day 2.356

love and other drugs and two hours of entertainment

i had high expectations for love and other drugs. and they were met. and then they were exceeded. the anne hathaway/jake gyllenhaal romantic dramedy barely passed my watch test - i looked at the time more than once throughout the screening - but it did hold my attention. the film follows jamie and maggie, two twenty-somethings who are more interested in the no-strings attached lifestyle, than one with strings. but, it's for very different reasons. jamie (gyllenhaal) is the bachelor every guy wants to be - good looking and gets with every girl he wants. maggie (hathaway) is the free-spirited artist every girl wishes she could be, but with a twist - she has early on-set parkinson's. shocker, right? love and other drugs revolves around the romance that comes when you try to make sex work without love. the parkinson's situation is on the table from jamie and maggie's first meeting, so don't think it's a big plot twist. the biggest surprise was the amount of nudity in love and other drugs. hathaway's hathaways are on display at least three times, and gyllenhaal's backside makes just as many appearances. the supporting cast - notably josh gad as gyllenhaal's web-savvy millionaire younger brother, oliver platt as his co-drug rep and hank azaria as a doctor who can't enough of the little blue pill - help balance out the movie, and add to the potential oscar pull this flick might have. if you liked up in the air, then definitely check love and other drugs out. you'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll wince in pain (if you're a guy) and, most of all, you'll have a good time. love and other drugs is just the kind of movie you'll want to watch this holiday season.