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 serves him well with the ladies and the cutthroat world of pharmaceutical sales. Maggie and Jamie's evolving relationship takes them both by surprise, as they find themselves under the influence of the ultimate drug: love.
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When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.
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Jamie is a notorious playboy who doesn't care about anyone but himself. To him, life is a game, until one day when he gets fired as a result of his "actions". He gets another job as a drug representative and meets a lovely girl called Maggie which suffers from Parkinson's. They quickly form a relationship which starts only as "sex friends" but evolves over time, each of them falling in love with each other. In order to maintain their relation or even transform it into something more formal, they have to overcome a series of impediments, from her disease to his life style.It's a very interesting and romantic story but a bit too predictable for my taste and not as well composed as I hoped. It has a lot of moments when you simply cannot stop laughing, an aspect which I liked a lot, but it could have been a bit more polished. Overall, I think it's a good movie!
Starting with the bad, this movie has no originality in its story, in no way can it lay claim to digressing from the overused Hollywood romantic movie plots. Boy finds sick girl who sets him straight, boy and girl separate for stupid reasons, boy finds out how much he loves girl, boy wins girl back with grandiose romantic speech. I also find the psychology and philosophy of the movie flawed. It treats the fear of being hurt or the fear of needing someone as inevitable ingredients or even likable qualities, where they are normally expressions of low self esteem and lacking courage. Realizing you do *need* each other is what brings you back together? Need is not love, need is selfish, where love is giving.I did not buy: the homeless guy's Prozac transformation, the drug agents and doctors milieu constantly partying like wall-street wolves, the convenient parkinson-conference across the street with all its positivity, the panic attack originating from telling someone you love him, the closing scene.Apart from that, I largely enjoyed the movie. Jake Gyllenhaal has found its most natural role as a slight nimrod with emotional deficiencies (adding depression in his 2015 movie Demolition), Anne Hathaway is breathtaking in her sensuality and sensibility, and also the supporting cast is wonderful. Combined with a resourceful soundtrack (The Specials, The Kinks, Fleetwood Mac, Regina Spektor, ...), it's hard to watch the movie without finding something to like.
What a trashy love story. Gives audience false expectations about love. The fact that this has gotten 2 Golden Globe nominations says that something is wrong with American film industry. Are there no better movies for us to watch? As handsome and good at acting Jake Gyllenhaal still is, I am very disappointed in him after watching this (Anne Hathaway too, why, why??!!). A quarter of my love for him has died. R.I.P. (it's now in the trash area in my macbook along with this movie). But I won't give this movie a '1' because it has some positive aspects such as giving people with Parkinson's disease hope. I'm giving a generous '4' because Jake and Anne were still very good at acting, as per usual.
Reviewed May 2010The core story is of an ambitious medical rep Jamie (Gyllenhaal) starts a relationship with a stage 1 Parkinson's disease affected Maggie (Hathaway). Maggie is too proud to let anyone take care of her, so she doesn't commit to a relationship with anyone. They both start off as just F-Buddies, but couldn't ignore what's building up. This was one film where I have seen Jake Gyllenhaal to be totally comfortable with his role. We have seen similar characters portraying a similar relationship scenario in the past, what's the difference is this film goes for broke for most part of the movie. Some jokes made me feel that either Seth Rogen or Judd Apatow were part of this project. It justifies it's adult tag for most part but chickens out in the climax to finish off trying to be a crowd pleaser. It didn't gel with the tone of the characters until then. It is a well acted and well intentioned movie, but was in a dilemma whether to please the crowd or the critics. Finally falls little short on both accounts.