Review: Love & Other Drugs

Witty. Fun. Predictable. Sexy. Heartfelt.

I liked the story and script, both were good. I like concept of a promiscuous Drug rep, and his tribulations, and arc into a caring loving man. The idea of selling drugs and of Viagra makes for great plot devices. The story centers around a carefree man (Jake) who meets a woman (Anne) with Parkinsons, she doesn't want a relationship because she knows she will inevitably need to be taken care of, and will be huge burden as her disease worsens. But their casual sex, turns into love, which both of them struggle to deal with in their own way.

Fun insight and look/take on the Medical and Drug business.

Parts of the story seemed forced. The brother character, he's supposed to be super rich and yet he crashes on his brother's (Gyllenhaal) couch? Also some parts involving the doctor played by Hank Azaria, but all in all it worked well enough.

Jake Gyllenhaal gave an okay performance; nothing great, not bad in any particular way. Anne Hathaway had some great moments in it, but overall I found her performance unconvincing. I like her a lot, and she is great, and she pulls it out at all the right places, but I didn't really see her character most of the time, I saw her acting. I do like, and respect her desire to bare all in the film. It takes guts, but I feel like it kept her focus away from the scenes, and affected her performance somehow.

Jake, I think, likes to be naked in films. He is someone who has been working hard on his body for years now, and wants to show it off. That is how I see his performance. But he does have a good body, so it works.

A fun movie. Very watchable and warm.