"Pop, there goes my heart"

Rating: 6/10 (25 July 2007)

In "Music and Lyrics" we meet a former pop-star Alex Fletcher (Hugh Grant) whose star is fading. He gets a one-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hit the gates of fame again by making a song for a hot new star Cora. Making lyrics isn't the strongest ability of Alex but he finds help in form of his plant-nurser Sophie (Drew Barrymore). You might guess what will happen next...
The plot in "Music and Lyrics" is from the pen of film's director Marc Lawrence whose earlier efforts include also a Hugh Grant Rom-com "Two Weeks Notice". The plot walks on the path of comedy and romance with spices that has been used several times. There is a few good laughs like the starting sequence which is hilarious but unfortunately Lawrence has gone where the fence is lowest.
"Music and Lyrics" manages to do its job and entertain. Hugh Grant is again solid and subtle and quirky charismatic. The pair Grant-Barrymore is a little odd because the chemistry between them seems to be so called forced just in the name of acting. There isn't much to act in such a flat script. But I have to admit that "Music and Lyrics" is a little better than lazy "Two Weeks Notice".
I recommend it for lazy Sunday afternoon!