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Title: Love & Other Drugs (2010)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Jake Gyllenhaal | ... | Jamie Randall | |
| Anne Hathaway | ... | Maggie Murdock | |
| Oliver Platt | ... | Bruce Winston | |
| Hank Azaria | ... | Dr. Stan Knight | |
| Josh Gad | ... | Josh Randall | |
| Gabriel Macht | ... | Trey Hannigan | |
| Judy Greer | ... | Cindy | |
| George Segal | ... | Dr. James Randall | |
| Jill Clayburgh | ... | Nancy Randall | |
| Kate Jennings Grant | ... | Gina | |
| Katheryn Winnick | ... | 'Lisa' | |
| Kimberly Scott | ... | Gail | |
| Peter Friedman | ... | California Man | |
| Nikki Deloach | ... | Christy | |
| Natalie Gold | ... | Dr. Helen Randall | |
Maggie (Hathaway) is an alluring free spirit who won't let anyone - or anything - tie her down. But she meets her match in Jamie (Gyllenhaal), whose relentless and nearly infallible charm serve him well with the ladies and in the cutthroat world of pharmaceutical sales. Maggie and Jamie's evolving relationship takes them both by surprise, as they find themselves under the influence of the ultimate drug: love. Written by Twentieth Century Fox
I was always curious about this movie for years because of his subject and because I consider Jake Gyllenhall one of today's best actors. Most of his movies really surprised me (especially PRISONERS and NIGHTCRAWLER) so it's no surprise that I had to see this one. And despite it wasn't great like those two movies I mentioned, I liked it anyway.
The movie is set in the 1990s, precisely in 1996. Womanizing salesman James Randall (Jake Gyllenhall) gets a job at the Pfizer company as a drugs salesman. After testing some of the medicins he accidentally meets Maggie Murdock (Anne Hathaway), a young woman with an early version of Parkinson's disease. After having a date with her, they decide to don't have a serious relationship and they have lots of s** regularly. In the meanwhile James is assigned to sell Viagra (a new drug to treat erectyle dysfunction) and will go to many conferences about Parkinson's and its treatments and even when he and Maggie break up, they will speak loud about their feelings and will return together.
This film surprised me because from the poster I thought it was a rom com like many others, but instead, it's much more than that! Jake Gyllenhall gives another excellent performance as a young drug salesman who will do everything to help his girlfriend dealing with Parkinson's (played well by Anne Hathaway who also shows off a LOT of her gorgeous body in the steamy scenes). Josh Gad looks a bit annoying here as James' brother, and it actually reminded a bit of Seth Rogen.
However this is a rare romantic comedy in the sense that not that many movies of the genre give the message of hope that this one gives. I recommend it to not only Jake Gyllenhall fans just for this.