Okay, I admit it … I’m a sucker for chic-flicks, but hey I’m a chic! And Music & Lyrics is one of the good chic-flicks! Hugh Grant plays Alex Fletcher, the has-been composer half of an 80s duo called PoP! He gets a second chance in the music business when the current pop queen, Cora (Haley Bennett), wants him to write her a song. But he’s just a composer … where will he find a lyricist? Enter Sophie Fisher (Drew Barrymore) who just happens to be watering his plants that week and happens to be a good lyricist. Let the romance, fight, and make-up begin!

This movie would not have worked at all if the music wasn’t right … and they definitely got the music right in this. The first song/video is PoP!’s hit song PoP! Goes My Heart. Perfect 80s synth-enfused 80’s video campiness. Then you’re brought into today’s britney-esque pop with the mixing of sex & religious spirituality with Cora’s Buddha’s Delight. And finally the lovely love song that the main characters write together Way Back Into Love. Different eras of music, but they all worked well to help bring the story together.

Grant and Barrymore have a good chemistry in this. Both are great in their roles … Grant with his witty remarks and Barrymore with her physical comedy. I found it a pretty funny movie overall and others must have too because I heard quite a few laughs from the audience. It kind of stumbles just a bit in the middle because I thought it was actually coming to an ending when, oh … no it’s just gearing up for the next act. But I would definitely recommend going to see this movie … it was a nice, fun movie and worth the full price.

Oh! And stay for the credits … there’s a funny VH1 Pop-Up Video take on PoP!’s Pop! Goes My Heart.