I rented this from Netflix to watch after a hard day's work at the wastewater lab. I have the 3 movies at a time plan. This movie was delicious. The opening scene is an 80's music video by Hugh Grant's character's band called Pop. It's the most hilarious thing I've seen in a while, and the tune is pretty catchy, you'll find yourself singing its cheesy lyrics while doing dishes. Drew Barrymore plays Sophie, a neurotic ex-writer (a role better fit for a Debra Messing type IMO) whose talents are discovered by Grant's Alex, an 80's pop has-been who lives off of singing at class reunions and state fairs, when he is tapped to write a song for current pop singing sensation Cora (played by newcomer Hailey Bennett). The story revolves around Alex & Sophie collaborating on a hit song for Cora, meanwhile falling in love. OK here's the thing, I could see why Sophie fell for Alex, but I have no clue why Alex fell for Sophie. Alex is funny, witty, and kind of vulnerable at times. Sophie is intrusive, annoying, and overly sensitive. So anyway, the song they come up with is beautiful but then they watch it get mutilated when it is remixed by Cora and co. And that was comedy gold, the contrast of old and new has never been so damn funny. Anyway, this movie was hilarious, even though Sophie was not. The End.
