Music and Lyrics Review

Beautiful, neurotic, hypochondriacal writer meets handsome, self-absorbed, boy-band has-been...that's how this movie starts out and I gotta tell ya, it's a formula for greatness!  Hugh Grant plays the aging 80's pop star Alex Fletcher who is asked to write a new song for a Britney Spears-type pop star named Cora.  In the absence of a "sane" lyricist, Alex discovers his interim plant-waterer, Sophie Fisher (played by Drew Barrymore), is a "born lyricist."  Their journey together to write a hit song in only a few days leaves you holding your sides with laughter and, in spite of yourself, saying "awwwwwww" at the end when Alex makes an insanely romantic gesture to win Sophie back after a nasty falling-out (no spoilers here, you gotta watch the movie to see what I'm talking about!).  As always, Hugh Grant is ridiculously charming and Drew Barrymore is disgustingly adorable (I say that because, God help me, I want to be just like her).  A total must-see for Hugh Grant, Drew Barrymore, or good movie fans!  I promise you won't regret watching this one, if for no other reason than Hugh Grant wears wonderfully tight pants for most of the movie! ;)