Love and Other Drugs

Wanted to see 'the King's Speech' but couldn't get a viewing at the right time. Ended up in this instead.

Went in expecting a bog standard Rom Com, with perhaps one or two 'tasteful' love scenes where there might be a brief flash of boob. The first half was therefore quite shocking to me, as it seemed to be one wild burst of passion after another with a lot more flesh than I expected. When I was young back in the 80's and secretly went to adult cinemas some of the films touted as pornography were less explicit than this. My wife is really not used to this kind of thing at all and so I found myself cringing for most of the first part of the film, feeling it had been a big mistake to bring her.

But then the plot moves on. The focus moves to Maggie's developing Parkinson's disease, and questions of the couples motives in the relationship and leading finally to their settling into an honest, mutual relationship. This turned out to be a very good theme for us as a couple, as my wife's rheumatoid arthritis deteriorates and she becomes increasingly disabled. In fact, I would say it was spot on.

And of course we re-enacted some of the earlier scenes when we got home. Yum yum.

Another sub plot was also good - the theme that you can have as much 'empty sex' as you want but it is ultimately unsatisfying. Hear hear!