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.

Jamie is a notorious playboy who doesn't care about anyone but himself. To him, life is a game, until one day when he gets fired as a result of his "actions". He gets another job as a drug representative and meets a lovely girl called Maggie which suffers from Parkinson's. They quickly form a relationship which starts only as "sex friends" but evolves over time, each of them falling in love with each other. In order to maintain their relation or even transform it into something more formal, they have to overcome a series of impediments, from her disease to his life style.It's a very interesting and romantic story but a bit too predictable for my taste and not as well composed as I hoped. It has a lot of moments when you simply cannot stop laughing, an aspect which I liked a lot, but it could have been a bit more polished. Overall, I think it's a good movie!

Starting with the bad, this movie has no originality in its story, in no way can it lay claim to digressing from the overused Hollywood romantic movie plots. Boy finds sick girl who sets him straight, boy and girl separate for stupid reasons, boy finds out how much he loves girl, boy wins girl back with grandiose romantic speech. I also find the psychology and philosophy of the movie flawed. It treats the fear of being hurt or the fear of needing someone as inevitable ingredients or even likable qualities, where they are normally expressions of low self esteem and lacking courage. Realizing you do *need* each other is what brings you back together? Need is not love, need is selfish, where love is giving.I did not buy: the homeless guy's Prozac transformation, the drug agents and doctors milieu constantly partying like wall-street wolves, the convenient parkinson-conference across the street with all its positivity, the panic attack originating from telling someone you love him, the closing scene.Apart from that, I largely enjoyed the movie. Jake Gyllenhaal has found its most natural role as a slight nimrod with emotional deficiencies (adding depression in his 2015 movie Demolition), Anne Hathaway is breathtaking in her sensuality and sensibility, and also the supporting cast is wonderful. Combined with a resourceful soundtrack (The Specials, The Kinks, Fleetwood Mac, Regina Spektor, ...), it's hard to watch the movie without finding something to like.

Came to my attention because I saw Movie Night's list of the Top Ten best nude scenes ever, and was really surprised to find Walt Disney star Anne Hathaway on there. Obtained the movie, but the box art generally strikes you as a romantic comedy, so I was quite surprised by that scene where Anne disrobed to be surprised by Josh Gad.There are movies out there who purport to be sexual, but they aren't ever as classy sexy as this one. Yes, there is a considerable mix-up of genres in this film, with something for everybody thrown in. One moment it is a romantic comedy, then it is clear that tragedy is inevitably around the corner, but interspersed are some of the sexiest scenes done on film, and then we're back with much, much bleaker stuff again.Morgan Freeman referred to Anne Hathaway as "the naked girl from LOVE & OTHER DRUGS"... Who'd have thought that after THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA...?Nice to see Katheryn Winnick in here as well, as 'bad girl' 'Lisa' after recently seeing her in that NIKITA episode.