The proper title of this movie should have been "Sex and Other Drugs". Basically Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal are partially naked the whole film. Not that they aren't pretty people, but it distracted from the heart of the movie.
The story is a love story between Jake's character, Jamie, and Anne's, Maggie. She has early stage Parkinsons. They meet while Jamie is trying to peddle pharma drugs to a doctor played by Hank Azaria. Jamie is only thinking about making money and landing hot women. Maggie, who's a waitress, basically sleeps with doctors for the drugs she needs that are highly expensive. Meanwhile, a new drug is introduced to the market - Viagra. And Jamie sets his heart out on being the winning rep of this drug. It could take him to the next level of his career. After having sex many times with Maggie, he starts to fall for her. He then has to face the fact that she has Parkinsons and if he stays with her, he'll have to take care of her for the rest of his life. Can love be the ultimate drug? Watch to find out.
The dialogue in some of the scenes was interesting and fun. I haven't read Jamie Reidy's memoir Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman that this movie was based on, but it's on my list now.
Worth the money: $$ 1/2
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