"Courage in Battle", "The Siege", "Jack Reacher 2", plus "Blood Diamond" - some of Edward Zwick's films have been seen before and before, the impression was created that he puts either films on military themes (as in the case of "Courage in Battle"), or action films (as in the case of "Siege").
When I saw Love and Other Drugs, I was surprised that Zwick directed the film. Again, it's hard to imagine this director's films having nudity in them. Quite a lot of nudity.
This film tells the story of the love story of the protagonist Jamie Randall (Jake Gyllenhall) in Maggie (Anne Hathaway), suffering from Parkinson's disease (stage 1). All this takes place against the background of Jamie’s emergence as a commercial agent for the sale of medicines and the distribution of popular pills known in the world as Viagra.
Usually, films about the difficulties in love, about the path through the thorns to it (to love, in the sense), are outlined by the directors against the background of some events: in Intuition, the characters overcome distances and years before seeing each other again, in Pretty Woman, the “labor relationship” between the “employer”-Gere and the “performer”-Roberts grow into love, and so on.
As for "Love and Other Drugs" - everything is furnished with Zwick, that love relationships develop against the background of Maggie's disease, as well as the development of Jamie's career is unwinding against the background of his relationship with Maggie.
I don’t know if I understand, but it’s like a dream in a dream in the movie Inception.
And one another, and the other does not interfere with the third. The start of the career of the protagonist in a new profession gives the impression that further you will see all the background in the work of sales representatives, immerse yourself in the world of pharmaceuticals.
At first, this is what happens (even when the two main characters meet). However, then the world of the trade representation fades into the background and “flows” in the background along the whole further scenario, offering to pay attention from the general (from the whole industry) to the private (on one person whose life goes awry because of a terrible diagnosis for 26 years).
The demonstration of a sales representative in the field of pharmaceuticals is another example of the fact that in the States of everything you can make a show. Any field where hundreds of millions of dollars are spent is a show. Any field in which you can make money is a show. Any industry in which you can make a fortune out of thin air is a show.
Launch a new product that affects the erection market? Naturally, this can be done correctly by advertising and promoting it! You have anxiety, panic attacks and are prone to depression (in your personal opinion or in the opinion of the doctor) – you need the right drugs!
It is interesting to observe all this, because the world of pharmaceuticals is a separate world, in which there are also its pitfalls, and its “blows”, as well as risks, wreckage and adventures. And naturally, this sphere, like any other, brings a person new acquaintances. Sometimes not very pleasant, like Jamie's acquaintance with Trey Hannigan (Gabriel Maht), and sometimes very close, like Maggie. . .
Facts:
- The antiparkinsonian drugs Cinemet and Ropinirol mentioned in the film can cause sexual hyperactivity and hyperarousal in some patients as a side effect.
When asked about the Hathaway sex scenes, Jake Gyllenhaal joked, I had a pretty brilliant career at the time, but the hardest part was pretending to be excited by Anne Hathaway. And I'm proud that I actually managed to do that.” By the way, they have already played husband and wife - in the movie Brokeback Mountain.
- In the first scene in the store where the hero Gyllenhall works, on the screens displayed on the windows of TVs you can see footage from the screensaver of “X-Files”, as well as footage from “Independence Day” Emmerich. In one of the apocalyptic projects of the Director starred and Gyllenhall is the film “The Day After Tomorrow” 2002.
But look at you. I do not impose my opinion on anyone.
Most of the most fundamental scientific discoveries have occurred after people have asked themselves this question. No, even banal discoveries you will not make when watching this film.
The main character is a man with stupid jokes and awkward kicks. All the girls in the world fall for him, despite the fact that he is a simple salesman who has not even become famous. He is like the gray majority of modern men, but women fall for him.
This man meets a terminally ill girl who for the first time refused him and warmed his purse on the head. He starts running after her like a stupid schoolboy. Why?
She refuses him because she realizes she will need him more than he needs her. So what she cares about is not that he will suffer after she dies, but that she will cease to be an independent, proud woman who slept with a married man. Where is the adequacy?
Because the two main characters are so inadequate, everything collapses. The atmosphere of touching, romantic and cute sympathy - because there is no empathy for the main characters. The plot is because the actions of inadequate people are inadequate, which is why there is zero interest. Well, the humor about bloated penises is also on the amateur side, you know. It was very reminiscent of the inadequacy of being in “Brokeback Mountain”, but there were at least beautiful views.
A real asexual bare-chest Anne Hathaway can not bribe!
The feeling that the director, as if by order of the audience, eager to see a kind melodrama, shot this film. Indeed, there are no sharp conflicts and special negativity here.
As for the characters, Maggie and Jamie’s pair of lovers are completely different. One works in sales and sells drugs, representing a large pharmaceutical company. And she's unbalanced and funny. But their kindness, smile, positive attitude and sweet pastime smooths out the “strangeness” of the main character. Maybe that's the point of the movie. Maybe this is what the director intended, because there is nothing to dig into?
Let me compare the picture with a quiet harbor for those who love romance. The film is calm, without any special effects, absolutely not pretending to be a super-premier, collecting huge box office fees. Just a guy meets a pretty person, then falls in love with her, and then everything is classic.
Standard story, but very suitable for a romantic evening to watch with your loved one. I often judge films in terms of kindness and positivity. So, the movie “Love and other drugs” will definitely fill you with positive emotions and warm feelings. Despite the fact that the heroes, although they will be together, the difficulties will not remain behind, but will only grow, so it is not difficult to predict the outcome of events ... from this, certainly many will shed a tear.
Watch him with your loved ones, because Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal perfectly play a cute couple who, hoping for the best, cope with difficult life situations.
The film disarmed us by drinking and no doubt thanks to one thing. Their songs thundered before the onset of the XX century. That's first and foremost. Even before the appearance of the first frame, you realize that with taste, Edward Zwick and James Newton Howard everything turned out to be in noticeable order. Under the downhill and unforgettable Spin Doctors - Two Princes viewer gets acquainted with the atypical image for Jake Gyllenhaal charming womanizer and pamper of fate. And after a while, he stares at the natural breasts of the witty and hot heroine Anne Hathaway. You know, this is the finish line: the movie is definitely good.
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It is a couple of main stars that are the second stage. Then unfolds in principle, a typical story about how both unexpectedly fell in love with each other, he first began to care about the girl who slept with him, she did not want to get rid of the guy forever due to illness. Kissing, sexing, quarreling, breaking up, and at the end reunion. Sometimes love stories can catch your attention. It only depends on the nuances. Edward Zwick’s film worked hard because of something you wouldn’t expect to see. I never thought Jake Gyllenhaal would play a guy like that. No, he's a diverse actor, just...
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When they confessed their love for real, without masks, without thoughts of dirty sex. Especially if this is the first time in your life. 'Love and other drugs' we do not want to analyze it, gutting the script for finding blunders and contrivedness. It is good because it surprises and inspires healthy positivity. He was definitely remembered for his opening scene, backed up by The Breeders – Cannonball; charged enthusiasm in search of victory with support from the hitman Belinda Carlisle; kind self-irony of Parkinson’s patients to themselves. We didn't expect it, but now we have it!
Which is stronger: the desire to feel needed or the fear of being “overboarded”? Often it is the fear that everything will end one way or another and will be very painful that prevents us from even trying to open up to another person. Only then can we fall in love. What is love?
It’s definitely not a set of desirable qualities of a partner, not the size of a woman’s breast or an organ just below a man’s heart. Most likely, in my opinion, it is how you feel near a person or how you become close to them. After all, before meeting him, you could consider yourself worthless, untalented and worthless, and next to you you become better, next to you become yourself.
So in this movie, it turns out that Jimmy spent his whole life trying to escape from himself, immersed in countless fleeting and non-binding connections. Good appearance and charisma contributed to the success of women. And of course he was hooked by Maggie's pretty girlfriend. No, he was hooked by her breasts first. But then everything went wrong... She was sick, but despite this, he did not want to run from her at all. In fact, he needed her more than he needed her.
The film does not tell about their lives until old age. But it already has the end and the result of their decision. Jimmy is the husband of a woman with Parkinson’s who has lived with her all his life. But since the film ends only at the beginning of the path of Jimmy and Maggie, the viewer has the opportunity to hope for a different outcome of their lives.
And in fact, everything would be fine and could end there, but there is nothing healthy about this story not because of Maggie’s illness, but because people initially start a relationship trying to hide their inner pain, not because they are really interested in the person “beyond the table.” And the film is full of other people who have no happiness, no family values, no moral principles. Only the desire to sell more, to prescribe the medicines that the patient asks, because he will pay for the prescription, and also to place samples of drugs in the window, of course, giving good girls - administrators for this. And only the main characters open their eyes to the fact that the joy and fullness of life bring completely different things. And others live with a veil in front of their eyes. I hope this is far from the truth.
In general, the film is not bad and you can recommend it for viewing in your free time. The main thing is not to take as a basis the fact that happy relationships should begin exactly as they show.
8 out of 10
I must say, I didn't like it at the beginning. The theme with “beautiful and monsters” has long and firmly played out in Hollywood, and it is too late to be surprised and moved. And I managed to get upset after the first colorful fiasco of the main character, which reminded me of the “watched”. "The Passion of Don Juan" (which I did not find the strength to watch).
Well... In fact, I was wrong (which can not but rejoice), this picture is lighter and kinder. There is no deliberate candor of an intimate nature, which is often the sin of “movies about business and love”. I see that I am often attracted to pictures with a certain hopelessness in the perspective of the main characters, everyone has some kind of “question-spottykaly”, about which everyone breaks his legs and does not go on. This is one of them, though, with a fabulously normal, touching attempt at decision-making. I was laughing, my brother Jamie was laughing. I was sad, and sadness brings Maggie. It was aesthetically good for me, and it's an aesthetic that Gyllenhaal brings to view (I don't remember a bad movie with him). Pleasant revelations in the field of business pharmacology, saturated with a sense of humor with which they are presented; no less pleasant realities with almost no confessions, and if with them, then, perhaps, these confessions were one of the most eccentric (though not quite the word) and unexpected, not flattened in a restaurant with a glass of wine.
This story can be told in so many different ways, but the question is who to tell and in what persons. In this version, she looks without the desire to turn away or wait out the moment. She is sweet, with the proper level of hysteria, panic, realism and true love.
7 out of 10
That rare feeling when I was not disappointed in the advertised film.
So, despite the presence in the film candid bed scenes and excessive pathos in some shots, the film turned out clean, bright and harmonious.
First of all, I want to mention the work of actress Anne Hathaway. I didn't expect to see her in this role. The role is really difficult, but she coped with it. So convincingly conveyed the image of a girl on the verge of a nervous breakdown due to a complex disease, which still finds the strength to live on and not easy to live, to develop further.
As for the main character, then it is also worth praising the work of the actor. I remember him in other films, but this role is more memorable than the others. Standard for cinema of all times and peoples image of a bad guy, a womanizer and burner of life, who suddenly became good, conveyed in a new way. You start to believe the hero.
And most importantly, the film inspires hope that no matter how difficult life is, there is always a chance to be happy.
I watched Love and Other Drugs a long time ago in the cinema. But I decided to reconsider, carried away by the work of Jake Gyllenhaal. I wanted to remember him as a womanizer.
The plot of this film is absolutely uncomplicated. As one guy Jamie under interesting circumstances meet their seemingly at first glance, another sympathy. This sympathy is very different from all the previous ones, and from the desire to take possession of the body, the main character very quickly goes to the desire to take possession of the soul. The girl first kicks (as it should be according to the laws of the genre), but then gives up and, as they say, “falls into love” (likes this literal period with the English “fall in love”). And for drama add the disease, so that life does not seem raspberry. For humor, add a fat loser who gets into comic situations. Here is melodrama, drama and comedy.
Let me just point out how this movie differs from other similar ones:
1) Sex, nudity and sex again. There will be a lot of that in the movie. Someone will frankly annoy, someone will drool on Anne Hathaway's chest with pleasure. In the middle of the film, it already seems that it would not hurt to add a fourth to the genres – “eroticism”. But there is a plus in the fact that the heroes between intercourse will conduct any dialogue. Some scenes will be very funny. Well, Gyllenhaal and Hathaway is nothing like that, it’s nice to watch them until you feel too much.
2) A training manual for a sales manager or how I sold Viagra. It is no secret that pharmaceuticals are almost the leading industry in cutting money from ordinary citizens who believe in a miracle when they are given placebo pills. Everyone wants to be healthy, while leading a completely unhealthful lifestyle, and drinking a pill is so simple, though a little expensive, but it will help not to leave the comfort zone. I liked the idea that the main character was finally not an ordinary businessman, showing incomprehensible slides for foreign guests and not an office plankton, spending 24 hours a day behind a laptop, after all, Jamie’s work suggested a more active lifestyle – to sell incomprehensible pills, and not just to people on the streets, but through the heads of doctors. That’s the whole background of this business. Think many times before you buy medicines from Aunt Klava, whose number your doctor gave you, assuring you that you need to take exactly such tablets, and not cheap analogues, and only from Aunt Klava on such a street you can take it at a discount.
(3) The subject of love is solved. Believe me, how many films about love I have seen, here it is more believable, I can believe in the birth of such love. I am frankly annoyed by people in real life, and the characters in the movies, who 5 minutes after meeting a potential soul mate (and more often in films it is any, the first girl found) already talk about eternal love. And most of these movies. In order for love to begin, you need to spend a lot of time together, get to know each other from all sides, go through fire, water and copper pipes, and only then make such a bold conclusion - that you love. In the same picture, the relationship develops gradually, measuredly, and love is mentioned near the end of the film. You know what I mean. For Jamie to confess his feelings was not like two fingers on the pavement, as in the modern world. He didn't throw words like that, even though he was a womanizer. This is one of the things that I am personally impressed with.
(4) Despite the addition of spicy pepper in the form of the main character's disease, the director does not focus on her diagnosis and consequences, here rather on the decision that a person makes, being near a sick loved one, knowing that the disease will progress and will not be easy, and detractors insist that you need to quit everything and live your life. We are left with the right to think of the end, and how things will go. In drama, there is no need for someone to die, it is a difficult situation. And thank you for not ending up in the spirit of the same Anne Hathaway movie One Day. In general, the end of the film will not disappoint you.
That's the difference. And by the way, the film is not for nothing called that. It's sadly funny how much money pharmaceutical companies make for people's health by releasing thousands of, sometimes unnecessary, new pills. But the cure for cancer was never found. More precisely, it may be, but it is not profitable. I read a lot that people who were unconventional ways of treating cancer soon disappeared without a trace. I don’t want to go too far on this topic. But this film at least a drop, but gives us a veil of such business. This is a good melodrama, and if you do not scare off a lot of sex – watch it.
7 out of 10
The love line is the most common component in the development of the plot of absolutely any picture. "Love and Other Medicines" offers the viewer to be transported to the atmosphere of forming love of two lonely hearts who lived by one heavy drug called "sex".
Immediately I want to say that the plot should not expect heartbreaking love intrigue and indescribable life turns. An easy and unpretentious story and two sexaholics who found each other. The film is emotional. Feelings of joy and pleasure of the main characters, who just pour tons of their admiration from each other, immersing the viewer in the warmth and synthesis of these beautiful feelings. The story shown in the film does not cause pity, but only proves the existence of kindness and sincerity, and that happiness can fall right on your head, you just need to be yourself.
I don’t understand why there are so many angry comments about the presence of so many bed scenes. That's the idea of the movie. I don't think she's naive. Very lifelike. Beautiful production and interior. A little lack of colors, but here for the most part everything is built on the emotional color of the picture. And the feelings are conveyed at height.
The cast is wonderful. Beautiful Anne Hathaway in all the glory of her sensual greatness, together with Jake Gyllenhaal, showed all the basics of the formation of their ordinary and unusual love. The creators observed a middle ground, so the film showed both the joy and sadness of the relationship between a man and a woman, especially under such circumstances as the heroes of the picture.
"Love and Other Medicines" is a good picture, which does not burden some veiled philosophical themes about love, but confronts the fact that feelings are a simple thing, they only need to be managed.
You know, my feelings after watching this movie were the same as after watching Pretty Boy with Thiel Schweiger. And all because of the following:
1. The plot - it is very interesting and could turn out great if you remove all the vulgarities and pay less attention to sex. The film, of course, implies a sexual theme: Jamie and Maggie are sexual partners. Maggie is sick with Parkinson’s, and Jamie suddenly realizes that he loves her and wants to take care of her. Okay, so be it, but you could remove the vulgarities -- the constant swearing, talking about sex, the scene of Jamie's brother masturbating, etc. Then it would come out quite a good story - they just had sex but soon realized that they love each other.
2. Dialogue is a nightmare. As I said, constant swearing (good thing not mat) and talking about sex.
3. Good actors, I love Anne Hathaway. How could she have been in a movie like this!
In “Beauty” Schweiger is just as good story, good actors, but vulgarity spoiled everything. In “Love and other drugs” everything killed vulgarity and sexual themes.
For Hathaway 2 balls and another 2 balls per plot:
To be honest, I was surprised to see the movie rating so low. Because I really, really liked it.
How can "Love and Other Drugs" hook its audience?
Bright, memorable Jamie Randall (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Maggie Murdoch (Anne Hathaway), the brother of the protagonist Josh Randall (Josh Gad), Dr. Stan (Hank Azaria), putting testosterone in his ass - all instantly cut into memory.
Selection of actors for the main roles is just great. Anne Hathaway is such a sweetie! Her character is a daring girl who drinks vodka, loves men, sex and generally takes everything from life! But there has to be a background to every single one. And here she is so gripping her soul that at the end you shed tears.
And who, if not a typical womanizer can attract such an uncouth and bright woman?
I love Jake Gyllenhaal for almost all of his roles, because he’s different everywhere. And here he reveals his character so perfectly and proves that even a dude whose vocation to sell Via Gra (not too noble and romantic, isn’t it?) knows how to love, experience and, most importantly, accept his person as he is.
This picture has everything that the audience loves so much: drama, melodrama, comedy. To my taste, all genres are intertwined very skillfully, for which of course a huge thank you to the writers.
And, despite all the sex and debauchery shown on the screen (by the way, this part of the film looks much cooler than the infamous “50 Shades of Grey”), I see a deep moral picture.
Love no matter what, and be prepared for the fact that this feeling not only gives amazing moments, but also takes a lot from you. Just love, and accept each other as you are.
I'm putting this story
9 out of 10
And the point is removed only for the use in the plot of clichés with an incurable disease.
Due to the development of a sense of sexual freedom among the population, suppressed by the vague time of the mid-20th century, films on the subject of promiscuity are gaining popularity. The mistake of the filmmakers is that the film added elements of drama that people who came to laugh and watch naked women and sex do not need. And the box office is the best proof of that. But this mistake was the reason why this film stands out against the background of thoughtless brothers “Sex for Friendship” and “More than Sex”, which by the way “tore” the box office. Standing out for the better is worth saying. Although the film was a bit confusing, I liked it more than not. It was a cross between “Hurry to Love” ("One Day) and “More Than Sex.” But still the standard of the genre, for me, while there is more than love.
The slogan of the film is not correct, but it is.
A huge plus of the film is Jake Gyllenhaal and his incredible charisma. In this film, which is essentially his first comedy other than the drug-addicted Highway, he gave 200%. And although it's hard to believe that such a woman could settle down with a terminally ill, though hot in bed, girl, Jake did everything possible and impossible to make me believe it. He grabs from the first second and doesn’t let go until the end of the film. A low bow to him.
Anne Hathaway also played at a good level. Her character is terminally ill and her throwing looks more believable than her colleagues Mila Kunis and Natalie Portman in the aforementioned films.
Adds charm and the fact that the film, which concerns the sale of medicines, in particular Viagra, is based on real events. The war of pharmaceutical companies is shown, the tricks they go to sell goods, corrupt doctors and secretaries. In general, the film is not only about sex, love, but also about determination and the will to win.
For me, the movie was a good one-day movie. And because, all the same, for one day, the color of the review is gray, and the rating
7 out of 10
Without my brother, the movie would have been much better.
Love and Other Drugs is an American melodrama with a taste of comedy and drama in 2010. This film attracts attention solely because of the actors Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway. They are both talented actors, and in this film created an unrealistically attractive atmosphere that contains love, passion, sexual tension and something positive and warm.
We see the story of two heroes who met, and an affair began between them, which soon turned into something more. We see how sometimes life throws us happiness, and then tested for strength.
The film turned out to be something life-affirming with a drop of human passion and the idea that a person can do anything. When a young girl suffers from Parkinson’s disease, it’s always terrible, and in this film, it’s this dark spot that has fallen on the attitude of the characters. What is love? It is the strength and desire in each of us. When you really love, then there comes confidence that everything is feasible and lovers will cope with any problem together. Jake Gyllenhaal is on the list of the most talented, modern actors, and that's a fact. He is charming, beautiful, and as an actor has long been held. He is not afraid of the most difficult and controversial roles, so I consider him a worthy actor. In this film, he played where it is funny, where it is touching. As for Anne Hathaway, this actress is an amateur, but it must be admitted that she is also a talented actress. She plays bravely and is not afraid of any roles. “Love & Other Drugs” is a film about the most important thing – love, its importance in our lives and, of course, obstacles are also present in history.
This is one of those “masterpieces” that I couldn’t stand until the final credits. After watching two-thirds of the movie, I just started scrolling because of boredom and pink snot. Of course, there are no new plots for a long time, but the old one can be played so that the viewer will laugh and cry together with the characters.
You do not want to do this with the characters of the picture: a sweet plot, ubernoble deeds, incomprehensible characters with the deepest inner world. The compote is ready. Bottle and drink as desired.
For what the film was shot, it is clear: true love conquers everything. And the main character will stay with a sick girl, because loved ones are not chosen. It's predictable. But here it is poured with so much syrup that only gourmets can use it. The plus here for me is the actors who played the hero’s family, especially the brother and, perhaps, at times, the Gyllenhaal game. I think the film will please teenagers with a lot of “nudes”. But it was not worth making a movie for that.
Although you can look at the tape from the other side: if you cut all the piquant scenes, there will be a manual for a salesman, perfectly instructing how to successfully sell goods, which the main character actually does. But this is a documentary, not a feature film.
The time lost is a pity, especially since none of the actors surprised or amazed. It’s sad that Gyllenhaal after “Donnie Darko” and “Brokeback Mountain” is filmed in such a mediocre movie. But wait, maybe there will still be...
Edward Zwick is not the last director. His tape of twenty-year exposure "Legends of Autumn" suggests that this man has the right to make films. But if it was a melodrama in its pure form, then after 16 years, Zwick decided to step away from the drama and shot a fairly frank comedy melodrama. I do not want to be an old gruff, so the presence of bed scenes in the film I consider justified director's move. First of all, it's quite decency, and secondly, if you dig deeper, you can see more than sex between a man and a woman.
Jamie was kicked out of the store where he worked as a salesman. The boy did not despair, but decided to start his own business. Finding a large number of drugs that increase potency, he went straight to the local hospital to squeeze his goods and get money. Careless and without a king in his head, Jamie meets Maggie at the hospital and realizes he's hooked. He doesn't need other girls anymore, he needs Maggie. It is noteworthy that Maggie declassified Jamie and broke into him properly, while sending the latter to excrement and death. Of course, it looks a bit goofy, because the movie does not claim to be a soul-saving story, although again, how to watch.
In addition to the unrestrained fun and jokes below the belt, there is definitely a smell of drama and love in the air. When a person is sick, but not bedridden, he wants to enjoy his days, and he has every right to do so. Maggie's sick, but she'd love to get on with Jamie. Who can stop them? Disease? Yeah, come on. When passion and love merge, then people say no to all their sores. What we see in the painting by Edward Zwick.
I will not be a strict censor and defender of morals. Everyone sees what they want to see. If this movie is in your mood, it can make it even better. An incendiary film with a touch of sex weaves. Music tone and rhythm of the film. I really liked it.
Simple relationships that turn into difficult ones
Edward Zwick became the first swallow of the director's workshop, which after the onset of 2010, had to turn to the theme of lovetory. After him, Ron Howard took on the production of such a film as The Dilemma. The trend, however, and we will see what happens next. And so, for now, honored directors of a more serious genre (because just think that these are the same people who made, say, “The Legend of Autumn” and “Knockdown”, “The Last Samurai” and “Games of Mind”!). So far, it has not been very good.
The strictly limited genre of romcom with a share of melodrama is not capable of such great feats - its main task is to squeeze tenderness from the audience, sometimes tears and laughter. Edward Zwick decided to play this card on both occasions. Laughter was supposed to occur at the beginning of the picture, when the main character Jamie (Jake Gyllenhaal) famously copes with the sale of household appliances, especially well he succeeds in communicating with beautiful girls. The start of the film is banal to horror (should I say that when watching I wondered: “Is this Edward Zwick or is this his full namesake?”) – the hero-Donjouan, a kind of handsome seducer who should definitely fall on the heart of the female audience, but, of course, it is absolutely clear that he must find his only and through the thorns to break through the stars, that is, his love. And here he is at the new job becomes a sales representative (how tired they are!) of a pharmaceutical company and he has to “sweat” the new drug. During this activity he meets Maggie (Anne Hathaway).
Maggie is a little cocky girl, almost without complexes. At first, Jamie is discouraged by her free behavior, and then quickly receives "stars" from her. But still, the acquaintance is twisting. What is the basis of their relationship? Their sex and nobody owes anyone anything. I ask myself another question: “How come?” How did Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal go on this adventure? Movies where there is a small propaganda of independent relationships – a pond, you can immediately recall “Sex for friendship”, “More than sex” and so on and so on. But Zwick, as well as the co-writers of the script decided that their film should not be too banal and made several unexpected moments, although, to be honest, they did not become particularly touching or fascinating.
It was the first time I saw Anne Hathaway naked. I don’t know how she agreed to the “nude”, but in the frame she looks so easy and relaxed that you can’t say that this actress is created for more layered roles, for serious, dramatic heroines. In some ways, even her Maggie resembled the main character from 9 1/2 weeks. But this image of Hathaway did not touch, did not start, did not cause passion. And all connected with the same - the actress could without undressing attract attention, the good talent allows, why was it done? It's about the commercial aspect of the film.
The second moment is the continuation of the picture - there you encounter "Sweet November". And this transition from a light-erotic romcom to a serious melodrama did not pass. Clearly lacking pressure from the screen, not grasping the heart, worrying. If you really wanted to add drama, then you had to do it quickly so that the film turned upside down, but the transition happened with roughness.
If it were not for the beloved actress, who without some nuances, as mentioned above, played still on a good score, if not for the more profitable dramatic game of Gyllenhaal, disconnected from the role of laid-back womanizer, then the film would be a red background, and so:
6 out of 10
I'll start with acting. Undoubtedly, the roles of the main characters were taken by the most talented Hathaway and Gyllenhaal, but absolutely not suitable for the role of this picture. How wonderful it was to watch Anne in “Enchanted Ella” or “One Day”, where her appearance perfectly reveals the image of a sweet, timid girl. I want to see her like that. But the impression of Maggie in this movie, the naked, profanity, is like seeing your daughter drinking vodka while lying naked in a dumpster surrounded by homeless people. So different from her innocent look to the director's idea that I just don't believe Maggie. However, if someone like Keira Knightley played this role, it would turn out to be a completely different, perhaps even deeper and more understandable disclosure of the image of the patient, suffering Maggie.
But Jake Gyllenhaal... no, I didn’t like it either. Although he managed to recreate this lewd look of a womanizer, with a wolf and a grin (which I have not seen in any film with him). But it only made him look worse, sorry for the harshness. Like children being forced to play porn. Jake manages to play rich, deep roles, but what made him take this one? Why, Jake, why should I? I don’t understand all this fuss with the career. Sometimes it seems that something important is about to happen, some fateful event, a choice, maybe she will die or he will still decide not to stay with a sick girl, but everything happens predictably and tediously.
It hurts to watch such a dirty movie. And well, this vulgarity had some semantic context, but maybe I do not understand something ... Let’s imagine for a moment that all the long bed scenes and bad words have disappeared from the film. Has it gotten worse?
I noticed this tendency to increase the tearfulness of the heroes of modern films. Take a film a dozen years older, about war and suffering, for example, "Pearl Harbor" - there the characters hold proudly, steadfastly, if you see tears, then such tears that the soul turns inside out. Justified by events, trauma, confusion. Such pictures bring up in a person the will and ability to also beautifully endure adversity. In "Love and Other Drugs" so meaningfully hysterical and roaring because of a broken glass and indistinct revelations of each other. Not touching. At all. It's sucked out of my finger. Smells like "Twilight." But the scene in which Gyllenhaal communicates with her husband with Parkinson's syndrome, I liked. The suffering and the willingness to surrender to this poor man, by the way, perfectly selected for the role, is well played. He overshadowed everyone, even if he spoke for a minute. It was funny to watch Jake’s brother.
I didn't believe in their love. Replacing the title with Sex and Other Drugs would be more honest with the audience. Amen.
The plot is quite simple: a drug company agent (Jake Gyllenhaal), a great lover of women, thanks to a happy accident meets an unusual girl (Anne Hathaway). Their attraction to each other is strong and passionate, but at first each of them refuses to think about a serious romance. However, as we know, time often makes its own adjustments, and now we are already seeing a happy couple impassably in love with each other people. What's the salt, you ask? What is the power of the film to stretch for almost two hours?
Well, first of all, although not in the main, this is an advertising of drugs, which is really a lot in the film, but the very name of it prepares us for this.
The second reason is the serious one that can darken, expose the most important feeling in the world - illness. It doesn’t break in suddenly, it doesn’t become a revelation, it’s always between the characters.
Here’s what I’m pleased to note: there is no place for ostentatious pompous courage in the film, there is no beating yourself in the chest and pathetic cries like “our love will overcome everything.” As there is no place and dark doom. We see what we can expect: fear, confusion, confusion, doubt, inner impulses of varying intensity. And more importantly, you see them struggling. And the fact that despite the desire to scare away or leave a person who in certain situations seem the only true ones, the characters are stronger, stronger than themselves.
And although we are not given any guarantees that their future will be cloudless and beautiful, we are given a great, great hope that there is a powerful bright force that will help them to survive in the most difficult times. This is extremely important.
Regarding the large number of bed scenes, this story is passionate and candid, it was born and will remain so. Is even part of it vulgar? Not at all. They are all in harmony.
Did the actors cope with the task? Were they sincere with us? Somehow I believe that.
"I need you! I will need you more than you need me! - That's nothing.
How much power in this "this is nothing."
You can't miss someone who doesn't just make you better, but reveals you to you, who you should be.
I’ll tell you right away, I only liked the movie 2 times. Almost the same case I had with the famous painting “Three meters above the level of the sky”. The first time I chose “Love and Other Drugs” to watch, I turned it off literally in the first minutes with wild fury, saying “Where is cinema going?” Then, as expected, everyone told that the film is worthless and useless. After 6 months, for some reason, I decided to reconsider, and now I have to watch this movie to the end, and perhaps change my attitude to it. Which is what happened. Of course, “Love and Other Drugs” is hardly one of my favorite movies, but now at least it’s been deleted from the list of the most lame and worthless, which includes “Very Bad Teacher” or “Human Centipede”, (but not about that now). In addition, I once again convinced that it is not necessary to judge the film one way or another without watching it to the end.
Gyllenhaal and Hathaway ... that says it all. So, about the actors, you know, there’s a lot to say and there’s nothing to say – played perfectly! I didn’t see more mostly familiar faces, except that Oliver Platt met me in other films such as 2012, Beethoven and The Three Musketeers.
But let’s be more specific about the project itself. Whatever the order, I will note some, perhaps, the most important details, thanks to which this film is gaining mass interest. 1 It is a fact that most episodes are indecent, to the point that it is worth watching strictly at home, and in pride of loneliness, in order to avoid awkward moments, which will abound, believe me, if you decide to watch this kind of film with your parents or what is worse for the whole family, you know what I mean. In extreme cases, it will be fun to watch it with your best friend or boyfriend / girl. 2 Soundtracks have always been important to me. Whether it’s drama, horror or comedy, it doesn’t matter what genre the movie belongs to. Musical accompaniment, no less than actors, plays a significant role. So, in "Love and Other Drugs", even without listening, you can hear very conveniently selected music for a particular scene. 3 Humor. Perhaps the most important detail of any movie. You'll laugh from the heart when you watch it. 4 Who would have thought that Jamie, a young 27-year-old man for whom fleeting attraction is the maximum in a relationship, could fall in love or even fall in love with a woman like Maggie, a sick owner of chronic Parkinson’s disease. In turn, she avoids serious relationships. The plot can be somewhat banal, as it is similar to a number of other films, but not so simple, but, on the contrary, in places complex and interesting. 5 "Love and Other Drugs" is a very suitable title for such a film. It reflects the essence of the very feeling of "love", which, apparently, was the medicine necessary for the main character - Maggie.
Bottom line: yes, not the most insightful to the depths of the soul drama, which touches you to tears, mostly causes only lust, but still can cause some feelings and positive emotions.
So, fresh RomCom. Romcoms recently began to present us in a more interesting way than we had to see a few years ago. Still, it feels like the film industry is watching the behavior and attention of the audience, which over time weakens from the monotony of films in the popular genre. After Love and Other Drugs, I began to like romantic comedies again. Let me explain why.
The plot of any melodramatic film is an unexpected meeting of a representative of the stronger sex and a representative of the opposite side. Here, of course, this meeting is in a classical form. But the atmosphere of the 90s and the cross-cutting themes of the competition of pharmaceutical giants sets a special style along with the musical accompaniment of typical hits for that time, intertwined with more serious melodies. Jake Gyllenhaal is a wonderful actor and he amazingly played Jamie in the film, turning from an avid pickup artist into a reliable and stable man. By the way, such a transition is not uncommon in life and many of the male part of the audience will see themselves in the face of Gyllenhaal. And this is the first moment, gracefully adding to the highlight of the picture. In addition, the film reveals a very, very serious life issue of caring for a loved one with serious problems. And this fits perfectly into the picture of the drug trade. This is the second highlight of the film, which adds vitality to what is happening. Anne Hathaway played one of the two main roles and played just fine, given the complexity of the specifics of her character.
The film is kind and soft with rare and evenly distributed vulgar jokes, to which the genre obliges. The ending of the film and the final monologue of Gyllenhaal, from part, reminded the monologue of George Peppard in the legendary "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and although here he is not so piercing, but perfectly draws a line and puts an end to the film. By and large, “Love and Other Drugs” is an interesting melodrama, and a romantic comedy film can be called, except for a few scenes with typical American humor, which, however, fits well into what is happening. RumCom with meaning.
This film is described as a comedy. That’s probably the only thing I disagree with. As such, there is almost no humor in it, but this picture has other very interesting qualities.
First of all, of course, the actors. Jake Gyllenhaal played brilliantly! I do not have any reproaches or distrust of his game. The same goes for the main character played by the charming Anne Hathaway. Great game + charming smile (and not only) = formula of success. And Anne took advantage of that.
The second aspect that I would like to highlight is the vulgarity characteristic of this kind of film. Not to say that it was not enough, but there was not much either. The director is in the middle of nowhere. It was necessary to convey the logic of Jake's life before meeting Maggie. And it consists only of lust and desire. With the arrival of Maggie, she is filled with a new feeling that adorns the lives of our hero, makes her more logical - love.
Indeed, there are many films on this topic. For example, “Hurry to love” or “Don’t give up.” However, the very choice between success and love distinguishes this picture from all others, brings it closer to real life.
The ending of the film, in my opinion, was a little unfinished. Most likely, the director simply offers us to think out its content. But anyway, Jake's life won't be the same. Maggie cured him, saved him from a miserable existence. What could be better?
I can’t say that I’m a big fan of American romantic comedies, but I can’t completely ignore this genre either. Films in this category are mostly disposable films, watched and forgotten. No sea of sparkling humor, no original script, no impressive visual effects in such films was not and will not be. But in this particular movie, there is something to celebrate. But later on...
Jamie Randall is a normal guy with no special talents. Although no, he still has one talent - incredible natural charm and eloquence. Thanks to these qualities, Jamie never spends the night alone, as no woman can resist him.
Jamie's job isn't the most desirable - he persuades local doctors to prescribe drugs to the pharmaceutical company Jamie works for. One day, this company invents Viagra, and Jamie suddenly becomes the best seller. He gets everything – money, expensive cars, promotion. Jamie meets Maggie, an independent and interesting girl. Maggie has an incurable disease - Parkinson's disease, and it would seem, why the handsome Jamie to deal with her.
But love is about attracting people, but Jamie and Maggie don’t know it yet. Subsequent meetings eventually lead to a logical finale - young and promising Jamie must decide whether to leave Maggie and continue changing girls every night, or stay with her, but later in their relationship will enter the progressive Parkinson's disease. And then Jamie will have to devote all his free time to Maggie, constantly support her in the fight against this incurable disease. That's the beauty of the movie. What to choose - a free and fun life alone, or to stay with a loved one, realizing that soon he will cease to be himself.
I liked the ending, but it makes me wonder what you would do in Jamie’s place. The film was pleasantly surprised in this regard. Also pleasantly surprised Anne Hathaway (about the talent of Gyllenhaal and knew before). The actress demonstrates a very good game, which, coupled with the charm of Anne, makes a good impression on the viewer.
In general, the film may not pull on world recognition, but you did not have to regret watching, and it is already expensive.
I wanted to see this movie for a long time, only because of Jake Gyllenhaal, because the description never caught on. After allocating a couple of hours of free time, I sat down in front of the monitor, expecting to dissipate while watching another moralistic American comedy about the “real feelings” of an indiscriminate seller of Viagra.
Indeed, the first half of the film fits that description. But then... The casual connection of two people grows into the tragedy of the relationship, the problem of choice and the pain of despair at the anticipation of the coming catastrophe.
To be honest, this is probably the first time I don’t understand the audience’s appreciation of the film. Yes, there is no deep philosophical reasoning, yes, the plot in Hollywood is banal. But if you watch this film, in Aristotelian empathy with the characters, putting yourself in their place, then I think this picture can be compared to sailing on a stormy sea. You will sink to the bottom of pain and despair, then rise to the top of cheerfulness and fun. In less than a couple of hours, you will get a variety of emotions. This is a real roller coaster for the feelings of the viewer.
A contrast film. Tragicomedy, like life itself. For the first time in a long time watching a movie, I had tears in my eyes. Perhaps because I was very close to the experience of the heroine Anne Hathaway. I have no doubt that someday I will want to revisit Love and Other Drugs again. I recommend it to anyone who is sensitive to emotions on the screen.
I love Anne Hathaway, so I only watched the movie because she was there. Well, Gyllenhaal is extremely charming, so why not look, I decided and turned on the film. And it began ... during the viewing changed my mind everything and everything.
They're a couple. He is so successful, he is so loved by women, it would seem that he needs from poor Maggie. But she hooks him up by not loving him. He's not even interested in it. But she can have sex with him as much as she wants.
Perhaps many will say that films with a similar plot are not new: Sweet November, for example, or Hurry to Love - a handsome man falls in love with a sick girl. However, in this film, the verdict of Maggie is not fatal, so the viewer does not manage to burst into tears at the end. Rather to be appeased by how gentle, caring and attentive a guy becomes.
But there are specific downsides. A boring first half, I looked at my watch every ten minutes for the first hour and how much I had left. And although I understand that this is the theme of the film, it is still vulgar. There is more medicine than love. For the first half an hour there are only medicines. I didn’t like the first bed scenes either. Of course, it is clear that they had nothing to each other at that time, and yet ... did not like.
And yet, my review is positive because the actors did their best. Good game. And they look good. Megg's hooking. She knows how to play with her eyes, her tears forced and my eyes will fill with tears, as pathetic as it may sound.
The film is weak, but the emotion is Megg and I like the ending. Well, still Jake cute, he's also a plus.
It seems to me that such a love story could be filmed much deeper, emotions are few, there is no spirituality in sight.
5 out of 10
I might have missed this movie if I hadn't even found it if it wasn't for this couple, Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway! Lurin and Jack in “Brokeback Mountain” was very pleased, so almost no doubt began to watch. Here, this duo proved just as good, believed. In general, the combination of melodrama and comedy is not mine, and this film, despite the fact that I liked it, did not change my mind. Beautiful furnishings, good actors, jokes and a bit of drama - it was here. But there is one drawback: everything, as in many similar films, is predictable and quite usual. There is nothing spontaneous, there is no such move from the creators as unpredictability. But still, if you add up all the pluses (and there are enough), I was quite satisfied, because “Love and Other Drugs” wins many love comedies, as for me. It’s just a movie for you!
The plot, of course, is standard. No highlight of the viewer, I believe, will not wait, but everyone has different preferences, so it is not for me to decide. Maybe for some it was a masterpiece, but I lacked drama and romance. In the center of the plot is a guy named Jamie. At first, he worked in a home appliance store, but he was kicked out of there for sleeping with one of the employees during the working day. But after some time, he becomes a commercial agent selling drugs on the advice of his younger brother. Jamie goes on courses at the company "Pfizer". There, he treats doctors so that they prescribe Zoloft to patients, not Prozac. Accidentally, for a bribe for a while, allegedly becoming an intern of Dr. Knight, at one of the medical receptions, he meets Maggie Murdoch. She suffers from the initial stage of Parkinson’s disease, but is happy and beautiful. Jamie liked her at first sight, so he asked her to meet him. She's just offering him sex, nothing more. Jamie agrees. But after a while, he realizes that he is in love with her. She also changes her mind about their relationship. But the disease makes itself felt and often interferes with happiness.
This is another movie that has both disadvantages and pros. I don’t want to merge everything into one paragraph, so I’ll start with the pluses: familiar actors who created a great atmosphere; we still waited for some jokes in this film; the dramatic part of the film was pleased (despite, again, predictability): you can guess that she was unnecessary with this disease, she was very difficult, she suffered from depression (which is why Maggie turned to Dr. Knight), terrible symptoms did not allow her to enjoy life. Jamie did not miss a skirt, did not see the meaning in life, did not really look for anything, did not achieve anything, but when he met her, he began to change for the better, work harder, wanted to cure her. Well, radically changed his life, so because of this you can not call their union meaningless. In the actions of the main and secondary characters there is no stupidity, unusualness, which is very good for drama. The first scene with Jamie scared me with his character - dancing, having sex, flirting with everything that moves, so I was afraid that the other characters would be the same, and he himself would not get better, but fortunately it was not.
Now for the bad... So, minuses: 1) When you see comedy, drama and melodrama in the line “genre”, you expect to see love, a little sadness and, of course, jokes. What do we see here? First, the main character sleeps with one friend, then with two strangers, with someone else. It's all shown to us in detail, clearly and accurately, as if it were love. Well, just screwed up the romance that could be on top. He's dating Murdoch... I thought it would finally be beautiful, but no. They film home eroticism, do it on the street, and in the office, and at home, and in the alleys. They're trying to make it funny so we don't get bored. You get tired of it. This is no longer a melodrama, but a dirty teenage comedy! 2) Predictability: Predictably met, started dating and, of course, a predictable ending with predictable phrases. (3) A little boring! Watching the movie, it looks like it's over, but looking at the time, I'm surprised it's just the middle. It's just too much unnecessary, in my opinion. You could make an hour and a half movie to make it look fast and easy. You didn't have to delay. (4) Hidden drama! As I wrote above, the dramatic part suited me, but it is too veiled. We can safely say, not seriously about the serious: she has a disease, she suffers; he is experiencing and helping – this should have been shown to us in the foreground, but not. We enjoyed their animal instincts until the end of the film. Jamie noticeably changes, but Maggie has changed for the better, then for the worse, then she feels good, then she walks around the apartment with a green face, hates the whole world.
The actors, of course, are good. Duo "Anne Hathaway" and "Jake Gyllenhaal" struck in the unforgettable film "Brokeback Mountain". They're good here, too. Not to praise their heroes, but the actors themselves managed to show those who wanted to see the writers of this film. I hope that someday there will be another serious film with their participation. Jake Gyllenhaal played a selfish womanizer without a drop of thoughts in his head, who needs nothing but sex, but over time his character changes, and you believe him, because Gyllenhaal knows his business - he was able to play almost two different people. I don’t remember when I fell in love with Anne Hathaway, but this actress captivated me. No, not in this movie, but even here she showed herself on top. Her character is not perfect, and it showed us Anne perfectly, for which thank you! You believe her, you admire her. She can show herself. She may not be beautiful, but a charismatic actress with a twist. Maybe their characters behave predictably, but you believe their love, although it all happened quickly, but played realistically. Well done!
In conclusion, I want to say that “Love and Other Drugs” is a movie that will not please everyone, but still it is a good drama about how a carefree person can become a sensitive, understanding and caring man with a drop of altruism; a funny comedy and melodrama that was not at the top, but will appeal to many, especially “unspoiled” viewers with various dramas. A huge number of bed scenes is a big minus, but if you do not pay attention to it, you can have fun. It's a good movie to relax. My opinion
I really love this movie. It is devoid of all fabulous ideas about relationships and love, it has many bed scenes, but this is the point, because their relationship began as just sex. The nature of their relationship changes when they realize that they want each other, in every sense.
The main character has nothing to offer, and the heroine is even worse, but each of them understands that it will never be as good as the two of them and with no one that becomes the most important thing in their relationship.
Beautiful is easier to see against the background of ugliness than in the charming brilliance of other beauty. Maggie and Jamie were always surrounded by a reality that was rather gray and dull, they did not expect love or ask for a miracle, but everyone in life needs care and they found it in each other.
This is a wonderful film that I have watched with great pleasure and more than once.
10 out of 10
“You meet different people and nobody catches you, and then one person changes your whole life.”
While polishing the last lines of the review of Love and Other Drugs, I listened to the Angel and Airwires track called Dream. To some extent, this composition is consonant in my mind with the creation of Edward Zwick.
Probably, the person who managed to love once and for life, is considered lucky, because there is nothing more difficult than to find “his half”, and then be able to keep each other.
One could say that the hero of this story was lucky, because he found his love ... if not for one "but".
I can't call it perfect. The plot is not new, although the script is by no means mediocre. There is room for smart thoughts and humor. The director’s intention is slightly twisted in the sense that it creates a feeling that Jamie Randall and Maggie Murdoch have combined sex, not outright sympathy for each other. He became a pill for loneliness and fear of the future for both of them. Perhaps for viewers with more free views on life, this story will seem quite healthy, but for me it is a sign of a narrow mind.
I can't say anything special about Anne Hathaway. She is still as beautiful as before - large, piercingly sensual lips, huge and bottomless brown eyes, a refined figure, femininity, coupled with indisputable charisma. Since I’ve seen other actors play more talented as Parkinson’s, I’ve tried not to focus on how Anne does it. I just wanted to keep her one of my favorites forever. But it is difficult when you understand: she, like many other actresses who starred in the movie “nude”, argues – as if it is for the sake of art, she turns off all sorts of emotions and naked. But let's be frank that if it was the Renaissance and a poor French theater owner offered her undress for free, she wouldn't have undressed. Oh, I'm pretty sure of that! Everything is decided by money.
I don’t single out this film among others. But I think it deserves attention because it proves that there are no “buts” in love. Perhaps the gaps I noticed in the script are just a place for the imagination of the viewer?
7 out of 10
Well, I really liked the movie. Although I’ve watched a bunch of movies this week, there’s nothing to do, and half of them just seemed like a bunch of small movies, Love and Other Drugs stood out.
Everyone writes: “A lot of sex, a lot of bed scenes, how could Anne Hathaway bare her breasts?”
But to me personally, on the contrary, it seems that if it were not for the contrast of pure love melodrama and bed scenes, jokes, the film would not be so bright. Everyone would immediately start shouting that this is an ordinary template story and there is nothing catching in it.
I think the bed scenes gave the film a twist.
In general, the film seemed very beautiful, shot just fine.
To be honest, I didn’t start watching the film for the sake of the plot, and I was attracted to the cast. The game didn't fail naturally. Lots of phrases that make you think.
This is a movie about how people like to have sex.
Anne Hathaway, who starred in Jane Austen. Jake Gyllenhaal, who hit in Brokeback Mountain. What could be better than two favorite actors reunited on screen? No, they cheated. It turned out a very mediocre melodrama that does not cause a drop of admiration. On the contrary, when I watched the film, I was irritated at times.
First, despite the fact that the filmmakers promise a romantic comedy, there is practically no humor here, except for a couple of “Petrosyan” jokes on the topic below the belt. These jokes are concentrated in the first half of the picture. In the second half, dramatic elements are introduced, which caused my suspicion. A certain effect of mixing genres, the film loses its integrity because of this - they started for health, and finished for rest. In the context of this passing film, such a mixing looks frankly ridiculous. Secondly, the constant nudity of the main characters was often embarrassing, especially considering that I watched the film with my mother. Of course, we are all adults and understand that a loving couple, and even at the very beginning of a relationship, constantly have sex. But why introduce numerous love scenes with an abundance of nude nature? In the end, this is a melodrama, and even as it turned out with some claims, and not a soft erotic movie for those over eighteen. Not to mention that all these sexes do not affect the plot in any way, and their repetition gradually begins to irritate and drives into boredom.
Of course, we can say that the actors coped with their roles, but there is not much to deal with. This is not “Bridget Jones’ Diary” – everything is standard and tracing.
Bottom line: I would not recommend this picture for viewing, even for big fans of all sorts of romantic stories, original, not very original and quite primitive. I'm putting four, and I can't even tell you why. I probably just don’t want to admit that after this film held a grudge against Hathaway and Gyllenhaal.
4 out of 10