Predictable, cliché, cheesy...and tons of fun!

Rating: 8/10 (18 February 2007)

Sometimes you just need a movie that makes you smile, laugh, and feel good about life for a couple hours. This works. Grant is hilarious and believable in his role as a "has-been" 80's pop star and Barrymore is fun to watch. There are no surprises but the video sequence at the beginning of the film alone is worth the price of admission. For anyone who remembers the absurdity of 80's pop (and especially for those who reveled in it!), it is a lot of fun. It's a movie that doesn't take itself or its characters too seriously (if at all). It's well done, however, and I found the concert scene at Madison Square Garden amazingly realistic, for what it is.