Love and Other Drugs is a romantic comedy of sorts. Jamie (Jake Gyllenhaal) is a underachiever in a high achieving, high expectations family. He is a electronics salesman who decides to become a pharmaceutical
salesman mostly due to the entry level pay starting with six figures. Jamie is charming and wins over his clients, wining, dining and sleeping with his contacts. This changes the day he meets Maggie, a young attractive woman, who rejects his advances. Maggie gives in and dates him but with great hesitation, she has been diagnosed and living with Parkinson's Disease. As Jamie grows to love Maggie his career also grows, he is promoting Viagra, a newly introduced drug. Over time, Jamie realizes that he has to make some important decisions involving his personal and professional life. I liked this movie and thought that Jake and Maggie had chemistry. There were a lot of bedroom scenes with nudity and a lot of crude and vulgar language that really wasn't necessary. Although it was for the most part lighthearted, the discussions about living with Parkinson's were very real. I wouldn't rush to put this in my queue but it did have a certain charm as it deals senstively with a difficult health issue.
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