No Strings Attached (I) (2011)

A guy and girl try to keep their relationship strictly physical, but it's not long before they learn that they want something more.

Director:

Ivan Reitman

Writers:

Elizabeth Meriwether (screenplay), Michael Samonek (story),

Stars:

Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher, Kevin Kline

2 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Natalie Portman	...	Emma
Ashton Kutcher	...	Adam Franklin
Kevin Kline	...	Alvin
Cary Elwes	...	Dr. Metzner
Greta Gerwig	...	Patrice
Lake Bell	...	Lucy
Olivia Thirlby	...	Katie
Ludacris	...	Wallace (as Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges)
Jake Johnson	...	Eli
Mindy Kaling	...	Shira
Talia Balsam	...	Sandra Kurtzman
Ophelia Lovibond	...	Vanessa
Guy Branum	...	Guy
Ben Lawson	...	Sam
Jennifer Irwin	...	Megan

Storyline

Occasionally in the 15 years since summer camp, Adam and Emma cross paths. When he discovers that an ex-girlfriend is living with his dad, he gets drunk, calls every woman in his cell phone contact list, and ends up passed out naked in her living room. By this time, she's a medical resident in L.A. and he's a gopher on a "Glee"-like TV series, hoping to be a writer. She guards her emotions (calling her father's funeral "a thing"), so after a quick shag in the moments she has before leaving for the hospital, she asks if he wants a no-strings-attached, sex-only relationship, without romance or complications. A prescription for fun or for disaster?

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Plot Keywords:

ex girlfriend | summer camp | hospital | funeral | gay man | 

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Taglines:

Friendship has its benefits

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content, language and some drug material

Details

Official Sites:

Paramount [France] Paramount [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 January 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Friends with Benefits

Filming Locations:

2218 S Harvard Blvd, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£978,974 (UK) (25 February 2011)

Gross:

$70,625,986 (USA) (1 April 2011)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, Cold Spring Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Wallace (Ludacris) takes a picture of Adam with the two girls at a party, Wallace says, "happy ho-lidays" a line from Ludacris' 2001 song "Area Codes".

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Goofs

Adam flinches and turns his head well before Emma slaps him in the emergency room. Not only was the slap unexpected, but Adam had taken painkillers, so he should have been far less likely to react that quickly.

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Quotes

Alvin: We don't get to pick who we fall in love with, and it doesn't happen like it should.

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Connections

References Vertigo (1958)

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Soundtracks

"I'M THE ONLY ONE FOR YOU"
Written & Performed by Dewayne Satterfield
Courtesy of 5 Alarm Music

User Reviews

Lacklustre

This film is about two sex friends who, slowly but surely, develop feelings for each other.

Considering the cast and the big budget, "No Strings Attached" is very disappointing. The two leads are very attractive, but they have little chemistry with each other. Maybe it's to do with the nature of their initial relationship, they do not have any sparks with each other, and hence their subsequent feelings seem so forced and unrealistic. There is little comedy either, the whole plot is plainly delivered. With nothing much to laugh about, no romance to savour, "No Strings Attached" becomes a lacklustre bore.