Jake Gyllenhaal is naked so often in this movie I felt like I was Taylor Swift. Set in 1996, Jake "That Cradle Robbing Pervert" Gyllenhaal stars as Jamie - the sexiest screw up you have ever met. He might not be good at holding down a job, but the ladies find him and his puppy dog eyes irresistible (as irresistible to the ladies as pumpkin pie is to me).
Seeking a new opportunity, Jamie heads out to Ohio, where he becomes a pharmaceutical salesman for Pfizer. It's tough to get the attention of doctors he needs to convince to prescribe Pfizer's products, but he does have a knack for charming the nurses and office staff to let him stock the shelves with samples.
Of course, this ladies man can't resist Maggie (Anne Hathaway) - a young patient suffering from a disease with no cure. She's also smarter, sexier, tougher and more amazing than any woman he has ever met before (Can I get an, "Amen"?!?!), so Jamie is ready to do whatever it takes to strike up a relationship.
Are Jamie and Maggie a match made in heaven?
Are they a match made in the bedroom?
Can they stick it out through the rough times and inevitable, bleak future?
Has Jamie finally found a job he is good at?
Love & Other Drugs is a fantastic movie, until it gets stuck in the muck and mire of romance. The first half of the film is full of zippy, fun, hilarious dialogue from co-writer Charles Randolph and co-writer/director Ed Zwick. The "courtship" phase of the relationship gives Maggie and Jamie some tart and witty exchanges. The partnership between Jamie and his mentor, Bruce Winston (Oliver Platt), gives us a cynical and riotous look at the life of a salesperson and competition between them. Every part of the first half of the script has an entertaining, twisted sense of humor that you wish infiltrated the entire length of Love & Other Drugs.
Of course, none of this would work without Hathaway and Gyllenhaal. Hathaway creates the most desirable and sexiest woman on the planet in Love & Other Drugs (and not just because she is so often naked in this film, but it doesn't hurt).
Then, Gyllenhaal fills Jamie with a charming, youthful, boyish personality that will have women swooning (and not just because he is so often naked in this film, but I have a feeling it doesn't hurt). Did I mention there is ALOT of nudity in Love & Other Drugs?
Sadly, the last act of the movie needs a shot of Viagra. Zwick and Randolph just can't keep it up. Love & Other Drugs runs out of steam and spark to become a weepy, typical love story that you can predict from seeing the TV commercials.
3 Waffles (Out of 4)
Love & Other Drugs is rated R for strong sexual content, nudity, pervasive language, and some drug material.
Can they stick it out through the rough times and inevitable, bleak future?
Has Jamie finally found a job he is good at?
Love & Other Drugs is a fantastic movie, until it gets stuck in the muck and mire of romance. The first half of the film is full of zippy, fun, hilarious dialogue from co-writer Charles Randolph and co-writer/director Ed Zwick. The "courtship" phase of the relationship gives Maggie and Jamie some tart and witty exchanges. The partnership between Jamie and his mentor, Bruce Winston (Oliver Platt), gives us a cynical and riotous look at the life of a salesperson and competition between them. Every part of the first half of the script has an entertaining, twisted sense of humor that you wish infiltrated the entire length of Love & Other Drugs.
Of course, none of this would work without Hathaway and Gyllenhaal. Hathaway creates the most desirable and sexiest woman on the planet in Love & Other Drugs (and not just because she is so often naked in this film, but it doesn't hurt).
Then, Gyllenhaal fills Jamie with a charming, youthful, boyish personality that will have women swooning (and not just because he is so often naked in this film, but I have a feeling it doesn't hurt). Did I mention there is ALOT of nudity in Love & Other Drugs?
Sadly, the last act of the movie needs a shot of Viagra. Zwick and Randolph just can't keep it up. Love & Other Drugs runs out of steam and spark to become a weepy, typical love story that you can predict from seeing the TV commercials.
3 Waffles (Out of 4)
Love & Other Drugs is rated R for strong sexual content, nudity, pervasive language, and some drug material.
