Love & Other Drugs

2010·112 minR·English

Rate

6.75549%3.3/5

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Maggie is an alluring free spirit who won't let anyone – or anything – tie her down. But she meets her match in Jamie, whose relentless and nearly infallible charm serves him well with the ladies and 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.

What critics thought

A mixed-reception romance that split critics roughly down the middle: admirers found it a rare adult love story with genuine heat from its two leads, while detractors saw a film that can't decide what it wants to be — pharmaceutical satire, sex comedy, or tearjerker — and fumbles all three. Hathaway's performance drew more consistent praise than the film around her.

“The energy is far too great—manic even—at the beginning but calms down for a while to focus on the highly competitive but not always ethical arena of drug sales, then gets distracted by unusually bold sex scenes for a studio picture only to wander off into the cultural phenomenon of Viagra before the movie decides it's a romance after all and so concludes in a highly conventional final embrace.”
Kirk Honeycutt·The Hollywood Reporter
“a spectacularly maudlin and repellent piece of work”
East Bay Express
“The first thing one notices about Love and Other Drugs is that it's an adult romance. So many current love stories are targeted at teenagers that it's rare to find one that sidesteps the numerous contrivances that permeate the genre.”
James Berardinelli·ReelViews
“Since American movies tend to be prudish about sex, especially having bona fide stars appear to do it onscreen, Love & Other Drugs' desire to thoroughly acquaint us with a topless Anne Hathaway and a bottomless Jake Gyllenhaal is a welcome change.”
Mary Pols·Time

Genres

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Cast & Crew

Edward ZwickDirector

Jake GyllenhaalJamie Randall

Anne HathawayMaggie Murdock

Oliver PlattBruce Winston

Hank AzariaDr. Stan Knight

Josh GadJosh Randall

Gabriel MachtTrey Hannigan

Judy GreerCindy

Jill ClayburghNancy Randall

George SegalDr. James Randall

Kate Jennings GrantGina

Katheryn Winnick"Lisa"

Kimberly ScottGail

James Newton HowardComposer

Charles RandolphWriter

Marshall HerskovitzWriter

Steven FierbergCinematography

Love & Other Drugs

2010·112 min·R·English

Rate

6.75549%3.3/5

What critics thought

“The energy is far too great—manic even—at the beginning but calms down for a while to focus on the highly competitive but not always ethical arena of drug sales, then gets distracted by unusually bold sex scenes for a studio picture only to wander off into the cultural phenomenon of Viagra before the movie decides it's a romance after all and so concludes in a highly conventional final embrace.”
Kirk Honeycutt·The Hollywood Reporter
“a spectacularly maudlin and repellent piece of work”
East Bay Express
“The first thing one notices about Love and Other Drugs is that it's an adult romance. So many current love stories are targeted at teenagers that it's rare to find one that sidesteps the numerous contrivances that permeate the genre.”
James Berardinelli·ReelViews
“Since American movies tend to be prudish about sex, especially having bona fide stars appear to do it onscreen, Love & Other Drugs' desire to thoroughly acquaint us with a topless Anne Hathaway and a bottomless Jake Gyllenhaal is a welcome change.”
Mary Pols·Time