Les Mots pour lui dire

Original title: The Rewrite

2014
12
1h 47m

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6.3/10

23K

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Hugh Grant, Marisa Tomei, Allison Janney, J.K. Simmons, and Bella Heathcote in Les Mots pour lui dire (2014)

Former A-list screenwriter Keith Michaels takes a teaching position at a university in the quiet town of Binghamton, where his attitude slowly begins to turn when he meets Holly, a single mom working two jobs to earn her degree.

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An Oscar-winning writer in a slump leaves Hollywood to teach screenwriting at a college on the East Coast, where he falls for a single mom taking classes there.An Oscar-winning writer in a slump leaves Hollywood to teach screenwriting at a college on the East Coast, where he falls for a single mom taking classes there.An Oscar-winning writer in a slump leaves Hollywood to teach screenwriting at a college on the East Coast, where he falls for a single mom taking classes there.

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IMDb RATING

6.3/10

23K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
The scene in which Hugh Grant's character watches himself in a video clip on the Internet is the video of the actual acceptance speech given by Hugh Grant in 1995 when he won the Golden Globe as the Best Actor in a Comedy/Musical for 4 mariages et 1 enterrement (1994). They dubbed the speech to reflect the fictional movie screenplay at the center of The Rewrite.

Goofs
When Holly mentions the book "Late Bloomers" to Keith she says that Alan Rickman got his first movie role at the age of 48. Alan Rickman's first movie role and big break was in Die Hard (1988) and he was 42 when the movie was released.

Quotes
Keith Michaels: Dr. Lerner, you must have an opinion on this?
Dr. Lerner: Hah! I have a wife and four daughters; I have no opinions.

Crazy credits
During the closing credits several additional scenes are shown, including Sara crying while watching the end of "Dirty Dancing" on her computer in a library cubicle and Holly dancing with her daughters in the dance studio.

Connections
Featured in The Graham Norton Show: Hugh Grant/Emma Thompson/Luke Evans/Lenny Kravitz (2014)

Soundtracks
Don't Wait Too Long
Written by Madeleine Peyroux, Jessie Harris and Lawrence Klein
Performed by Madeleine Peyroux
Courtesy of Rounder Records

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Featured review

7/10

Surprisingly Watchable

Film of Choice in a Boeing 767 at 36,000 feet - The Rewrite. I wanted something light and predictable for a 7 hour transatlantic flight and had about 50 films to choose from, how times have changed. The rewrite stars Hugh Grant as a once bright young Oscar winning screen writer who hasn't written anything of note since. Divorced from his wife, alienated from his son and so broke his electric gets cut off, he is forced to take a teaching position in a small American town in the back of beyond. This is a typical Hugh Grant vehicle, and while there is nothing outstanding about this film, if you are a fan of his acting style and the way he bumbles through his film is the same fashion time and again, you are guaranteed to like this film. I find I can watch his films and enjoy them, and he is helped along here by Marisa Tomei who is a single Mum taking his class. Unlike its main character, this film is not an Oscar winner but is a fairly watchable effort.