Love and Other Drugs stars Jake Gyllenhall and Anne Hathaway. In the mid 1990s, Jamie (Gyllenhall) is a young, charming salesman which serves as an advantage as he enters a career in pharmaceutical sales. Being skilled in sales, Jamie also has a skill of charming women and having many conquests over women which he has pursued for his own satisfaction. Jamie has never met a challenge he couldn’t defeat. That is, until he meets Maggie (Hathaway), a young, free-spirited, seemingly hypochondriac. In a way, when Jamie meets Maggie, he has actually met his match and can’t seem to defeat this challenge because, as he has used women, she has turned the tables and only wants him for one purpose. Maggie, not being interested in a serious relationship, constantly tries to make it clear to Jamie that they will be nothing more than friends with benefits. Jaime can’t stand the overwhelming feeling of rejection and starts developing deeper feelings for Maggie.One thing I enjoyed about Love and Other Drugs was the comic relief. This romantic comedy seemed to have more comedy than romance because most of the film involved Maggie’s constant rejections to Jamie’s advances. However, it seemed that she was only afraid of being hurt and refused to let anyone get to know her. As far as how this movie was portrayed on the screen, there wasn’t anything which stood out to me as far as the cinematography, background music, set design, etc.There was a lot of charisma and chemistry in this film and overall I thought this was an okay movie. This isn’t a movie I would add to my collection but it’s worth a watch if there is a Redbox near you.My verdict: 3 stars
I thought the movie was really good. First of all it was very funny and I was surprized by that. Also it was well acted with a good story.
You might want to watch out for grammatical mistakes in your review. People are not going to take you seriously if you can’t spell right. I recently watched this film and found it to be a bit dragging. The story needed better flow, and more focus on a genre. Was it a comedy, or a drama? From watching this film, I found it to more of a drama than a comedy, with of course an emphasis on the romance. The highlight of this film, was definitely Hathaway’s performance. When an actor can convince you of there personal pain as their character, that’s good acting, and unfortunately, it was her acting that held this film together. I think it would have been an advantage if the screen writer had chosen to show more of a struggle from Hathaway’s character with her disease and how in turn it affected her relationship with Gyllenhaal.