Very disappointed :(

This is How Movies Should Be Made

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Frankly, I was pleasantly surprised. At first I thought it would be a typical girls movie but this film showed me an amazing sides that I had not seen before. An amazing performance of a geniuses actors, amazing soundtrack and perfectly suited to scenes. And simply this entire movie is perfection.

Well I must be honest with you guys. The first time I watched Love and other drugs I was completely amazed by its plot and the characters development...Watching this movie for the thousandth time made me really disappointed though. I think I made a mistake giving it 10 stars and now I made it only 6 (and I'm still doubting if it's not too much). The plot is kind of exceeded. Jackass that falls in love for the first time for a girl who has large walls built around her, but who at the same time apparently owns a huge self security (and has Parkinson). I don't think this is much of a spoiler, but, they fall in love with each other and in a relationship which, started by only casual sex, is surrounded by insecurities from both sides, they broke up, and then they come back again. I probably thought it was a great story and some kind of "masterpiece" of the current cinema (which is not THAT current though) because I was passing through some stuff in my life and I just got emotional watching it. But it is not like that. I just couldn't watch it for more than one hour the last time: somehow the story is weak and not even the talent of the main characters could save this movie from boredom. It's totally predictable, not to comment the uncountable frames where there's nothing new but the couple getting laid. This film is not trash, but it's bordering the trashy line... Something cool to watch when you don't't have nothing else to.

The story conveys the reality of self confidence and relationship hardships for those who may have a disability. One with a disability might need to do things differently than one who is able-bodied. I believe the film appropriately expressed the message of how one may lack self confidence and maintaining relationships even though they might express differently to others. One never knows what goes on in one's life until one truly gets to know them. The negative that shown in the film was when Jamie and Maggie attend the convention in Chicago, an older man advises Jamie to find and marry a "healthy woman." The older man expresses how unhappy he is caring for his wife, who is a stage- four Parkinson's disease patient. This is what pushes the character Jamie selfishly to find a cure and have Maggie get better so he doesn't have to be like the older man. Also another negative was how the doctors and other salespeople characterized Maggie as "a sick girl" as if she was incapable. There was also a positive in film when Maggie attends the UNC Convention and she listens to other Parkinson's disease patients talking their own lives but they were also humorous towards it. Overall, I recommend watching this film, you'll definitely have a few laughs throughout the film.

"Love & Other Drugs" is another example of how Anne Hathaway is one of the most talented actresses from her generation. She managed to score a Golden Globe nomination just like her co-star Jake Gyllenhaal. I have to say I am not his greatest fan, so I was neither too impressed with his performance here nor did I manage to find him likable near the end which was probably the intention. He was just too unlikeable early on. The movie is directed by Edward Zwick, an Oscar-winning producer for "Shakespeare in Love".First of all, I want to say that the happy ending felt a bit forced in my opinion that they just had to close it with the two reuniting and it was a bit random. And didn't she say before she had somebody else already? Where did he go? Why did Gyllenhaal's character leave her anyway if he loved her? The whole split-up scene came totally out of nowhere only minutes after they confessed each other that they are in love. Anyway, Hathaway's enthusiastic behavior after the Parkinson convention was great to watch and she really nailed that scene. The whole convention and monologues were written nicely. What I did nit like about the film has'd mostly to do with Gyllenhaal's character. His brother was brought in for some comic relief, but added really nothing else. The final boner scenes were downright bad and brought some terrible "American Pie" humor to a film that did not fit it at all. Also, the whole medicine background story in the first half of the film was just not developed at all. That one scene when they talked about the impact of the medical industry at that point and included a reference to a Presidential candidate was downright bad. All of a sudden the movie seemed politically ambitious and it did not work out at all. The movie worked best as a somewhat different, more serious romantic comedy between the two protagonists.The film succeeds occasionally on an emotional level, for example when the older man tells Gyllenhaal's character to leave her and not go through all the struggles due to the illness. Another one would be when Gyllenhaal's character watches the video of his ex-girlfriend near the end. Gave me goosebumps. As a whole, the movie has some great scenes, some pretty weak scenes, but as a whole I'd recommend it, especially if you like one of the two main actors. Lots of graphic nudity too, so stay away if you're a bit on the prudish side.