This Rom-com is refreshingly adult and doesn't conform to the typical and over used narratives. Both of the main roles Jamie (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Maggie (Anne Hathaway) are played convincingly and with integrety by the leads, which is one of the main strengths of the plot.There is an honest portrayal of the struggles and pitfalls within their relationship, with Maggie's continued struggle with Parkinson's disease as the catalyst for both their meeting and their problems. The title refers to their romance and Jamie's job as a drug rep.
Both characters are given screen time to develop individually as well as as a couple and despite sex being the starting point and, possibly, the glue of their relationship the sense of romance and deep love is front lined through soft lighting in many places and the beautiful, silent home made films. This film is interesting and charismatic and is hard to type cast into any particualr genre yet comes across better because of this. The mish-mash of themes does distract slightly from making this film great and the overall feeling is slightly depressing but it is fairly funny, most credit for this goes to Josh (Josh Gad) Jamie's brother.
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