Storyline
A washed up singer is given a couple days to compose a chart-topping hit for an aspiring teen sensation. Though he's never written a decent lyric in his life, he sparks with an offbeat younger woman with a flair for words.
Directors
Cast
Kristen Johnston, Drew Barrymore, Jason Antoon, Carly Lang, Katherine Hoskins Mackey, Scott Porter, Brad Garrett, Haley Bennett, Bernadette Lords, Aasif Mandvi, Adam Grupper, Peter Conboy, Johnathan Hallgrey, Kathleen McNenny, Hugh Grant, Campbell Scott, Amanda Florian, Brianna Leann Florian, Tiffany Ashley Florian, Zak Orth, Tom Foligno, Nick Bacon, Andrew Wyatt, Dan McMillan, Brooke Tansley, Daniel Stewart Sherman, Matthew Morrison, Jeremy Karson, Emma Lesser, Charlotte Maier, Toni Trucks, Lanette Ware, Billy Griffith, Stevie Ray Dallimore, Spenser Leigh, Lou Torres, Kali R. Harrison, Dan Karaty, Chris Moss, Christine Ashley DeJesus, Dana DePalo, Gerard Heintz, Antoine 'Doc' Judkins, Nick Kenkel, Nina Lafarga, Monique Lea-Gall, Sarah Mitchell, Marielys Molina, Jorge Santos, Seth Stewart, Roel Suasin, Reed Kelly, Ariana Bernstein, Marc C. Cancassi, Bill Chemerka, Michael Ciesla, Ed Cuffe, Chris J. Cullen, Jill DeMonstoy, Stephen Detherage, David Miguel Estrada, Cooper Grodin, Nobuo Inubushi, Jeannine Kaspar, Mark A. Keeton, Linda Lee, Suzi Lorraine, Thelma O'Leary, Michelle Rouhani, Robert Sciglimpaglia, Lisa Sever-Ferraro, Kent Sladyk, Carlos Velazquez
Trailer
Reviews
75
Music and Lyrics is frequently appealing, often witty, and occasionally funny, but it's not going to convert skeptics and cynics into sentimentalists.
75
Chicago Tribune
Grant and Barrymore are very enjoyable together onscreen. Who would've guessed that Barrymore would turn into such a deft comedian?
70
The Hollywood Reporter
An agreeably loopy romantic comedy that bounces along effortlessly on the genuine chemistry of leads Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore.
70
Variety
Grant carries the day as the fortysomething lad still living off his youth and just about getting away with it.
60
While there is not much chemistry between Mr. Grant and Ms. Barrymore, they are professional enough to work with the movie's conceit while sending flickers of idiosyncratic charm off the screen.
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