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Mixed or average reviews- based on 112 Ratings

  • Starring: Anne Hathaway, Jake Gyllenhaal, Judy Greer
  • Summary: Maggie is an alluring free spirit who won't let anyone or anything tie her down. But she meets her match in Jamie, whose relentless and nearly infallible charm serve him well with the ladies and in the cutthroat world of pharmaceutical sales. Maggie's and Jamie's evolving relationship takes them both by surprise, as they find themselves under the influence of the ultimate drug: love. (Fox Movies) Expand
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 38
  2. Negative: 4 out of 38
  1. Reviewed by: James Berardinelli
    Dec 13, 2010
    88
    The result, bolstered by strong acting and an intriguing back story, is an unqualified success. Love and Other Drugs may be the most honest romance to grace the screens during all of 2010.
  2. Reviewed by: Betsy Sharkey
    Dec 13, 2010
    80
    A love story that is actually worth falling for, with Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal excellent at steaming up the screen in Love & Other Drugs.
  3. Reviewed by: Joshua Rothkopf
    Dec 13, 2010
    60
    The film definitely gets it up, but has some commitment issues.
  4. Reviewed by: Ann Hornaday
    Dec 13, 2010
    38
    A jagged little pill of a movie from baby boomer avatar Edward Zwick.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 38
  2. Negative: 7 out of 38
  1. Love and Other Drugs is simply great. It is not definitely movie of the year, but it is also not the worst movie. I really like Jake and Anne, and they did a great job with this movie, but it has too mush sex scenes, it would be much better that not have it at every 10 minutes. Still, some of you say that this movie is bad, some that is great, for me it is not bad at all, but it could be much better. Expand
  2. I don't get why this movie is situated in comedy, romance. It's a romantic film, that's for sure, but it's not a comedy, definitely not. This movie has a great long start and a 'normal-expected' ending. The plot was a little bit disapointing, but this is forgiven because of the great acting by Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway. These two actors did a very good job, I really believed their story. Good film, but it could have been better with a little script changing Expand
  3. The movie is very cliched and skimmed, but however Edward Zwick's "Love and Other Drugs" still presents us the powerful, spellbinding chemistry between Jake and Ann. Expand
  4. It has lots of things that could have been great. With an interesting story and remarkable Viagra-Parkinson's backdrop, "Love and Other Drugs" could have been a great film. However, the romantic comedy aspect of it came in the way. I just cannot emphasise how much the predictable "romantic comedy" aspect of the film, ends up ultimately hurting the film. With a cliched story, predictable dialogues, and horrible horrible soundtrack (every time Gyllenhaal and Hathaway have a "romantic" moment, the same annoying song starts - oh.my.god. someone kill the composer/director). It is, as many have pointed out, refreshingly sexual and liberated in many ways, which is positive for Hollywood films, and its Parkinson's aspect is done tastefully. That much I can give it. However, overall, the film does not quite live up to its potential, being ultimately sunk by the heavy baggage that a romantic comedy has to carry with it. 4/10 Expand

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