Love and Other Drugs
Maggie (Anne Hathaway) is an alluring free spirit who won't let anyone – or anything – tie her down. But she meets her match in Jamie (Jake Gyllenhaal), whose relentless and nearly infallible charm serve him well with the ladies and in the cutthroat world of pharmaceutical sales - pushing the new drug: Viagra. Maggie and Jamie's evolving relationship takes them both by surprise, as they find themselves under the influence of the ultimate drug: love.
Based on Jamie Reidy's memoir Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman.
2010Rating: R16, Contains Offensive Language & Sex Scenes112 minsUSA
AdaptationRomantic Comedy
- Director:
- Edward Zwick ('Defiance', 'Blood Diamond', 'The Last Samurai')
- Writer:
- Edward ZwickCharles RandolphMarshall Herskovitz
- Cast:
- Jake GyllenhaalAnne HathawayHank AzariaJudy GreerOliver PlattGabriel Macht
Love and Other Drugs / Reviews
TVNZ
It's back to the heady mid 90s with this new film starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway.
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A sometimes intoxicating, sometimes headache-inducing cocktail: a sweet, libidinous love story; a candid comedy of bedroom and workplace manners; and, most bravely, if also most jarringly, a medical melodrama involving a chronic and very serious disease.
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Roger Ebert
The director is Edward Zwick, a considerable filmmaker. He obtains a warm, lovable performance from Anne Hathaway and dimensions from Gyllenhaal that grow from comedy to the serious.
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Hollywood Reporter
In the end, this is a smart movie that could have been smarter. The script feels like it was a draft or so away from total clarity and focus. But the energy of the cast and a dive into an unfamiliar world make the movie rather addictive.
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Empire Magazine
Well above the standards of your average romantic comedy, it's funny, sexy and smart. It's just not smart enough to stick to its guns to the end.
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