Romantic kiss & make up.
But of course, just becoz u follow the formula doesn't mean the movie will be enjoyable. This movie works coz:
(1) Hugh Grant is pretty good as the wash-out pop idol from the 80s.
(2) The digs at boy bands of the 80s (complete with sappy songs and thrusting hips) and the dumb blonde singers of the the new millenium.
(3) The script that doesn't try to be anything more than what it's supposed to be.
(4) THE WONDERFUL ACTING OF DREW BARRYMORE. (How can anyone tahan her act-cute scenes and her heart wrenching sob scenes.)
So, of course, this movie gets a MUST WATCH from me. But you might want to downgrade that by a notch or two to be a little more realistic lar. (To most common folks, this would be a CAN WATCH.)
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