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2007 [[Romantic Comedy]], and [[Affectionate Parody]] of 1980s pop music and the stars related to it.
In [[The Eighties]], Alex Fletcher (Hugh Grant) was one of the biggest pop stars in the world, as a singer
Unfortunately for him, even this last well of employment (and dignity) seems to be drying up; there's new old acts embarking on reunion tours every day, and Alex is losing gigs. Possible salvation - and a return to the [[Glory Days|Good Old Days]] - beckons when Cora Corman (Haley Bennett), a Britney-style teenybopper star and fan of his music, commissions him to write a duet to be performed on her next album and concert tour. Unfortunately, Alex only wrote the music, not the lyrics; however, [[Contrived Coincidence|by an astonishing stroke of luck]], his attractive-but-scatty plant-waterer, Sophie Fisher ([[Drew Barrymore]]), demonstrates an unexpected knack for writing song lyrics...
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* [[Affectionate Parody]]: 1980s pop music is treated very affectionately; the absurdities and pretensions of the fashions are spoofed (most effectively in the hilarious music video for
* [[Concert Climax]]: Sort of: Alex and Sophie's reunion takes place off-stage.
* [[Concert Kiss]]: Alex and Sophie
* [[Contrived Coincidence]]: Alex can't write lyrics and needs a lyricist, quick. Sophie,
** Sophie is also emphatically not looking for a writing job. Good thing she [[You Talk Too Much|can't stop herself]] thinking aloud. Having a pushy, PoP-obsessed sister is a bonus.
* [[Creator Breakdown]]: Explored; Alex makes a convincing argument that it's better to channel your personal issues into creative endeavours (and get paid for them) than moping around "being a little bit self indulgent." {{spoiler|The first decent song he manages to write entirely by himself, "Don't Write Me Off", reflects this.}}
** Also parodied; it's suggested that "Greg the rhyming psychopath's" dark, grim lyrics are a reflection of this trope.
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* [[Dismotivation]]: Both Alex and Sophie, in many ways.
* [[Duet Bonding]]
* [[Dumb Blonde]]: Cora Corman.
* [[Face of the Band]]: Alex is an illustration of what happens to the person on the other side of this trope.
* [[Game Show Appearance]]: Alex's back-story is introduced with a career summary on an in-universe game show, ''Battle of the 80s Has-beens''. Subverted because he chose not to go on the show.
* [[Glory Days]]: Subverted - Alex isn't exactly thrilled with his lot, but is more or less resigned to it, never really demonstrates any burning desire to get back where he was, and treats his fans and low-rent gigs sardonically but with real affection.
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]!: [[Glee|Mr. Shue]] is Cora's manager, in a film where Drew Barrymore sings, Mr. Shue neither sings nor dances.
* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]:
* [[Laser-Guided Karma]]: Sophie suffers a breakdown on finding out that Sloan, her former professor, is making a major motion picture of the book he wrote about their affair. At the end of the film, we find that the movie was mercilessly shot down by critics, completely ruining his career.
* [[Lost Love Montage]]
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* [[Plagiarism in Fiction]]: What Sophie's ex-boyfriend accuses her of. In a national bestseller. Ouch.
* [[Sad Times Montage]]
* [[Stuffy Old Songs About the Buttocks]]: "Entering Bootytown"
* [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]]: In the form of a VH1 "Pop-Up Video" segment!
* [[White Dwarf Starlet]]: As above, Alex isn't really obsessing over the good old days.
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[[Category:Films of the 2000s]]
[[Category:Music and Lyrics]]
[[Category:Film]]
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