The movie is loosely inspired by Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman by Jamie Reidy — a real former Pfizer rep. But the romantic story (and Maggie’s character) is fictional.
The most powerful moment in the film isn't the grand romantic gesture; it is the scene in the pharmacy. Maggie, suffering from a freezing episode due to her medication wearing off, is humiliated publicly. Jamie, seeing this, realizes that his desire to "fix" her with a pill or a doctor is futile. It is a crushing depiction of the daily reality of chronic illness, stripping away the Hollywood gloss to show the ugly, grinding reality of disease. watch love and other drugs movie