A guy and girl try to keep their relationship strictly physical, but it's not long before they learn that they want something more.A guy and girl try to keep their relationship strictly physical, but it's not long before they learn that they want something more.A guy and girl try to keep their relationship strictly physical, but it's not long before they learn that they want something more.
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- Awards
- 2 wins & 7 nominations
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Ludacris
- Wallaceas Wallace
- (as Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges)
Brian H. Dierker
- Bonesas Bones
- (as Brian Dierker)
- Director
- Writers
- Elizabeth Meriwether(screenplay) (story)
- Michael Samonek(story)
- All cast & crew
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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? —<jhailey@hotmail.com>
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- Taglines
- Friendship has its benefits
- Genres
- Certificate
- 15
- Parents guide
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- TriviaThe original title for the script was 'Fuck Buddies' but this wouldn't make it past the MPAA. It was changed to Friends with Benefits (2011) but then that title was changed because there was another movie with the same title starring Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake. By the time pre-screening invitations were made, it had still not been decided whether the title would be No Strings Attached (2011) or Hooking Up.
- GoofsAdam 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.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #19.74 (2011)
- SoundtracksI Wanna Sex You Up
Written by Bryan Abrams, Mark Calderon, Willie Clarke, Betty Wright, Doctor Freeze, Kevin Thornton & Sam Watters (as Samuel Watters)
Performed by Color Me Badd
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
Top review
Silly and Incoherent Plot, but Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher Make the Film Worth
Fifteen years ago, Adam Franklin (Ashton Kutcher) and Emma Kurtzman (Natalie Portman) meet each other in a colony and every now and then they stumble on each other.
In the present days, Emma is an MIT graduated doctor and Adam is the stage assistant of a TV musical show and aspirant screenplay writer. When Adam visits his father Alvin (Kevin Kline), who is a successful TV producer, and finds that his ex-girlfriend Vanessa (Ophelia Lovibond) has moved to Alvin's house and is dating him, he gets totally drunk and calls every girl in his cell phone's contact list. On the next morning, he wakes up at Emma's apartment and they have quick sex. Emma does not want to have any emotional involvement and proposes a relationship driven by sex only without romance or commitment. But love is not possible to be rationalized and the couple is affected by their behavior.
"No Strings Attached" is a romantic comedy with a silly and incoherent plot since the motives for the behavior of Emma are not well developed and she becomes an inconsistent lead character. The story is visibly inspired on the adorable "When Harry Met Sally ", with elements of Glee and spiced with sex.
However, the film is cute and the chemistry between the lovely Natalie Portman and the pleasant Ashton Kutcher make the film worth. I believe that a high percentage of viewers love Natalie Portman and it is a pleasure to see this talented actress in any movie.
Kevin Kline has a small part but is also hilarious. This is the first time that I pay attention in Lake Bell and she is really a beautiful woman performing the role of a clumsy and nerd character. However several support characters are neither funny nor interesting. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Sexo Sem Compromisso" ("Sex Without Commitment")
In the present days, Emma is an MIT graduated doctor and Adam is the stage assistant of a TV musical show and aspirant screenplay writer. When Adam visits his father Alvin (Kevin Kline), who is a successful TV producer, and finds that his ex-girlfriend Vanessa (Ophelia Lovibond) has moved to Alvin's house and is dating him, he gets totally drunk and calls every girl in his cell phone's contact list. On the next morning, he wakes up at Emma's apartment and they have quick sex. Emma does not want to have any emotional involvement and proposes a relationship driven by sex only without romance or commitment. But love is not possible to be rationalized and the couple is affected by their behavior.
"No Strings Attached" is a romantic comedy with a silly and incoherent plot since the motives for the behavior of Emma are not well developed and she becomes an inconsistent lead character. The story is visibly inspired on the adorable "When Harry Met Sally ", with elements of Glee and spiced with sex.
However, the film is cute and the chemistry between the lovely Natalie Portman and the pleasant Ashton Kutcher make the film worth. I believe that a high percentage of viewers love Natalie Portman and it is a pleasure to see this talented actress in any movie.
Kevin Kline has a small part but is also hilarious. This is the first time that I pay attention in Lake Bell and she is really a beautiful woman performing the role of a clumsy and nerd character. However several support characters are neither funny nor interesting. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Sexo Sem Compromisso" ("Sex Without Commitment")
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- claudio_carvalho
- Aug 5, 2011
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- Fuckbuddies
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- Budget
- $25,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $70,662,220
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $19,652,921
- Jan 23, 2011
- Gross worldwide
- $149,228,077
- Runtime1 hour 48 minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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