In the film “Love and Other Medicines,” actors Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal, or rather, their on-screen characters, were held hostage by a difficult life situation. Will they be able to make the right choice and is there a right choice in the current situation? What other plot weaves will get the main characters? Most importantly, will they stay together in the drama finale?
Film crew
The film crew of the film "Love and Other Medicines" was assembled in 2009 by director Edward Zwick.
Edward Zwick is a very versatile filmmaker: as a producer, he received an Oscar for the project Shakespeare in Love; as a director, he directed the film Legends of the Fall with Brad Pitt and Challenge with Daniel Craig; as a screenwriter, he has to do with almost all of his paintings. So this time, Zwick not only wrote the script for the drama "Love and Other Medicines", but also acted as its producer and director.
The creators of the film “Love and Other Medicines” are also cameraman Stephen Fierberg, composer James Howard (“Maleficent”), an army of assistant producers represented by Peter Ian Brugge, Marshall Herskovitz and Charles Randolph.
The premiere took place in November 2010. With a budget of $ 30 million, this picture managed to raise almost $ 103 million at the box office.
Short story
The protagonist of the film - a young man named Jamie - still has not arranged his life: he is not married, he often changes jobs. So now he suddenly decides to become a distributor of drugs. Jamie begins to spin in this environment and in the office of a doctor's friend he once meets Maggie.
Maggie immediately attracts Jamie's attention: she is a young, bright woman, and she easily approaches her. However, Jamie does not understand why Maggie still does not have a permanent boyfriend, and also why she began to be depressed. Over time, a woman admits that she is sick with an incurable disease - Parkinson's disease. It is known that there is no cure for this disease, and Maggie does not want to waste her time on doctors. The young woman simply offers Jamie to stay with her as long as he sees fit. But the young man, it seems, is not ready for this and is parting with his beloved.
In the film "Love and Other Medicines" the actors Gyllenhaal and Hathaway, or rather, their characters, find themselves in a difficult life situation. Only after a while, about to move to another city, Jamie finally realizes that he is ready to accept Maggie for who she is and is ready to put up with her illness. In the finals, the couple reunites.
“Love and Other Medicines”: actors and roles. Jake Gyllenhaal
Jake Gyllenhaal has long been firmly established in Hollywood. Indeed, Jake has virtually the whole family connected with the cinema: sister - actress, father - director, mother - screenwriter.
For the first time, they started talking about the actor after his triumph in the films “October Sky” and “Donnie Darko”. Then there was a provocative role in the film about homosexuals “Brokeback Mountain”, as well as the actor’s work in the films “Marines”, “Zodiac” and “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time”.
The actors of the film “Love and Other Medicines” did a wonderful job with their roles and Gyllenhaal is no exception. He generally succeeds in touching and selfless characters. For his work in this film, the actor was nominated for a Golden Globe and a Satellite Award.
“Love and Other Medicines”: actors. Ann Hataway
In the touching picture of Edward Zwick, another Hollywood celebrity played - Anne Hathaway. The actress began with teenage films like The Princess Diaries and Enchanted Ella. Then she switched to melodramas and comedies, in which she usually played conscientious and well-mannered heroines ("The Devil Wears Prada", "Jane Austen", "War of the Brides", etc.).
The role of a young woman suffering from Parkinson's disease and desperately seeking support, was played by Anne just on the eve of the big changes in her career. Immediately after this film, the actress appeared in the guise of a female cat in Christopher Nolan’s film “The Dark Knight: The Renaissance of a Legend,” and a little later received an Oscar for her supporting role in the musical Les Miserables. These events have dramatically changed the situation in the creative life of Ann.
Now the actress takes pride of place at the Hollywood movie olimp and collaborates only with the best. In 2014, she starred in Christopher Nolan’s next film, Interstellar, with Matthew McConaughey, and in 2016 she is expected to premiere the fairy tale Alice in the Looking Glass, where Hathaway will play the White Queen.
Josh Gad as Jamie's brother
In the film “Love and Other Medicines,” the main actors are undoubtedly celebrities. But for minor roles, little-known artists were selected. So, brother Jamie was played by Josh Gad, whom viewers know except for the role of Steve Wozniak in the biographical film "Jobs". It is Brother Jamie, as a businessman, who gives him advice to become an agent for the distribution of medicines and becomes an indirect culprit in meeting the main characters.
In 2015, another premiere took place with the participation of the actor - the film "Pixels" was released. In 2017, Josh will play Lefu in the film Beauty and the Beast.
Other role performers
Judy Greer ("What Women Want"), Gabriel Macht ("False Temptation") and Oliver Platt ("Honest Courtesan") were also involved in Edward Zwick's film.
If we talk about the reviews of critics about the film "Love and Other Medicines", the review of the film from each author is individual: someone does not like the speculations of the scriptwriters on incurable diseases, and someone believes that such melodramas, even with stamps are simply needed by the public. In any case, the film is worth a look, because the first 10 minutes is enough to understand whether this film is suitable for the viewer or not.