Music and Lyrics is an entertaining, sweet romantic comedy. Drew Barrymore is a very good actress for this particular role. And I loved Hugh grant playing opposite Barrymore. The romantic chemistry between them is great, starts out as just friends working on music together, but of course their connection turns into a romantic relationship. I also really loved Kristen Johnston in her supporting role. She was actually one of my very favorite parts of the whole film. She is just absolutely hilarious. I loved the comedic lines the script provided her with, and the way she delivered them was done with great timing. That's one thing I love about the script for this movie, it provides it's actors with effective comedic lines. I loved the Buddhist Britney Spears like pop star in the film, she gave a lot of good material for comedy, she wasn't all that funny herself, but like I said, she gave funny material to other characters, how people reacted to what she did was the real comedy. All in all, this rom com is humorous, especially if you were alive and can remember the 1980s. I of course was not, but I still found it funny. It's just that you will probably be able to relate more effectively to everything if you were in the 80s. 7/10

For me it got off to a rocky start but settled down into a gentle romantic comedy.There are no surprises here, it is fairly predictable fare. But is has it's charms. The leads work well together; indeed they are the heavyweights of their chosen genre: light and fluffy stuff; I don't think either Drew Barrymore or Hugh Grant have ventured beyond light entertainment; but perhaps that is a good thing; it's where they belong; neither seem to have other aspirations.I thought that the casting was near perfect; the peripheral characters were very believable. I particularly liked the agent(the older brother in Everybody Loves Raymond) and the young singer Cora, who represents everything you can imagine in a young modern pop star. I also liked Justin Timberlake's near cameo (he certainly gets around), he doesn't mind taking the mickey out of himself, though I felt he could have pushed it a little more for comic effect.Definitely one for a relaxing time, when you don't want to use your brain-power.

Slightly better than usual Hugh Grant rom-com vehicle which sees him play an ageing, 80's has-been Andrew Ridgley-type popster who gets an unlikely break from the constant round of playing the oldies circuit when he's asked to write a song for the new, hot young Britney / Christina kid-on-the-block. However, rather like, say, Elton John, he doesn't do lyrics and needs to find one fast to complete the new song on deadline and give his erstwhile career a much needed boost. By chance, it turns out his young, female plant- lady (i.e. she waters his plants) has a way with words and because she's also Drew Barrymore they form an offbeat partnership, get involved and along the way solve Barrymore's own issues which revolve around an old teacher of hers who's used her experiences as the thinly disguised subject of a hit, soon-to-be-filmed best seller of his.The film starts off very funnily with a spot-on mickey-take of the relentlessly upbeat 80's videos from those boys from Wham, before the main story takes over and I suppose falters from there. Grant is a bit less gauche and narcissistic than usual (strangely so, given his character's C.V. here) and Barrymore is more clever than cute when her character might have played better if those traits were reversed.There's not a great deal of romantic spark between them although cosmetically they spark a little better off each other. Sadly, the supporting characters are thin while story goes through the predictable series of will they, won't they get together ups and downs before the expected happy-ending sees the succeed together on a personal and commercial level.The best lines are still those which spoof the 80's music scene, in my opinion, the decade that fashion and talent forgot, the rest of it is, unsurprisingly, soft and warm and fuzzy, rather like a typical George Michael single of the time. The big conclusion, at a massive concert thrown by new hipster Cora, sees Grant, heretofore an inept lyricist, but who throughout must of the film, keeps up a mostly witty and confident dialogue and writes a fluent open-letter lyric to Barrymore just as she's quitting the big showcase concert of Cora's where he appears to be taking sole credit for their new song for Cora.Like 80's music in general, this reasonably pleasant and amusing film doesn't exactly challenge the senses but passes the time amiably enough.

This is my definition of the perfect pop movie. Drew and Hugh make us believe in these quirky characters, the music is spot on, the humor perfectly timed. It's under-rated because it doesn't try to be something it's not, so refreshing, but succeeds brilliantly at what it is--a seemingly effortless, finding themselves romantic comedy.If there were ever a documentary film devoted to best comic moments by supporting players this film has several that qualify for the hall of fame, including scenes with the apartment desk clerk played by Aasif Mandvi or with Drew's sister in the film played by Kristen Johnston.It's six years later and I still feel peeved when the talking heads who originally reviewed this film have the last word. It's a lovely dessert.