Music and Lyrics

Hugh Grant is in fine, funny form as a former '80s hair-band pop star relegated to the nostalgia circuit of theme parks and class reunions, and Drew Barrymore is her usual adorable self as a quirky plant sitter with a gift for lyrics, in this fizzy little romantic comedy about charming underachievers who discover they make beautiful music together. Well, catchy and cute music anyway, just like the movie. There's nothing original in this upbeat ditty of a Hollywood love song, which begins with Grant asked to pen an original tune for the reigning pop princess (Haley Bennett, spoofing everyone from Britney Spears to Madonna with her confused mix of spiritualism and sexuality). But Grant and Barrymore have good harmony and Grant (easing into middle age with self-effacing humility) makes the most of his breezy charm, tossing off the scripted quips with such effortless ease that he seems to be improvising them along the way. Writer/director Marc Lawrence (who previously directed Grant in "Two Weeks Notice") has fun spoofing pop nostalgia with his tongue-in-cheek recreations of '80s fashions. Brad Garrett co-stars as Grant's manager and Kristen Johnston bubbles over as Barrymore's older sister, whose adolescent crush on the old pop star transforms her into the world's oldest teenybopper.

The supplements are purely obligatory: the promotional puff piece "Note for Note: The Making of Music and Lyrics," a 13-minute featurette where the stars and the director gush over working with the actors, and a 4-minute gag reel of flubbed lines and self-effacing giggles. Fans of the film will appreciate the complete "Pop! Goes My Heart," a pitch perfect parody of '80s music videos shown in its entirely.