Grab your popcorn and Skittles because we are diving deep into the 2010 flick, Love and Other Drugs. There are not many films that depict the challenges that come with a young adult diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, so you can imagine how many times I have been asked what I think about the movie.
f you have not heard of the flick, I will give you a brief synopsis. The movie star is a pharmaceutical rep played by yummy, delicious, hottie pants, Jake Gyllenhaal… that’s his full name if you didn’t know… who falls in love with a dynamic, beautiful, sassy young-onset Parkie played by the little unknown actress Anne Hathaway. Now that you know the important parts, I will share my 65 thoughts I had while watching Love and Other Drugs…{Click here to continue reading}.
You made me laugh out loud!
Awesome! Glad I could make you laugh Lauren!
Can you tell me how I can get me a pair of them there Hottie Pants? For a friend.
Don’t be silly Dale! You already own a pair of “them there hottie pants!” Just lend them to your “friend”.
I’m sure I’d like it better now, but at the time I remember thinking, “Wow. Worst date night movie ever”. Some studio exec obviously though people would never go see a movie with such a “downer” concept, so NONE of the advertising or trailers for this movie said anything about Parkinsons, or even implied that anybody got sick. My then wife was having a hard time dealing with my diagnosis (we later split up), and she was bawling by the end of it. In case you haven’t seen it, here is the theatrical trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6w7Dh-QxzY
Brian, I never knew the trailer didn’t explain the Parkinson’s Dx. That’s a huge part of the concept of the movie… duh! Someone dropped the ball on advertising!
I know. It’s like if Titanic was marketed as an Irish step-dancing movie, and then when you got to the theater you found out that all the Irish step-dancers drown at the end. 🙂
LOL! Brian, love the sense of humor, but kind of feel sorry for the Irish step-dancers…