Movie Review: Love and Other Drugs

[tellytubby101]

Final Rating: 3 out of 10.

Quick Summary: A love story between a girl with early onset Parkinson's and a boy who sells Viagra.

Blech. I walked into this thinking it'd be a romantic comedy. There were funny bits, but this was more angst/drama without any real plot/direction. I judge this harshly because I generally hate this genre. Ugh.

Redeeming factor? Anne Hathaway. Her acting, to me, sold the role of a self-depreciative girl with a degenerative disorder.

Fails? The story had no real plot or resolution. Okay, it had a "happy" ending, but not really. It wasn't well planned as a plot. It focused more on the characters, and even to some degree the characters were flat.

The funny one liners were good comedic relief, but it detracted from a lot of the misery of the movie. It was kind of all over the place. Instead of one solid plot it kind of felt like a whole bunch of disjointed tiny ones.

There were several graphic sex scenes that didn't add to the movie. They just seemed to be there.

I was disappointed, probably because I walked in expecting more. Not a movie that would leave a lasting impact. I mean, I saw this yesterday and I've forgotten every character's name but Maggie (played by Anne Hathaway).

Comments

[unjaundiced.livejournal.com]

Sounds like you need good drugs to make it a good movie, hence the title. Obviously you weren't reading beneath the underneath. Try harder next time.

[tellytubby101.livejournal.com]

Damn it! I'd left the crack in my other purse, of course. *Facepalm*.

Srsly, no amount of drugs could've helped. THIS THING BOMBED.

... you referenced Kakashi and ILU for it. XD

MERRY CHRISTMASSSSSS~!

[unjaundiced.livejournal.com]

Silly you. You need to carry crack in all your bags, pockets, and pockets of friend's pants. Just stick your hand in there and dig around! It's in there! Honest! I reference the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy quite often now and people look at me like I'm a psychopath. I've been mocked for the SEP comment I made for a while now. I thought you people said you read it! UNWASHED ILLITERATE PLEBIANS!

GET OUT OF YOUR TARDIS AND GET IN REAL TIME! CHRISTMAS IS NOT FOR DAYS YET! DAYS, I TELL YOU!!!!!! XD

On that note. What do you want for Christmas little girl? A pony? With lasers on its forehead? And bat wings? And machine gun hooves?

[tellytubby101.livejournal.com]

*Giggles while pictures dancing around in a world where it snows crack*. Of course there can never be too much crack.

Plebeian is, without a doubt, a hilarious word to say in casual conversation. OR to put to use while pointing at strangers.

*Points dramatically*. PLEBEIAN!!

Saw the 'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' movie but haven't yet read the book. I think you are awesome for continually referencing it, however.

I'm not in a TARDIS (I wish though) because Christmas is in less than six hours! Aha! The terror of time zones strikes again!XP

I would LOVE AND ADORE a mutant/robotic pony for Christmas--but where to keep it? And then there's the cost of ammunition (which I assume it eats) to take into consideration...

[unjaundiced.livejournal.com]

Hell, crack IS snow! especially in a certain place called Silent Hill

I too adore the word plebian, especially since most people don't know what it is. It's like pointing at someone and shouting "ESOTERIC!!!" It sounds extra fancy and people think you're talking about fish. XD

Book. Read it. It's crack! Also, SEP: [you'd know this if you had a facebook since it's my current status. XD]

‎[SEP] Somebody Else's Problem - The occurrence of a situation that cannot be viewed head-on, only glimpsed from the corner of your eye or when you least expect it because it is a situation outside your realm of acceptance. This does not mean SEP will not affect you. [i.e. an instance of SEP is UFOs shooting the hell out of you while you cannot see them because you think there's no way UFOs can be chasing you around and shooting at you]

LYK SRSLY, GET OUT OF THE TARDIS! Alternatively, this means you will be getting Christmas posts from me after it's Christmas for you. XD

Oh man.. Ever read Eat-Man? That is so that pony. Feed it gasoline, expired batteries, various industrial rubbish... I'm sure it can create something nuclear on its own!