Love and Other Drugs

Love & Other Drugs

Do you enjoy watching explicit sex scenes? Do you like viewing beautiful nude bodies? Are you fans of Ann Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal? Then keep reading because this may be a film you will enjoy. I thought it was good fun. At the same time it did have some interesting takes on the pharmaceutical industry.

Jamie (Gyllenhaal) is a drug salesman. He is also a big player with the women. He seduces everyone and especially those that will help him get ahead in his career. He stops at nothing to get his drugs promoted with the doctors. He even takes a competitor’s drugs from the doctor’s shelf and throws them in the garbage.

The vagrant that camps out near that bin becomes a happy character. I’m sure that the competition between drug salesmen is tough and overly competitive. That really does come through.

Jamie sees the gorgeous Maggie (Hathaway) in a doctor’s office. He pretends he is an intern and goes into the office with the doctor for the examination. The smile on his face when she exposes her breast is really something. Maggie has the beginning signs of Parkinson’s.

Maggie and Jamie begin a tryst. Both are very firm that they do not want a serious relationship.

Jamie becomes more successful when he gets the Viagara account. Jamie and Maggie make magic together. She tries to stop the relationship when the Parkinson’s advances. She doesn’t want him stuck with a person who is unable to walk or care for herself.

There is a lot of humor (and silliness) with Jamie’s brother. He is overweight and quite unattractive. He bunks in at Jamie’s place. Obviously he is awe of Jamie’s sexual capabilities.

Jamie always has a perpetual grin on his face. No wonder. Ann Hathaway is so stunning and the two have many nude scenes together.

The story is more than a romp in the hay. The competiveness of the drug companies is actually upsetting. They force their drugs on the doctors and bribery helps them to do it.

Maggie goes to a Parkinson’s convention. There were a lot of laughs but underneath the seriousness of the disease came through. The patients are taught to live with what they have and that life is beautiful.

Award season is around the corner. In my opinion this little fiasco isn’t going anywhere. It did provide some laughs and I was entertained.