 Music & Lyrics
Starring: Hugh Grant, Drew Barrymore, Brad Garrett, Kristen Johnston, Haley Bennett, Aasif Mandvi, Campbell Scott
Directed by: Marc Lawrence
Screenplay by: Marc Lawrence
Release Date: February 14, 2007
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual content.
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
 Domestic: $50,572,589 (34.7%)
Foreign: $95,323,833 (65.3%)
Total: $145,896,422 (Worldwide)
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 "Music & Lyrics" follows Alex Fletcher (Hugh Grant), a washed-up 80s pop star who's been reduced to working the nostalgia circuit at county fairs and amusement parks. The charismatic and talented musician gets a chance at a comeback when reigning diva Cora Corman invites him to write and record a duet with her, but there's a problem - Alex hasn't written a song in years, he's never written lyrics, and he has to come up with a hit in a matter of days.
Enter Sophie Fisher (Drew Barrymore), Alex's beguilingly quirky plant lady, whose flair for words strikes a chord with the struggling songwriter. On the rebound from a bad relationship, Sophie is reluctant to collaborate with anyone, especially commitment-phobe Alex. As their chemistry heats up at the piano and under it, Alex and Sophie will have to face their fears - and the music - if they want to find the love and success they both deserve.
For filmmaker Marc Lawrence, writing and directing “Music & Lyrics” was a way to explore a world he’s always been interested in—the world of writing music. “Even though I’ve been in a band, I’m a really bad musician,” he laments, “but I’ve always been fascinated by songwriting. I liked the idea of doing a film about a writer, but if I were to write about a screenwriter, it would get too close to my own personal agony,” he jokes. “So this was a way to write about the creative process, which I’m very familiar with, and also to write about my other great love: music.”
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