Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyleenhaal have good chemistry on screen and secondary characters help to bring equilibrium to a movie that other way could turn to be a little depressing. The strength of Love and Other Drugs come from the development and transformation of characters and their relationships with each other, which dialogues that reminded me of, of all films, Jerry Maguire, set against an historical backdrop of developments in the medical industry that shook up the whole world. Knight Hank Azaria helps his climb and profile in the drug selling world too! Their respective friends -his loser brother and her gay black friend sounds familiar? The absence of Anne Hathaway's character Maggie in the first segment of the film is the first suggestion that this will not be a routine paint by numbers romance and Maggie's introduction sets the scene for the complex character she successfully portrays. The dialogues are an endless repetition of the same ideas and the acting is mediocre. And this is what both enjoy lots and lots of sex. Things work, appeals work, and just about everything one touches turn into gold, or you get a leg up in your mission in life. As completely pathetic as Maggie's self-esteem might be and how strictly anti-commitment she is, when her character caves in to the romance as they all do, Hathaway gives Maggie a believable fragility rather than a melodramatic tone.
This film surprised me in a good way. Jamie meets Maggie, a bit of a free-spirited cynic who in a unique twist has way early onset Parkinson's. They have a raw intensity and passion for each other that was a bit much for some viewers, but in my opinion it was there to show how connected they were both physically and mentally. Still Maggie is a serious go getter by traveling even to Canada to Parkinson support groups in the search for new cures and ways of living with the disease. Then there's the romantic portion of the film that kicked in once Anne Hathaway's Maggie Murdock comes into the picture, piquing Jamie's interest when she revealed a boob and caught him ogling.
It's like a statement of how numbers and quotas are being chased no matter the cost, and their sales training made for some comedic fodder. I was never a fan of Edward Zick and probably hesitate see his movies again. The film is blended well with both comedy and drama as Jamie's slob geek overweight brother Josh Josh Gad provides laughs trying to score and it's fun seeing he's addicted to watching internet porn and sex tapes. I hate the time that I lost watching it. Yet as the charms of Jamie continues to go both for Maggie and his business he unexpectedly starts to have feelings for Maggie has he finally meet his match can he charm the stubborn sex magnet Maggie? You know what the ending is going to be right from the start. And finally what can I say the film has plenty of passion, lust and hot steamy love scenes so plenty plenty of sex! Both Gyllenhaal and Hathaway score in their respective roles, so much so that it earned them a Golden Globe nomination each.
However, watching these two charm each other and overcome the cliché has a definite appeal. Being kicked out of his job at an electronic store for his amorous ways, he soon finds himself applying his innate ways with women into his selling routine, now working as a sales rep in the medical industry for Pfizer, which when he joined hasn't created the magical blue pill called Viagra yet. But she meets her match in Jamie Gyllenhaal , whose relentless and nearly infallible charm serve him well with the ladies and in the cutthroat world of pharmaceutical sales. Oliver Pratt's drug rep has a wonderful scene delivered over dinner and there's even a smart drunken ramble explaining what is wrong with being a doctor and a commentary on the state of the Hippocratic Oath. Synopsis Maggie Hathaway is an alluring free spirit who won't let anyone - or anything - tie her down.
Gyllenhaal's Jamie develops from schmuck to an all round nice guy, something which love does of course since it forces you to care about somebody else, while Hathaway has to mimic an early stage of Parkinson's for her Maggie role, and brings to light some basic understanding of sufferers for the disease in which there's still no cure. The movie is not only bad, is not even funny! He seems to get some of the interesting stories to tell Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai ,with charismatic actors Jake and Anne in this film are gorgeous but every time, you get a bitter feeling of dissatisfaction, when you leave the theater. His aspirations are simple; sex, the Viagra account, and getting to Chicago. Both forces are hard at work in this film, but the tipping point goes in favor thanks to the leads, Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway. It's very difficult to give a higher rate to this movie.
Jake Gylenhall pulls off the role of super bright but super slacker son Jamie in a high achieving family well and is convincing as a magnetising presence that women find irresistible. Plus the scene of Jamie's boner from taking the Viagra pill was down right funny. The first part introduces us to Jamie Randall Jake Gyllenhaal , a good looking schmuck who gets his way around women always, possessing an irrepressible charm that make them all feel weak in their knees. Gyllenhaal and Hathaway have what it takes to do just that in spite of a script that sometimes tries to lean too hard on conventional tactics of boys meets girl…. But she meets her match in Jamie, whose relentless and nearly infallible charm serve him well with the ladies and in the cutthroat world of pharmaceutical sales. In the end the film works better than others of its genre and its worth a look probably not for a first date but if you are already on a relationship it will give you something to think and talk about. He epitomizes a Don Juan and he's plays the type well, but when you can predict that he'll end up in bed with the next attractive woman that shows up on screen, the writing has taken it a bit far.
Despite what some may say, Love and Other Drugs wasn't like other romantic comedies I've seen except in the most general of senses, in that it was a romantic comedy. But nobody put any effort into it, so it fails miserably even as a romcom. Commentary about battling illness, life and enjoying the moment are all relevant and poignant. The film is not a romantic comedy, not sensual despite Anne stripping naked at the drop of a hat , does not make you laugh, does not make you weep. Love And Other Drugs 2010…. But she meets her match in Jamie Gyllenhaal , whose relentless and nearly infallible charm serve him well with the ladies and in the cutthroat world of pharmaceutical sales.
He's also adept at landing any woman he desires. Commentary about battling illness, life and enjoying the moment are all relevant and poignant. From the trailer and the posters to be found in many of the bus shelters of our town it would have been fair to have expected a routine rom-com. Do not be seduced by the romantic tone of the poster. It's cinematically beautiful and nicely paced to deliver a stand-out film containing all the chemistry Gyllenhaal and Hathaway had in years prior while filming 'Brokeback Mountain'.
Love and Other Drugs 2010 Love and Other Drugs : Maggie Hathaway is an alluring free spirit who won't let anyone - or anything - tie her down. This is by far one of the dumbest movies I've ever seen. At the end, the audience sighed in relief and applauded the guy who turned the lights on. This film thru it all is wonderful as the sex and hot lustful passion make it a tasty treat to watch and enjoy as the strong chemistry of Jake and Anne is great as Hathaway is sexy as ever. What follows is a deep, sometimes moving and genuinely interesting film. The plot lines are totally stupid and predictable and some of them are not even finished.
There's a lot to like about the relationship between Jamie and Maggie. Most of the movie is Anne Hathaway showing her nice body. It gives one something to chew on while watching the rest of the movie. Plus his connection with a cocky Dr. Oleh Dunia21 Synopsis Maggie Hathaway is an alluring free spirit who won't let anyone - or anything - tie her down. And to make matters worst, it puts up front how the use of freebies can open up doors which are closed, and to Jamie it also means manipulating women to get at what he wants, especially an account with Dr Stan Knight Hank Azaria who in one scene opened up and blabbers about how corrupt the entire industry could be in demolishing one's medical ideals.