Christmas is officially over and we’re back to school which means lots of coursework and essays to write. But in the holidays G and I managed to fit in a trip to the cinema to see Love & Other Drugs (after a quick dash around the shops). We both wanted to see this as it has been advertised everywhere and after reading the reviews and interviews in Glamour we decided to go and see it. Although, I wait ages for a good film to come on at the cinema and then suddenly there are 3 that I go to see in a matter of weeks. I went to see the new Harry Potter with my family a couple of weeks ago (completely loved it), Little Fockers last week which was very funny (I am a big fan of the previous 2 films and of Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson) and then Love & Other Drugs.
I must admit before going to see the film I had seen the trailer and it looked to be another average rom-com which I quite like but it actually was a lot more than that and exceeded my expectations. I have liked Anne Hathaway’s previous films (Princess Diaries, Ella Enchanted, The Devil Wears Prada, Valentine’s Day and Bride Wars.) I think she has a certain likeability about her as she isn’t the typical skinny Hollywood actress and seems rather normal which I think people can relate to. Although I haven’t seen many films with Jake Gyllenhaal (only The Day after tomorrow but I really want to see Brokeback Mountain) I thought he looked really cute and had never really heard much bad reviews about his acting. I actually thought that both of them played their parts very well and found that actually Jake Gyllenhaal was very funny. So the plot of the story was based on a non-fiction book called Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman which I didn’t realise before seeing the film. It was set in America in 1997 and is basically about Jamie (Gyllenhaal) a womanizing salesman who gets a job as a drug representative trying to persuade a top doctor to prescribe his product to his patients. Jamie then meets Maggie (Hathaway), who suffers from an early stage of Parkinson’s disease, at a GP appointment where Jamie pretends to be an intern.
I won’t say anymore as it will give away all the good bits away! I really enjoyed it as it seemed to have a bit of every genre in; comedy, romance and drama. Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal had good chemistry and the storyline was quite believable. There was quite a lot of nudity and sex scenes throughout the movie but that is kind of what the plot was based around. I also thought that the music throughout the movie went really well and added effect to the acting. Although it has got mixed reviews I would definitely recommend it and overall I really liked it, it’s different, fun, enjoyable and just an overall good movie and I would give it about 3.5/4 out of 5.
Love & Other Drugs is a UK 15.
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