Lots of Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway sex as well as lots of naked Anne Hathaway.
Netflix description:
Pharmaceutical representative Jamie Randall (Gyllenhaal) becomes a player in the big game of male-performance-enhancement-drug sales and, along the way, finds unexpected romance with a woman (Hathaway) suffering from Parkinson's disease. Based on the real-life Jamie Reidy's memoir, Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman.
The first third of the movie was enthralling because of the focus on the pharmaceutical industry. The process of training their salespeople and how certain drugs get on your doctor’s shelf as opposed to others was both fascinating and scary. Then the love story started.
As previously mentioned, there were more than a few steamy sex scenes, but Gyllenhaal and Hathaway did have good chemistry, which is what made the scenes steamy I guess. I’m not a fan of Hathaway’s performance in Rachel Getting Married (for which she earned an Oscar nomination), but her performance in this film was better than expected (and it did get her a Golden Globe nomination).
Overall, the movie was fun and a little more complex than your typical romantic comedy, but the dialogue in general was lacking. Also, there were just a few too many “look how cute I am” Gyllenhaal shots and big-eyed Hathaway scenes. I do have to admit that the last few minutes of Gyllenhaal voiceover talking about how one person, even just a chance encounter, can change your life was particularly resonant.
Oh, it’s interesting to remember that Gyllenhaal and Hathaway were a “couple” in Brokeback Mountain five years ago.
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