FINALLY! "Bernie" is a movie worth watching

Bernie (9) got me back to the theater. Glad I went (for a change.)

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Love and Other Drugs


Rating: 5
Genre: Adult Comedy
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway

This one will probably play well at the box office. Two hot stars and plenty of sex, frequently quite graphic. Gyllenhaal is a pharmaceutical salesman, whose doctor customer allows him into a breast exam of Hathaway. She takes offense, but not for long. The next thing you know, the two are into heavy sex. After the initial encounter, its one coupling after another. But then things turn serious as we find that Hathaway is in the early stages of Parkinson’s. The rest of the movie is focused on Gyllenhaal’s conflicting emotions. Does he stick by her through her days of desperate decline or does he revert to his early days of playing the field? I’m not sure if this is a sex room comedy or serious drama. I guess it's both.

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