In New York, the washed-up singer Alex Fletcher (Hugh Grant)has a decadent career singing his old hits in amusement parks, school reunions or dinner parties to survive. In the 80's, he was a successful singer of the band POP with Collin Thompson, but when his partner split, his solo-career was a complete failure. His manager and friend Chris Riley schedules a meeting with the successful teen singer Cora Corman (Haley Bennett) and Alex has a chance to be promoted in a show if he delivers a new song for Cora's concert in the end of the week. Alex has difficulties to put lyrics in his melody, but he accidentally discovers Sophie Fisher (Drew Barrymore), who is temporarily watering his plants and proves to be a sensitive poet and efficient lyricist. Their song is approved by Cora, but they disagree about her interpretation, while they fall in love for each other.

Alex Fletcher's Apartment, 201 West 72nd Street and Broadway, Manhattan.

Sophie's Workplace, 694 3rd Avenue and East 44th Street, Manhattan.

Faust Harrison Pianos, 207 West 58th Street and 7th Avenue, Manhattan.

Book Shop, 206 Mercer Street and Bleecker Street, Manhattan.

otsoNY Comments: City Bakery at 3 West 18th Street closed down in 2019.

City Bakery, 3 West 18th Street and 5th Avenue, Manhattan.

Downtown Manhattan Heliport, Pier 17, Manhattan.

Restaurant, 2014 Broadway (btw West 68th and 69th Streets) Manhattan.

320 West End Avenue (btw West 75th and 76th Streets) Manhattan.

456 West 19th Street (btw 9th Avenue and 10th Avenue) Manhattan.

Cora's Apartment, 173 Duane Street and Greenwich Street, Manhattan.

otsoNY Comments: The corner on Mercer Street and Bleecker Street has completely changed and the original benches have been removed. A new development has been built at 181 Mercer Street.

Bleecker Street and Mercer Street, Manhattan.

Madison Square Garden, 4 Pennsylvania Plaza (8th Avenue & West 33rd Street) Manhattan.

Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 1255 Hempstead Turnpike, Long Island, New York.