Review: LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS
Every raw emotion ever experienced with love is beautifully displayed in “Love and Other Drugs,” starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway. Gyllenhaal plays the average ladies’ man who uses his good looks to charm his way through life, getting whatever he desires. His “talents” land him a job with a major pharmaceutical giant, where he learns how to sell medicine to major doctor’s offices and becomes a top seller.
Along the way, he meets Hathaway, a 26-year-old artist damaged by past loves who left because she was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Hathaway plays a cynical man-hater who eventually gives in to Gyllenhaal’s sly pickup lines, which lead to instant sex with no commitments.
Sex fills about 60 percent of the movie, but it’s so intense and passionate that you get lost; also Gyllenhaal’s gorgeous physique isn’t hard on the eyes. The movie evokes every emotion: you laugh, cry, get angry and eventually feel that maybe a love so deep truly exists.
