Unfortunately, I had the ‘displeasure’ of being dragged to see Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore’s new movie ‘Music and Lyrics’! Before I tell you how much I hated it, here is a plot summary: basically Alex Fletcher (Hugh Grant) is an ex member of the successful 80’s band PoP, but now he is out of work until the new teen sensation 'Cora' asks him to write a song for her!
Now Alex isn’t the best lyricist ... but by chance he finds Sophie Fisher (Drew Barrymore) who turns out to be able to rhyme anything! So they write the lyrics, get the job and fall in love.

The only positive thing I could possibly say about the movie is that the acting on Hugh and Drew’s parts was acceptable, but then everything goes downhill from there. While you are watching the movie you feel like the writer knew he had to fill time so it’s stretched for all it's worth, which makes it slow and exactly what you would sleep in the middle of! The story line is tedious and cliché and at times you just want to throw something on the screen!
Not to mention the fact that the rating is PG 13, whilst really it should be at least 15 because of some of the clothes that ‘Cora’, who embodies today’s teen singer’s wears. In conclusion, allow me to save you from the horror you would be put through if you would have gone to see this movie!
If you see the poster, run as far away from it as you can – yeah it’s that bad!

By Karim