Christina Reviews *Music & Lyrics*

***½

         Is anyone funnier than Hugh Grant?  Is there any other British actor who stirs such intense sexual longing within women (and within those men who happen to have been born gay?).  If so, I have yet to find him.

        Hugh Grant plays aging pop star Alex Fletcher who saw his best days in the 80’s.  Drew Barrymore plays a younger woman who has never heard of him.  Barrymore’s character Sophie has been hired to water Grant’s plants.  While watering the plants, she overhears Alex trying to come up with a new song and she offers some words of advice.  He decides that it might not be a bad idea to have her be his lyricist since he’s better at writing melodies.  The two of them are asked to write a song for singing phenom/Britney Spears knock-off Cora Corman.  Cora is a big fan of Alex, even though she probably wasn’t even born yet when he was famous.

         This is a funny movie for those who are familiar with 80’s pop sensations such as Wham! and Duran Duran and can get the references.  For those who don’t know Madonna from Debbie Gibson, I would still recommend this movie because the music is catchy.