Music and Lyrics (2007)

	Directed by: Mark Lawrence	COUNTRY USA GENRE Drama/Romance NORWEGIAN TITLE Music and Lyrics RUNNING TIME 96 minutes
	Produced by: Mace Neufeld
	Written by: Mark Lawrence

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Alex Fletcher	Hugh Grant	½
Sophie Fisher	Drew Barrymore	½
Chris Riley	Brad Garrett
Cora Corman	Haley Bennett	½
Sloan Cates	Campbell Scott	½

Review

A joyride for anyone growing up during the 1980s, as well as a fairly fresh romantic comedy. The characters don’t act as human beings when the film’s structure needs them to serve other purposes, but Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore are thoroughly charming in their own usual ways, and they are cute and occasionally funny in their mutual scenes. Still, the most enjoyable asset of Music and Lyrics is its delicate combination of ridiculing and celebrating the good old '80s and the wonderfully synthetic music that came out of that decade. The original songs, by Adam Schlesinger, are almost as good as the classics themselves, and the opening music video is worth the price of admission alone.