Love and Other Drugs is another film that I am able to watch and review.
So what's the film about? Starring Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal, it is a story of a drug salesman, who stumble upon the greatest drug ever known, the little blue pill or better known as Viagra. It is based on a non-fiction book of Hard Sell: The Evolution of A Viagra Salesman by Jamie Reidy.
For those that have no clue, Viagra is a drug that helps those with erectile dysfunction, but at first was not meant to. You can Wiki all about the drug there.
So the story is background on the 90's when Viagra was not found yet. The main character, Jamie (Jake Gyllenhaal) just lost his job at a music store after sleeping with his boss's girlfriends. (his kinda like a playboy). His wealthy brother helps him lay a job at Pfizer (the company that created Viagra). His job is to sell drugs made by the company and reach quota if he ever want to be big and move to better place.
During one of his "sales" he met Maggie (Anne Hathaway). He relentlessly ask Maggie for a date, when she finally agreed, he learns that she don't want a real relationship. This is because of Maggie's condition, she is diagnose with Parkinson. Although only at early stage, she has to coupe with a lot of drugs and struggle with all the symptoms. When Viagra was introduce it really put Jamie forward. Watching Maggie turn for the worse, he went on a crusade of finding a cure for Parkinson (which to this day hasn't been found yet), however this put stress on their relationship. Will Jamie stayed with her or will he just give up?
Now, the film is heavy enough, although there are some elements of humour, the film will make you stuck on your sit for 2 hours. I can't really tell if this is the best acting from Anne, but it is clearly a leap from Jake Gyllenhaal. In the film, you can see topless Anne Hathaway, but I'm sure it will get censored here, so don't worry, hehe.
Another thing about this film is the change of focus, at one time it focus on the drug sales, then on the couple problems, then again to the drugs. This may not be suitable if you find yourself looking for a good old romantic film. There are critical review about this movie, but I love that the movie explore all the other aspects of that time. It is said, that the author of the book, didn't put all the sex and romantic interest because he's afraid his mother would read them..aww.
I give this film a solid 3.5/5 stars, if you want to see somewhat heavy drama, watch this film.
So what's the film about? Starring Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal, it is a story of a drug salesman, who stumble upon the greatest drug ever known, the little blue pill or better known as Viagra. It is based on a non-fiction book of Hard Sell: The Evolution of A Viagra Salesman by Jamie Reidy.
For those that have no clue, Viagra is a drug that helps those with erectile dysfunction, but at first was not meant to. You can Wiki all about the drug there.
So the story is background on the 90's when Viagra was not found yet. The main character, Jamie (Jake Gyllenhaal) just lost his job at a music store after sleeping with his boss's girlfriends. (his kinda like a playboy). His wealthy brother helps him lay a job at Pfizer (the company that created Viagra). His job is to sell drugs made by the company and reach quota if he ever want to be big and move to better place.
During one of his "sales" he met Maggie (Anne Hathaway). He relentlessly ask Maggie for a date, when she finally agreed, he learns that she don't want a real relationship. This is because of Maggie's condition, she is diagnose with Parkinson. Although only at early stage, she has to coupe with a lot of drugs and struggle with all the symptoms. When Viagra was introduce it really put Jamie forward. Watching Maggie turn for the worse, he went on a crusade of finding a cure for Parkinson (which to this day hasn't been found yet), however this put stress on their relationship. Will Jamie stayed with her or will he just give up?
Now, the film is heavy enough, although there are some elements of humour, the film will make you stuck on your sit for 2 hours. I can't really tell if this is the best acting from Anne, but it is clearly a leap from Jake Gyllenhaal. In the film, you can see topless Anne Hathaway, but I'm sure it will get censored here, so don't worry, hehe.
Another thing about this film is the change of focus, at one time it focus on the drug sales, then on the couple problems, then again to the drugs. This may not be suitable if you find yourself looking for a good old romantic film. There are critical review about this movie, but I love that the movie explore all the other aspects of that time. It is said, that the author of the book, didn't put all the sex and romantic interest because he's afraid his mother would read them..aww.
I give this film a solid 3.5/5 stars, if you want to see somewhat heavy drama, watch this film.
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