Love and Other Drugs

             Today's review is for the end of the year 2010 flick Love and Other Drugs starring Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal. The movie is a romantic comedy and takes place in the mid to late 90s. Gyllenhaal plays Jamie Randall, a guy from a well off family that gets an in into the pharmaceutical sales industry with Pfizer thanks to his brother Josh (played by Josh Gad, also seen in 21). Through the job Jamie meets Maggie (Anne Hathaway) a free spirited girl with stage 1 Parkinson's Disease and the courtship ensues from there.
             Now to begin with, I liked this movie. To me it wasn't you're typical romantic comedy. The plot was much more intricate and sophisticated than your typical rom coms, though it does have some of the typical cliches. What really puts this movie above other rom coms is its plot. It doesn't fall victim to the typical boy and girl don't realize they like each other or they hate each other crap. Now they do use the boy and girl fall for each other, but can't be together for whatever reason method but in a smart new way.
              The plot revolves around the drug sale industry that you never really see ever in movies and it dives into the launch of Viagra which gives it an interesting entertainment boost. The hardships for Hathaway's character Maggie with her disease is what drives the relationship through its ups and downs throughout the movie. It's the sense of reality and actual possibility of these situations that puts this movie above others in its genre.
               As for the acting in the film you don't think Josh Gad will be around much, but thankfully they bring him back into the mix and he provides some very nice comic relief throughout the entire film. Oliver Platt plays a nice side character with comic relief as well as Jamie's boss Bruce. Overall, the acting was good as both Gyllenhaal and Hathaway deserved their Golden Globe nominations, but it was fair for them not to receive Oscar nominations.
              All in all the movie was quite enjoyable. I believe most women would enjoy this film and its a romantic comedy that even guys can like. I would definitely recommend it for a date night as a movie both parties can like or at least something guys won't want to rip their eyes out while watching.
               So in conclusion I'd have to give this movie a thumbs up and 3 out of 4 stars.

Next up for review: A Single Man starring Colin Firth