Love & Other Drugs: Blu-Ray with Digital Copy: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Review by JAM
“I have places to go.
You’ll go there. I just may have to carry you.”
Take one man who can never find what he wants and one woman who may never find what she needs, throw in a little blue pill and a bout of Parkinson’s and you find yourself with the fun little comedy from Twentieth Century Fox called Love & Other Drugs.
Jamie Randall (Jake Gyllenhaal) is a man adrift from job to job and woman to woman as he searches for what he really wants in life. Getting a chance at Pfizer as a pharmaceutical sales rep shows him the life he thinks he wants as well as introduces him to Maggie Murdock (Anne Hathaway), a woman that is dealing with a disease that controls her future as well as her present as she makes sure to keep everyone an arms distance away. Needless to say, each of them truly find the drug they are looking for in the other and love blossoms in the end. Besides the amazing performances by Jake and Anne, Love & Other Drugs also stars Oliver Platt, Hank Azaria, Josh Gad, Gabriel Macht, and Judy Greer in a whirlwind tour of the carnival of prescription drugs.
JAMS Ink on Love & Other Drugs
This is a fun movie starring two hot young talents that mesh well together onscreen. Jake and Anne seem to have true chemistry on film as they play characters who each have flaws of their own that disappear when they are together. Anne truly elicits sympathy for her plight as a young diagnosed sufferer of Parkinson’s disease and though her character Maggie lives life in a carefree way still, you can see that something is missing. There is an emptiness inside her that she seems to try to ignore while trying to live a roller coaster of a life. Jamie (Jake’s character) has his own crazy issues as his life revolves around sex, women, and sex even as he finds his calling as a drug salesman. But throw in Maggie, and he finds his life completely changing.
If you are into the beauty of the human body, or specifically the beauty of either Jake Gyllenhaal or Anne Hathaway’s bodies, this may be a movie for you. Dealing with two characters that use sex as a tool for what they want or simply as an escape from the humdrum, both Jake and Anne spend much of their time in their birthday suits. Obviously this a movie for discerning adults as it is rated R, but the sex, though plentiful, does not seem to take away from the love story underneath as the two characters find themselves caring about things they never expected in their lives.
This movie is one of those movies that I did not expect to enjoy but found myself rooting for the characters, even as flawed as they were. Jamie finds himself and learns he is a better man than he expects and Maggie discovers that she can trust someone completely even if she may not be able to give as much to the relationship in the future. I recommend it as long as nudity and swearing does not overwhelm your viewing pleasure.
EXTRAS
The extras included on the Blu-ray release are fun, but not life-changing. The deleted scenes included are fun but really do not add much to the film overall, which I am sure is why they were deleted. The other featurettes are interesting for those who would like to hear the stars speak, but really just recap much of what is seen in the film itself. So I would definitely buy the movie for the movie itself, but not so much for the bonus features (except that you do get a digital copy which is always cool to take on the run).
Just like a little blue pill, let Love & Other Drugs give you a rise of your own. Love & Other Drugs from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment releases on Blu-ray on March 1, 2011 so grab a copy and your significant other and let the natural high of an slightly different romance make its way into your lives.
LOVE & OTHER DRUGS Blu-ray
Street Date: March 1, 2011
Screen Format: Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio (English)
5.1 Dolby Digital (Spanish/French/Portuguese)
Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)
Total Running Time: 162.18 minutes
U.S. Rating: R
Closed Captioned: YES
Remember check out this review and more from JAM at www.hollywoodteenzine.com for teens and tweens, and at http://jammoviereviews.blogspot.com for movies of all genres and ages.
EXTRAS
The extras included on the Blu-ray release are fun, but not life-changing. The deleted scenes included are fun but really do not add much to the film overall, which I am sure is why they were deleted. The other featurettes are interesting for those who would like to hear the stars speak, but really just recap much of what is seen in the film itself. So I would definitely buy the movie for the movie itself, but not so much for the bonus features (except that you do get a digital copy which is always cool to take on the run).
Just like a little blue pill, let Love & Other Drugs give you a rise of your own. Love & Other Drugs from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment releases on Blu-ray on March 1, 2011 so grab a copy and your significant other and let the natural high of an slightly different romance make its way into your lives.
LOVE & OTHER DRUGS Blu-ray
Street Date: March 1, 2011
Screen Format: Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio (English)
5.1 Dolby Digital (Spanish/French/Portuguese)
Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)
Total Running Time: 162.18 minutes
U.S. Rating: R
Closed Captioned: YES
Remember check out this review and more from JAM at www.hollywoodteenzine.com for teens and tweens, and at http://jammoviereviews.blogspot.com for movies of all genres and ages.
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