Movie Review--Love and Other Drugs

*SPOILER ALERT*

Love and Other Drugs which stars the lovely Anne Hathaway and the gorgeous Jake Gyllenhal was a very charming and unexpected story of two twenty-somethings who fall in love in the mid 1990s.  When I first saw the trailers for this movie, I thought it was about an extremely attractive man-whore who sold pharmaceuticals to doctors, and a free spirit who had commitment issues.  Well, I was sort of right, except the movie got a whole lot more serious when it was revealed that Anne's character Maggie had parkinson's syndrome, and that Jake's character Jamie, really was just someone who was not living up to his full potential.  

Well one can guess that their relationship is all hot and heavy (quite a bit of boobage in this film) in the beginning, and the two of them just want something casual. As Maggie says in the film,

"This is about finding an hour or two of relief from the pain of being you. And that's fine with me, see, because all I want is the exact same thing. "

Well of course this isn't enough for these two people and they fall in love, both admitting it at different times.  Of course with the disease that Maggie has, Jamie decides that he wants to fix her.  We all know that there is no cure, and Maggie gives him the out.  He take's it, but while watching a very heartwarming part of a raunchy video they made, he realizes that the disease is not who she is, but that he loves her, and that they are both complete each other.  This obviously culminates with Jamie chasing down Maggie's bus and they have that moment where he tell's her that he needs her, and she tells him that she will need him more.  The film ends with clips showing their life in the near future, enjoying the company of each other, and making most of the time that they have while Maggie's disease is still in it's early stages.

----There were some very funny parts to this movie, most of which involved "Little Jake."  There is an unfortunate incident with Viagra, and also one that deals with his "limp sense of humor."  Also Josh Gad who plays Jamie's younger brother, steals some scenes.  For instance he gets caught wacking off to the sex video Jamie and Maggie made, and there is NSFW moment when he is at a pajama party.  Overall I thought this movie was very heartwarming, especially when it comes to loving someone no matter what issues there may be.  I give it 3 out of 4 stars.  

Peace & Love

-K