Love and Other Drugs

Director: Edward Zwick

Overview

Handsome and charming pharmaceutical rep Jamie (Jake Gyllenhaal) falls head over heels for radiant free spirit Maggie (Anne Hathaway), and together the two people who never thought they would fall in love discover that their intense chemistry is more powerful than any drug on the market.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/01/2011
UPC:	0024543733973
Original Release:	2010
Rating:	R
Source:	20th Century Fox
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby AC-3 Surround Sound]
Time:	1:52:00
Sales rank:	24,430

Special Features

Closed Caption; ; Deleted Scenes; Love & Other Drugs: An Actor's Discussion; Beautifully Complex: Anne Hathaway Is Maggie; Reformed Womanizer: Jake Gyllenhaal Is Jamie; Selling Love & Other Drugs

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Jake Gyllenhaal	Jamie Randall
Anne Hathaway	Maggie Murdock
Oliver Platt	Bruce Winston
Hank Azaria	Dr. Stan Knight
Ray Godshall	Friendly Senior
Josh Gad	Josh Randall
Gabriel Macht	Trey Hannigan
Judy Greer	Cindy
George Segal	Dr. James Randall
Jill Clayburgh	Nancy Randall
Kate Jennings Grant	Gina
Katheryn Winnick	"Lisa"
Kimberly Scott	Gail
Peter Friedman	California Man
Nikki DeLoach	Christy
Natalie Gold	Dr. Helen Randall
Megan Ferguson	Farrah
Michael Benjamin Washington	Richard
Bingo O'Malley	Sam
Dorothy Silver	Sophie
Lucy Roucis	Un-Convention Parksinson's Speaker
Joan Augustin	Joan
Michael Chernus	Jerry
Kate Easton	Amber
Michael Buffer	Pfizer Convention MC
Maite Schwartz	Texas
Maximilian Osinski	Ned
Ian Harding	Pfizer Trainee #1
Josh Breslow	Pfizer Trainee #2
Ian Novick	Pfizer Trainee #3
Tess Soltau	Pfizer Trainee #4
Constance Brenneman	Pfizer Trainee #5
Nicole Thomas	Pfizer Trainee #6
Jasper Soffer	Pfizer Trainee #7
Kwame Rakes	Doctor in Parking Lot
Scott Cohen	Ted Goldstein
Sharon Wilkins	La Boheme Receptionist
Brian Hutchison	Homeless Man
Dana Dancho	Smiling Receptionist
Lisa Ann Goldsmith	Nurse Janice
Rick Applegate	Viagra Doctor
Jean Zarzour	Viagra Sample Nurse
Jennifer Delaeo	Viagra Receptionist
Harry O'Toole	Man With Walker
Deidre Goodwin	Viagra Nurse #1
Geneva Carr	Viagra Nurse #2
Vanessa Aspillaga	Viagra Nurse #3
Patricia Cray	Kindly-Looking Woman
Frank Cantanzano	Himself
Brian E. Jay	Himself
Frank Ferraro	Himself
Judy Pergl	Herself
K	Herself
Kristin Spatafore	Convention Girl #1
Larissa S. Emanuele	Convention Girl #2
Loretta Higgins	PET Scan Doctor
Kimberly M. Rizzo	Front Desk Receptionist
Jason Bernard	Quack Doctor
Nicole Perrone	Determined Receptionist
Jo Newman	Bree
Christina Fandino	Khae
Teri Clark Linden	ER Receptionist
Kevin McClatchy	Justin

Technical Credits

Edward Zwick	Director,Producer,Screenwriter
Pieter Jan Brugge	Producer
Daniel Ezralow	Choreography
Steven Fierberg	Cinematographer
Marshall Herskovitz	Producer,Screenwriter
James Newton Howard	Score Composer
Peter King	Makeup
Gary Kosko	Art Director
Arnon Milchan	Executive Producer
Patti Podesta	Production Designer
Randall Poster	Musical Direction/Supervision
Troy Putney	Associate Producer
Charles Randolph	Producer,Screenwriter
Margaret Riley	Executive Producer
Darin John Rivetti	Associate Producer,Asst. Director
Steven Rosenblum	Editor
Deborah L. Scott	Costumes/Costume Designer
Scott Stuber	Producer
Victoria Thomas	Casting

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Love and Other Drugs
1. Scene 1 [3:51]
2. Scene 2 [3:22]
3. Scene 3 [4:21]
4. Scene 4 [2:36]
5. Scene 5 [3:54]
6. Scene 6 [3:42]
7. Scene 7 [3:11]
8. Scene 8 [5:59]
9. Scene 9 [5:53]
10. Scene 10 [3:45]
11. Scene 11 [4:10]
12. Scene 12 [2:28]
13. Scene 13 [2:40]
14. Scene 14 [1:42]
15. Scene 15 [3:27]
16. Scene 16 [4:24]
17. Scene 17 [3:44]
18. Scene 18 [3:32]
19. Scene 19 [1:48]
20. Scene 20 [2:42]
21. Scene 21 [3:27]
22. Scene 22 [5:18]
23. Scene 23 [5:57]
24. Scene 24 [1:56]
25. Scene 25 [6:47]
26. Scene 26 [3:45]
27. Scene 27 [4:31]
28. Scene 28 [4:33]

Menu

Disc #1 -- Love and Other Drugs
   Play
   Set Up
      Audio
         English 5.1 Dolby Digital
         Español Dolby Surround
         Français Dolby Surround
      Subtitles
         English for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
         Español
         Français
         Subtitles: None
   Scenes
   Extras
      Deleted Scenes
      Love & Other Drugs: An Actor's Discussion
      Beautifully Complex: Anne Hathaway Is Maggie
      Reformed Womanizer: Jake Gyllenhaal is Jamie
      Selling Love & Other Drugs
      Theatrical Trailer
      Sneak Peek
         Conviction
         Never Let Me Go
         FX Trailer

Editorial Reviews

For a movie all about pharmaceuticals that alter the body's chemistry, Ed Zwick's romantic comedy Love and Other Drugs succeeds thanks to good old-fashioned onscreen chemistry between Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway. As preternaturally charming and ever-horny salesman Jamie Randall, Gyllenhaal manages to be as charming and roguish as George Clooney at his best. The movie's opening-credit sequence swiftly establishes his character -- while flirting with every woman who walks into his stereo store, and selling lots of product in the process, Jamie seduces a co-worker who jumps his bones in the back of the store. When they are discovered in the act by her boyfriend -- who happens to be their boss -- Jamie must look for new work. He eventually trains to become a rep for the drug company Pfizer, where he's teamed with road-weary, middle-aged Bruce Winston (Oliver Platt). Jamie starts charming nurses and doctors, making sure free samples of his products are on their shelves. During his schmoozing he meets Maggie Murdock (Hathaway), a beautiful Parkinson's patient who is the first woman in years who can't be won over -- at least initially -- by his seemingly effortless charisma. Of course, the two eventually start sleeping together, precisely because neither is looking for anything deep or permanent. But as they open up to each other, true love inevitably starts to look like a genuine possibility. What's most striking about Love and Other Drugs, aside from the acting, is the amount of screen time the lead actors are naked. It's easy to be cynical about this, but the filmmakers aren't just using their actors' bodies to sell tickets. Maggie's medical condition leaves her afraid to let anyone get close to her, but she's too full of life to remain just a wallflower, and Jamie has learned to skate by on his ability to enthrall women to such a degree that he can stay emotionally removed from them. As they slowly open up to each other, their ease with each other's bodies acts as a constant metaphor for their inner lives. Rest assured that their toned, glamorous bodies aren't the only reason these two actors were cast in the film. Anne Hathaway matches Gyllenhaal's erotic drive and also reveals Maggie's profound vulnerability in quiet moments like when her condition leaves her unable to use a pair of scissors. When Maggie discovers a Parkinson's support group and realizes that her life can be defined by something other than her illness, Hathaway makes sure we see the sparkle in her eyes without ever making the character cloying. And as for Jake Gyllenhaal, his work as Jamie Randall proves he's a movie star capable of carrying a whole film with his broad appeal while still nailing difficult emotional moments like Jamie's uncontrollable shaking when he tells Maggie he loves her for the first time. If only the script's third act were as grounded in reality as the two leads, Love and Other Drugs would have a shot at being a classic rom-com. Sadly, instead of keeping the ending small and intimate, Zwick and company aim for a Jerry Maguire-esque "You complete me" moment that rings false even with the two performers doing everything they can to make it work. The end isn't the screenplay's only fault; a subplot about Jamie's annoying millionaire brother -- played gratingly by Josh Gad -- seems to have been tacked on in hopes of tricking people into thinking Seth Rogen or Jonah Hill is in the movie. Gad is an unwelcome and unnecessary distraction. However, until that last act, the movie never derails since it spends so much time with Maggie and Jamie. The characters and the actors are so good together that you're more than happy to listen to their pillow talk.

All Movie Guide - Perry Seibert