Love and Other Drugs

Love and Other Drugs is a 2010 romantic comedy film co-written and directed by Edward Zwick.

The main cast includes Jake Gyllenhaal as ‘Jamie Randall’, Anne Hathaway as ‘Maggie Murdock’, Oliver Platt as ‘Bruce Winston’, Hank Azaria as, Dr. Stan Knight, Josh Gad as ‘Josh Randall’, Gabriel Macht as ‘Trey Hannigan’, Judy Greer as ‘Cindy’ and George
Segal as ‘Dr. James Randall’.

In 1996, Jamie Randall is fired from a Midwest town’s electronics store for having sex with his manager’s girlfriend. His wealthy brother Josh finds him a job as a pharmaceutical sales representative. Jamie goes to work for and tries to get doctors to prescribe.
He is rebuffed, much to the dismay of his regional manager, Bruce, who sees Jamie as his ticket to the “big leagues” of Chicago.

Bruce says if Jamie can get Dr. Knight to prescribe Zoloft instead of Prozac, other doctors will follow his lead.

A date with her results, lasting only minutes before she and Jamie have sex. Jamie is later beaten up by top-selling Prozac rep Trey, one of Maggie’s ex-lovers, who warns him to stay away from her and the doctors.

Jamie spends nights at Maggie’s apartment. One night, he tells Maggie that he loves her although he had never said it to anyone in his life.

Jamie wants a committed relationship, but Maggie refuses. While she helps senior citizens onto a bus bound for Canada to get cheap prescription drugs, Jamie shows up

Jamie catches his brother masturbating to a sex tape that he and Maggie had filmed. Jamie asks her to go to a Chicago medical conference with him. She ends up at a Parkinson’s discussion group across the street. She is moved by the people and their stories.

Jamie starts researching Parkinson’s. He takes Maggie to a specialist to have tests done. Jamie becomes upset because an appointment was rescheduled after they had flown in to see the doctor.

Some time later, Jamie goes to a restaurant and runs into Maggie who is on a date. Bruce shows up and reveals Jamie has been promoted to the Chicago office.

She starts to cry and says she will need him more. Jamie decides not to take the job in Chicago to attend medical school.

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