'Love and Other Drugs' dosen't work because it's love and other movies. It's a sex comedy, satire of the pharmaceutical industry, something of a 90's nostogala piece and a lose remake of 'Love Story'. Jake Gyllenhaal is a child of privilege, college drop out, womanizing salesman type, he takes a job as a Midwest sales rep for Pfizer just in time for the birth of Viagra. Anne Hathaway (whose naked alot in this) is a poor artist and senior health care advocate with early onset Parkinson's diease. Though they start off on the wrong foot and neither plans on it, Anne will help Jake find redemption through love. It's forced, saccharine and off putting; a movie in awkward flux between genra types, from some truly touching stuff at a Parkinson's support group, to Jake catching his brother Josh Gad masturbating to the sex tape he made with Anne. Further more this is yet another movie to waste Judy Greer. What a mess. *1/2
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