Love and Other Drugs

Theatrical Release Date: 2010 11 24 (USA)

UPC: 024543734048

Studio: 20th Century Fox

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Nudity, Profanity, Sexual Situations, Drug Content]

Summary: 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 love discover that their intense chemistry is more powerful than any drug on the market. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Category: Comedy Drama

Awards: Film Presented – AFI Fest Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or – Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Features: Deleted scenes
Love & Other Drugs: An actor's discussion
Beautifully complex: Anne Hathaway is Maggie
Reformed womanizer: Jake Gyllenhaal is Jamie
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Love and Other Drugs

Format: Blu-ray

Release Date: 03/01/2011

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DHMA null, DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 112 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,Spanish,French

Subtitles: Spanish,French

Region: Blu-ray region A (North America, Central America, South America, Japan, Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia)

Perry Seibert

For a movie all about pharmaceuticals that alter the body's chemistry, Ed Zwick's romantic comedy Love and Other Drugs succeeds thanks to good old-fashioned onscreen chemistry between Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway. As preternaturally charming and ever-horny salesman Jamie Randall, Gyllenhaal manages to be as charming and roguish as George Clooney at his best. The movie's opening-credit sequence swiftly establishes his character -- while flirting with every woman who walks into his stereo store, and selling lots of product in the process, Jamie seduces a co-worker who jumps his bones in the back of the store. When they are discovered in the act by her boyfriend -- who happens to be their boss -- Jamie must look for new work. He eventually trains to become a rep for the drug company Pfizer, where he's teamed with road-weary, middle-aged Bruce Winston (Oliver Platt). Jamie starts charming nurses and doctors, making sure free samples of his products are on their shelves. During his schmoozing he meets Maggie Murdock (Hathaway), a beautiful Parkinson's patient who is the first woman in years who can't be won over -- at least initially -- by his seemingly effortless charisma. Of course, the two eventually start sleeping together, precisely because neither is looking for anything deep or permanent. But as they open up to each other, true love inevitably starts to look like a genuine possibility. What's most striking about Love and Other Drugs, aside from the acting, is the amount of screen time the lead actors are naked. It's easy to be cynical about this, but the filmmakers aren't just using their actors' bodies to sell tickets. Maggie's medical condition leaves her afraid to let anyone get close to her, but she's too full of life to remain just a wallflower, and Jamie has learned to skate by on his ability to enthrall women to such a degree that he can stay emotionally removed from them. As they slowly open up to each other, their ease with each other's bodies acts as a constant metaphor for their inner lives. Rest assured that their toned, glamorous bodies aren't the only reason these two actors were cast in the film. Anne Hathaway matches Gyllenhaal's erotic drive and also reveals Maggie's profound vulnerability in quiet moments like when her condition leaves her unable to use a pair of scissors. When Maggie discovers a Parkinson's support group and realizes that her life can be defined by something other than her illness, Hathaway makes sure we see the sparkle in her eyes without ever making the character cloying. And as for Jake Gyllenhaal, his work as Jamie Randall proves he's a movie star capable of carrying a whole film with his broad appeal while still nailing difficult emotional moments like Jamie's uncontrollable shaking when he tells Maggie he loves her for the first time. If only the script's third act were as grounded in reality as the two leads, Love and Other Drugs would have a shot at being a classic rom-com. Sadly, instead of keeping the ending small and intimate, Zwick and company aim for a Jerry Maguire-esque "You complete me" moment that rings false even with the two performers doing everything they can to make it work. The end isn't the screenplay's only fault; a subplot about Jamie's annoying millionaire brother -- played gratingly by Josh Gad -- seems to have been tacked on in hopes of tricking people into thinking Seth Rogen or Jonah Hill is in the movie. Gad is an unwelcome and unnecessary distraction. However, until that last act, the movie never derails since it spends so much time with Maggie and Jamie. The characters and the actors are so good together that you're more than happy to listen to their pillow talk. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Pieter Jan Brugge  Producer 
Marshall Herskovitz  Producer 
Marshall Herskovitz  Screenwriter 
James Newton Howard  Composer (Music Score) 
Arnon Milchan  Executive Producer 
Edward Zwick  Director 
Edward Zwick  Producer 
Edward Zwick  Screenwriter 
Scott Stuber  Producer 
Charles Randolph  Producer 
Charles Randolph  Screenwriter 
Margaret Riley  Executive Producer 
Jake Gyllenhaal  Actor 
Anne Hathaway  Actor 
Oliver Platt  Actor 
Hank Azaria  Actor 
Ray Godshall, Sr.  Actor 
Josh Gad  Actor 
Gabriel Macht  Actor 
Judy Greer  Actor 
George Segal  Actor 
Jill Clayburgh  Actor 
Kate Jennings Grant  Actor 
Katheryn Winnick  Actor 
Kimberly Scott  Actor 
Peter Friedman  Actor 
Nikki DeLoach  Actor 
Natalie Gold  Actor 
Megan Ferguson  Actor 
Michael Benjamin Washington  Actor 
Bingo O'Malley  Actor 
Dorothy Silver  Actor 
Lucy Roucis  Actor 
Joan Augustin  Actor 
Michael Chernus  Actor 
Kate Easton  Actor 
Michael Buffer  Actor 
Maite Schwartz  Actor 
Maximilian Osinski  Actor 
Ian Harding  Actor 
Josh Breslow  Actor 
Ian Novick  Actor 
Tess Soltau  Actor 
Constance Brenneman  Actor 
Nicole Thomas  Actor 
Jasper Soffer  Actor 
Kwame Rakes  Actor 
Scott Cohen  Actor 
Sharon Wilkins  Actor 
Brian Hutchison  Actor 
Dana Dancho  Actor 
Lisa Ann Goldsmith  Actor 
Rick Applegate  Actor 
Jean Zarzour  Actor 
Harry O'Toole  Actor 
Jennifer Delaeo  Actor 
Deidre Goodwin  Actor 
Geneva Carr  Actor 
Vanessa Aspillaga  Actor 
Patricia Cray  Actor 
Frank Cantanzano  Actor 
Brian E. Jay  Actor 
Frank Ferraro  Actor 
Judy Pergl  Actor 
K  Actor 
Kristin Spatafore  Actor 
Larissa S. Emanuele  Actor 
Loretta Higgins  Actor 
Kimberly M. Rizzo  Actor 
Jason Bernard  Actor 
Nicole Perrone  Actor 
Jo Newman  Actor 
Christina Fandino  Actor 
Teri Clark Linden  Actor 
Kevin McClatchy  Actor 

Country: USA