No Strings Attached

1/21/20111h 47m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Friendship has its benefits. ~

Overview:

Emma is a busy doctor who sets up a seemingly perfect arrangement when she offers her best friend Adam a relationship with one rule: No strings attached. But when a fling becomes a thing, can sex friends stay best friends?

Director:

Ivan Reitman

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$25,000,000.00

Revenue:

$149,200,000.00

Key words:

parent child relationship
casual meeting
sexual humor
student of medicine
friends
open relationship
best friend
valentine's day
casual sex
friends in love
duringcreditsstinger
fling
father son conflict

Cast

Natalie Portman

~ as ~

Emma Kurtzman

Ashton Kutcher

~ as ~

Adam Franklin

Kevin Kline

~ as ~

Alvin Franklin

Cary Elwes

~ as ~

Dr. Stephen Metzner

Greta Gerwig

~ as ~

Patrice

Lake Bell

~ as ~

Lucy

Olivia Thirlby

~ as ~

Katie Kurtzman

Ludacris

~ as ~

Wallace

Jake Johnson

~ as ~

Eli

Mindy Kaling

~ as ~

Shira

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Reviews (1)

G
GDawson2
Written 6 year(s) ago
7
No Strings Attached is romantic comedy starring Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher. Now, I'm not a prolific watcher of the rom-com genre and honestly I've probably only seen a few of them throughout my entire life to this point. I bring this up because it seems like most of the criticisms people have of this film deal with the idea that it's not all that original and the only thing it did differently was add in foul language. I, on the other hand, really enjoyed this film for what it is. I think this is primarily because I'm still pretty inexperienced with the rom-com genre, but I also think it's because there's nothing really "wrong" with this film. Does it lean more on romance than comedy? Sure, but I actually appreciated that choice. Is the story about as surface level as it gets? Yes, but I also think that the chemistry between Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher largely makes up for that flaw. I knew, along with everyone else who has seen this film, how it was going to end the entire time, but I was still interested in how it would get to that point, and I can't say that I was dissatisfied when the credits rolled.

In the end, No Strings Attached is a perfectly fine romantic comedy. It's not going to blow your socks off, but you'll get your fix off of it.