Yeah so I saw it. It was actually really good. The problem I have with Hugh Grant is that he’s never convincingly in love. He’s a very good comedic actor but he’s always stuck in these romantic comedies. The movie is about a 80s pop star’s named Alex who struggles to keep a living. He was in a boy band but one member broke off and made it big and left him. He tried his own solo career but it didn’t go well so he decided to embrace mediocrity and just do smaller and smaller shows for older and older crowds and give up on new material. Hugh Grant’s character excels at developing melodies. Cannot write lyrics sadly.

Drew Barrymore’s character is a talented writer who’s been spooked out of a promising career by a past love who wrote a book about her. She now helps in her family’s weight loss business and waters other people’s plants for a living. Fortunately she meets and befriends the musician Alex and helps him write a song.

There’s a delicious character named Cora who plays a teenage pop star who gives Alex an opportunity to write a song for her. Cora is an alloy of Britney, Madonna, Shakira and Christina.

The best part of the movie is the intro. Even better than My Best Friend’s Wedding. It starts of with Alex’s previous hit music video “Pop Goes My Heart”. Good times.

4/5