Love & Other Drugs

Love & Other Drugs
Theatrical release poster
Directed byEdward Zwick
Screenplay by
Based onHard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman
by Jamie Reidy
Produced by
Starring
CinematographySteven Fierberg
Edited bySteven Rosenblum
Music byJames Newton Howard
Production
companies
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
  • November 4, 2010 (2010-11-04) (AFI Fest)
  • November 24, 2010 (2010-11-24) (United States)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$30 million
Box office$105 million

Love & Other Drugs is a 2010 American romantic comedy drama film directed, produced and co-written by Edward Zwick and based on Jamie Reidy's 2005 non-fiction book Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Oliver Platt, Hank Azaria, Josh Gad and Gabriel Macht, the film tells the story of a medicine peddler in 1990s Pittsburgh who starts a relationship with a young woman suffering from Parkinson's disease.

Love & Other Drugs was released in theaters on November 24, 2010, by 20th Century Fox. It grossed $105 million against a $30 million budget, and received mixed reviews from critics.