Men Up is a BBC television movie regarding the clinical trials for a new wonder drug formulated in the 1990s. It went on to be called Viagra.

It is based on true facts which means about 1% of it is true. This dramedy features five men who have been selected by Dr Dylan Pearce (Aneurin Barnard.) He is an expert on flaccid issues caused by diabetes.

This new wonder drug could be a boon. Especially for the men who are selected to try the pills out.

Of course during the course of the movie. There are side effects, the drug is not a quick fix. The drug cannot solve some underlying issues with some of the relationships. One or two marriages are on the verge of breaking apart. One man pretends to be hetereosexual when he has been in a same sex relationship for years. Being gay was against the rules of the medical trials. For one man the drug does not work at all.

It was enjoyable enough but to me it felt like this was a movie made by a committee. There was nothing creative or edgy here.