I saw this movie last night at a preview. I am giving it 2 starsbecause the first 30 minutes brought me a few laughs and getting tolook at hot Jake counts for something. But the story was SOpredictable, I could have written the script with my eyes closed! Ihave seen this same story 1000 times before. It is a formula that triesto rise about the pack by tackling "big" issues like the pharmaceuticalcompanies but it never does. The last 1/2 of the movie was so boringand predictable and uninteresting. I would not recommend anyone paymoney to go see it in theaters and honestly, I can't even recommend itwhen it comes out on DVD.

My wife and I see over 100 movies a year, having been in the businessand now retired. WE DO NOT READ ANY REVIEWS BY ANYONE. WE TRY TO TELLOUR FRIENDS THAT A CRITIC IS ONE PERSON, HE OR SHE IS NOT US. Criticsare also a dying breed as newspapers disappear.

Therefore, our critique is not biased and based on actually seeing themovie in a theatre. Many critics see the movies 5 at a time in aviewing room.Not a real atmosphere to gauge audience reaction. How canyou review a movie without the real deal? Love&Other Drugs is a verypoignant movie which is sexy, funny and very sad as well. Anne Hathawaycontinues to grow as an actress in the role of a 26 yr old withParkinson's disease.

She plays the role simply fantastic. Lots of nudity, which we loved.

Jake Gyllenhaal is likewise a wonderful actor who continues to grow inwhatever he does.

Both of these young actors are destined for Academy Awards very soon.

Don't listen to critics on this one. It is well worth seeing.

Today I saw a film, Love and Other Drugs, in which Jake Gyllenhaal andAnne Hathaway have several high energy sexual encounters. Oneparticular depiction (?) of a mutual orgasm was so beautiful that manymembers of the audience may have vividly recollected this state. It wassexual connection based on both characters knowing they loved eachother. The film displayed a peak erotic and spiritual connection. Forsome theater goers it may have seemed too much, but I don't thinkanyone would have thought a similar personal experience was "too much".

The film had many cinematic forebearers, stories of lovers whosepartners are ill and one or both struggle with leaving or staying. Mostof the plot turns at this level of analysis were better than most ofthe progenitors. A chance encounter with a man who did stay with hispartner and had to watch her become immobile and unable to communicate,allows Gyllenhaal's character to see the future. This vision moves himout of the moment in the relationship and results in a separation thathe is both regretful of and relieved by. This is one example of how thefilm makes the couple's dilemma real to the audience. Even someone whois less confused that Gyllenhaal's character about commitment wouldhave great difficulties with this challenge.

There is a strong subplot that looks at male sexuality as it isprescribed for men in modern culture. The chance to have unconnectedsex with numerous women is presented as the main character's onecertain accomplishment and the envy of other men. On one occasion hisyounger brother actually achieves this status. The younger brother isable to recognize that it isn't what he wants or enjoys. As he sharesthis insight with Gyllenhaal's character, a piece of a developingunderstanding occurs within him. His vulnerability is uncovered by hispartner, Anne Hathaway's, Maggie, who assists him in recognizing hisvalue as a good man.

When he finds his way back to his center, his relationship also rightsitself. The film's essential statement is that the immediate momentthat lives in all of us is the center from which loving connection isconceived, nurtured and revitalized.

The Big Pharma aspect of the plot is humanized by looking at its effecton several levels of medical personnel and patients. A variety of humanbetrayals are shown as a part of corporate health care. This story linedevelops the idea that corporate greed can subvert the best parts ofour humanity if we do not recognize our most important needs.

"Love and Other Drugs" possesses an erratic poignancy. At the storyarc, Jamie (Jake Gyllenhaal) confesses to ailing Maggie (Anne Hathaway)that he can't live without her. Tearful Maggie says, "I need you more…It's not fair." Anne Hathaway is electrifying. Her performance is awardworthy. She and Gyllenhaal have a galvanizing chemistry that anchorsthe narrative incongruities. Director Edward Zwick's "Love and OtherDrugs" has unexpected gravitas. The screenplay by Zwick, CharlesRandolph, and Marshall Herkovitz, based on the book by Jamie Reidy hasa romantic comedy facade. After all, on the surface "Love" is aboutViagra salesman Jamie Randall (Gyllenhaal). But Maggie (Hathaway), the26 year-old Bohemian artist, he falls in love with has Stage 1Parkinson's disease. Rather than enrolling us in the conversation—lifeisn't fair, the innate power of "Love and Other Drugs" lies in thepossibility of unconditional love. Reclaiming one's humanity andgreatness aligns with what we risk giving up.

Set in 1997, Jamie Randall (Gyllenhaal) is the bright, but ADD riddledson of Dr. James Randall (classically bland George Segal) and his wife(the late Jill Clayburgh in a brief but strong role). His loutishyounger brother Josh (lovable loser Josh Gad) is a millionaire from adot com IPO. Jamie is smart enough to be a doctor, but has neither thedesire nor discipline for it. Besides he is a hot guy, who can sleepwith any woman he desires. Leveraging his strengths he becomes apharmaceuticals rep, working for Pfizer. He and his mentor Bruce (funnyOliver Platt) court many doctors to prescribe Pfizer products. One ofthem is slick and surprisingly genuine Dr. Stan Knight (solid HankAzaria). One of his patients is Maggie Murdock (Hathaway), who hasStage 1 Parkinson's. Maggie smacks Jamie in the head after he poses asStan's physician colleague and spies Maggie's beautiful breasts. Thecosmos aligns: this is the superfluous souls match. Jamie is thecharming master player. Maggie's sexual appetite is a self preservationreflex that keeps her isolated and immune to love.

There is a lot of gratuitous sex in "Love and Other Drugs". This can bea good thing. Anne Hathaway has spectacular breasts, and is naked alot. Jake Gyllenhaal is shredded, often guarding his loins with apillow. Fortunately, these are not the most captivating attributes oftheir performance. What is stunning about Hathaway is her resilientspirit and visceral vulnerability. Her Audrey Hepburn eyes convey bothjoy and agonizing sorrow. In an amazing scene Maggie drinks dulling thepain of her tremor ridden body; she scares off Jamie saying that he"…pity f***ed the sick girl". She then weeps to her very soul. WhenMaggie speaks to the video camera after making love, and confesses herlove, her smile lights up the room. Gyllenhaal tempers his charm, andnever trespasses into self absorbed. He brilliantly embodies a manresisting becoming a true hero—one who believes and sees the best ineveryone. He displays a quiet power as he listens to the husband of awoman, now in the deteriorated stages of Parkinson's.

The writing at times is all over the place with glaring omissions.Maggie is an artist, who has a studio in a spacious flat in the city.How does she afford that? She doesn't have showings. This is morepuzzling given part of the storyline is that she does not have medicalinsurance. There are at least 2 too many Viagra jokes. Althoughamusing, the slumber party pharmaceutical orgy is a calculated punchline. Zwick and "Love and Other Drugs" is at its best in its most direand humane. Maggie never wanted to hear "I love you." When shesurrenders to this, she embraces her own mortality and forsakes allself. Jake must reconcile tremendous sacrifice, and the cost of notbeing with Maggie. Life is all about the journey, and Hathaway andGyllenhaal as Maggie and Jamie do so with courage and compassion. Inthe end it's about love, and "Love and Other Drugs" gets it right.

This film surprised me in a good way.

From the trailer and the posters to be found in many of the busshelters of our town it would have been fair to have expected a routinerom-com. The pose struck by the leads Jake Gylenhall & Anne Hathaway onthat poster just screamed "knock about rom-com,just like hundreds ofothers" It isn't though and that was a pleasant and engaging surprise.

Jake Gylenhall pulls off the role of super bright but super slacker sonJamie in a high achieving family well and is convincing as amagnetising presence that women find irresistible.

The absence of Anne Hathaway's character Maggie in the first segment ofthe film is the first suggestion that this will not be a routine paintby numbers romance and Maggie's introduction sets the scene for thecomplex character she successfully portrays.

This film covers a lot of ground and both of the leads are engaging andbelievable.

Issues such as serious illness, the workings of the big pharmaceuticalcompanies and their attempts to influence the decision making ofmedical professionals, the struggle people have to pay for treatmentand a believably complex love story are woven in without significantsignposting or obvious plot twists.

Once again, the two lead actors were excellent and overall this madefor an enjoyable and engaging film

I've never been a big fan of romantic comedies. They usually try toohard to be cute or are too heavy on romance and too light on comedy.Sitting through a string of romantic comedies when you're single isn'tthe best idea either as it just seems to remind you of what youcurrently don't have. But every once in a while a film labeled as aromantic comedy offers a little bit more than it lets on. Love & OtherDrugs is such a film.

Love & Other Drugs spends an equal amount of time giving a lesson inpharmaceutical sales that it does with the relationship between Jamieand Maggie. In between getting familiar with how easy it is for Jamieto get laid, we're introduced to how competitive it was for Zoloft toget off the ground when Prozac already ruled the world ofanti-depressants in a 1996 world. Then a little blue pill came alongcalled Viagra to help anyone with impotence and swept the world bystorm. In addition to that, there's also a fair amount of screen timegiven to Parkinson's's disease as Maggie struggles with stage one ofthe disease as a 26-year-old. So Love & Other Drugs is basically a filmabout pharmaceutical sales while also giving the viewer an idea of whatit's like to deal with an incurable disease at a young age first and aromantic comedy second.

If the film still doesn't sound like the type of film for you, there'sstill a little bit of hope. Anne Hathaway is shown topless quite oftenin the film's 113 minute duration, so guys have something to lookforward to if a girlfriend or wife is planning on making you sitthrough this any time soon. You pretty much see all of Jake Gyllenhaalas well other than a full frontal, so the ladies can oggle something aswell. The real chemistry on-screen is obviously between Gyllenhaal andHathaway, but also Gyllenhaal and Josh Gad who play brothers. Gad seemslike a knockoff of Jonah Hill or some weird parallel universe versionof him. With that being said, you can probably figure out that it'smostly emotional touchy-feely stuff between Gyllenhaal and Hathawaywhile the relationship between Gyllenhaal and Gad provides most of thelaughs.

Love & Other Drugs is probably mostly what you're expecting it to be,but it may contain more about pharmaceutical sales and Parkinson's'sdisease than the trailers let on. Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway doa decent job of making you care about the fate of a relationshipbetween two people who try their hardest to pass themselves off asselfish jerks. The film is actually pretty similar to Knocked Up or aJudd Apatow production in general, at least in tone. Love & Other Drugsis still a funny, touching, well-acted romantic comedy that is sure tomake a great date movie.

Viagra salesman falls for girl with Parkinson's: who thought up that'pitch' for a RomCom? It works (sort of) because two beautiful people -Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal - are frequently seen with theirclothes off having loud earthy sex in the style of BASIC INSTINCT.What's not to like!

There is some comedy, which in a film about marketing Viagra would be(excuse me) hard to miss. And when what starts out as a no-commitmentbonk-buddy relationship blossoms into Love, there is romance. There's anice scene at a kind of AA meeting for people with Parkinson's wherethe victims assure each other that there is Life After Parkinson's, buta guy whose wife is in Stage Four tells Jake what lies ahead for hisbeloved, which means that we now know where this movie - or itsunmakeable sequel - has to end.

Even as you watch - and, thanks to the looks and talent of its stars,enjoy - LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS, you may find yourself questioning itstaste.