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Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Oliver Platt, Hank Azaria, Ray Godshall Sr. ... see more see more... , Josh Gad , Gabriel Macht , Judy Greer , George Segal , Jill Clayburgh , Kate Jennings Grant , Katheryn Winnick , Kimberly Scott , Peter Friedman , Nikki Deloach , Natalie Gold , Megan Ferguson , Michael Benjamin Washington , Bingo O'Malley , Dorothy Silver , Lucy Roucis , Joan Augustin , Michael Chernus , Kate Easton , Michael Buffer , Maite Schwartz , Maximilian Osinski , Ian Harding , Josh Breslow , Ian Novick , Tess Soltau , Constance Brenneman , Nicole Thomas , Jasper Soffer , Kwame Rakes , Scott Cohen , Sharon Wilkins , Brian Hutchison , Dana Dancho , Lisa Ann Goldsmith , Rick Applegate , Jean Zarzour , Jennifer Delaeo , Harry O'Toole , Deidre Goodwin , Geneva Carr , Vanessa Aspillaga , Patricia Cray , Frank Cantanzano , Brian E. Jay , Frank Ferraro , Judy Pergl , K , Kristin Spatafore , Larissa S. Emanuele , Loretta Higgins , Kimberly M. Rizzo , Jason Bernard , Nicole Perrone , Jo Newman , Christina Fandino , Teri Clark Linden , Kevin McClatchy

Handsome and charming pharmaceutical rep Jamie (Jake Gyllenhaal) falls head over heels for radiant free spirit Maggie (Anne Hathaway), and together the two people who never thought they would fall in ... read more read more...love discover that their intense chemistry is more powerful than any drug on the market. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 53 min.

Directed by: Edward Zwick

Release Date: November 24, 2010

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DVD Release Date: March 1, 2011

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  • Deano78
    April 10, 2012
    Deano78
    It wasn't quite the film I was expecting, thinking it would be just like most rom-coms churned out at the moment that are light hearted but have little depth. This does have more in-depth characters, the main star being Anne Hathaway's Maggie who at 26 has Parkinson's disease. It... read more does have a few laughs along the way at the more light hearted moments. I was a bit surprised Anne Hathaway did a few nude scenes in this, but I'm not complaining. If you want a sexy, fun comedy with a bit more depth to the characters, this is prefect for you!
  • aquateen2
    March 31, 2012
    aquateen2
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    The main character is almost entirely unlikable and the laughs aren't frequent enough to maintain Love and Other Drugs as a sound romantic comedy. The performance by Hathaway was good enough but it's the ... read morework behind the camera that wasn't that great. The direction is flimsy and the premise is quite simply dull.
  • Tomassgringo
    January 20, 2012
    Tomassgringo
    Living with Multiple Sclerosis gave me an inescapable insight to the character Maggie, that I felt more with this movie than most. I was more than a love story to me. Jake Gyllenhaal's lack of clothing in scenes just made it that much better for me! lol
  • 3niR
    January 18, 2012
    3niR
    A movie without sex and nudity is unthinkable to the most producers... tsk tsk. The story was touching though.
  • FrizzDrop
    December 16, 2011
    FrizzDrop
    It tried so damn hard to be good. It had a lot of sweet natured sex and quaint humor. It had the royals of chemistry with no substance, Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway. Both have been naked together in the critically lauded Brokeback Mountain. Unlike that at least memorable fil... read morem this one feels defeated by its want to please everyone. Not only is it determined to gain legions of fans with sex scenes and broad romantic comedy statements, but it tries to be deep, haunting, and brave, but it doesn't accomplish any of this. The first half is fun, which at least comes off sincere and good hearted. The second part, when we veer from understood camp and fun, is where it gets aimless. Hathaway is given the attribute of having Parkinsonâ(TM)s and the whole film simply revolves around their decision whether to be together or not. I don't fully believe their relationship when I watch. They seem so scared around each other, and each compensates with either nudity or a snippy line. The plot of the film works pretty well, not leaving anything out or plays into gross out humor or gender semantics, but the couple times it sucks, it sucks HARD. There are these moments between them which are silent except for this droning humming and a single tear. The speech at the end (which we all knew was coming) is blasà (C) at best, stigmatizing at worst. It's this misplaced folly among the rest of everything. I only wish they hadn't chosen something so atrociously depressing. Oh, and it's set in 1996, which isn't used as the setting because it furthers the plot or is important to the romance. This film is placed in that decade so it can be around the time Viagra comes out on the market. Most of this is ugly product placement for Pfizer, and though they also try to emphasize the struggles of being a doctor nothing bad happens to anyone who is a doctor, leading to an anticlimactic end. My God, that ending was horrific. They tie it up in a neat little bow and smile at you like they're not getting some sick thrill. In short, it's good to watch with a girlfriend, but otherwise run, run far and fast my friend.
  • clintervin
    November 11, 2011
    clintervin
    This is a sweet romantic comedy/tragedy set in the volatile world of pharmaceutical sales. Unlike some critics, I think director Edward Zwick pulls of the tricky task of balancing all the elements: behind the scenes look at Big Pharm, love story, and potential "Love-Story" like m... read moreelodrama. I liked the two principal actors: Hathaway and Gyllenhaal had real chemistry. Some of the rest of the cast functioned mainly as comic relief. The topic of drug reps vying for doctors' business is treated hilariously; there's even a fistfight!

    It's a strange, complex scenario: The dawn of Viagra sales opens up new possibilities while one character's Parkinson's disease creates a battle between love and self-pity. Ultimately this film is never terribly heart-wrenching. Instead it holds out the promise of hope.
  • murphmann93
    October 27, 2011
    murphmann93
    A really great romantic film! You don't expect the things to happen in the film if you haven't read the book and it throws you off guard and makes you feel really sad. The ending however is really heartwarming! Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway's chemistry is alight in this film!
  • aliceinpunderland
    September 3, 2011
    aliceinpunderland
    Very, very surprised at how much I enjoyed this. Anne Hathaway has annoyed me ever since the deliberately edgy Havoc and Rachel Getting Married, but I daresay, like Keira Knightley, she's starting to reign in her naturally ebullient face and work with different gaz... read morees and voice timbres. Every time I expected her to flash her mega-watt grin or start babbling pseudo-awkwardly (which worked in her younger roles), she stops and rebuilds the walls guarding her Parkinson's-afflicted character.

    The gravity surrounding her Parkinson's plot doesn't fully manifest itself until halfway through the movie, but it's done subtly so that Maggie's guttural scream after accidentally smashing her drink doesn't seem melodramatic. I've never heard that sound come out of Anne Hathaway before, and it was jarring but realistically so.

    The smarmy, cutthroat world of pharmaceutical sales is also an interesting backdrop to this drug-addled romance.
  • blacksheepboy
    August 15, 2011
    blacksheepboy
    I disagree with the common feeling that this film does not know exactly what story it wants to tell. It is a decent romantic comedy that balances well its different plot elements, with a great chemistry between the leads and a very hot Jake Gyllenhaal almost naked in several scenes.
  • lewiskendell
    August 9, 2011
    lewiskendell
    "I'm going to need you more than you need me."

    Love and Other Drugs is bi-polar. It gradually transitions from fun and light to melodramatic and deathly serious, and I can't say that it manages that switch completely successfully. Some people will prefer the sexy fun of the firs... read moret half (like me), and others will find the more emotional latter half to be more involving (not like me), but I doubt most will equally enjoy both parts (I didn't). And one of the main characters is probably one of the most annoying ever written, and the movie would have automatically been about 10% better without him in it (has Josh Gad ever been even slightly funny in anything?).

    Other than that stuff, Love and Other Drugs is pretty decent. The characters are interesting and semi-realistic, it avoids being excessively sappy or predictable (at least, until the end), and Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway have chemistry coming out the wazoo.

    Love and Other Drugs could have been something awesome, but it fails to live up to its full potential by eventually giving in to the same worn tropes that 75% of the movies in this genre slavishly adhere to. It's still worth checking out if you're curious, though.

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Critic Reviews

J. R. Jones
January 4, 2011
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader

Eight months after health-care reform was signed into law, Universal Pictures courageously weighs in with a watered-down satire of the pharmaceutical industry. Full Review

Lisa Kennedy
December 17, 2010
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post

But in Love & Other Drugs, [Zwick] and Herskovitz find a groove that delivers wry writing and smart cultural observation. Full Review

Peter Rainer
December 3, 2010
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor

A slick weepie made by smart guys who want you to know they're better than the schlockmeisters. Full Review

David Denby
November 30, 2010
David Denby, New Yorker

as many weak spots, but what it delivers at its core is as indelible as (and a lot more explicit than) the work of such legendary teams as Clark Gable and Joan Crawford, Spencer Tracy and Katharine He... Full Review

Peter Travers
November 24, 2010
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

This movie is best treated like dim sum. Wait out the bad portions until a tastier dish is served. Let Hathaway be your guide. Full Review

A.O. Scott
November 24, 2010
A.O. Scott, New York Times

Unfortunately the effects of the movie, therapeutic and intoxicating though they are, wear off before it is over. Full Review

Rick Groen
November 24, 2010
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail

Altogether, not a bad trip. Full Review

Tom Long
November 24, 2010
Tom Long, Detroit News

Jake Gyllenhaal is great in Love & Other Drugs. So is Anne Hathaway. Too bad the movie's a mess. Full Review

Ann Hornaday
November 24, 2010
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

Too often the moral of this story seems to be "Love means never having to say you." Full Review

Kyle Smith
November 24, 2010
Kyle Smith, New York Post

100 minutes of bitterness and raunch followed by a few minutes of honeyed niceness is a formula for self-negation. Full Review

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    • Josh Randall: Wait, you're filming it? Do you do close-ups and stuff? Who holds it.
    • Josh Randall: Did you get kidnapped by a care bear?
    • Maggie Murdock: So many places to go?
    • Jamie: You'll go there, I just may have to carry you.
    • Jamie: And you need me.
    • Maggie Murdock: No I don't.
    • Jamie: Yes you do.
    • Maggie Murdock: No I don't.
    • Jamie: *Yes*, you do.
    • Maggie Murdock: You need someone to take care of you.
    • Jamie: No, I don't!
    • Jamie: Everybody does.
    • Jamie: So unfortunately, I need you. I want us, you, this.
    • Jamie: You meet a thousand people, then you meet that one person and your life is changed.
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