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.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 7 nominations
Brian H. Dierker
- Bones
- (as Brian Dierker)
Storyline
Did you know
- 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
Featured review
Cute!
I gave this movie an 8/10 simply because it will keep you laughing the majority of the time. Sure the ending is predictable and a few of the background actors deliver lackluster performances but Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher fit very nicely together as the main characters, you could really tell they had fun working together.
I see a lot of other reviews criticizing Portman for "stooping to this level" and I'm not too sure why, maybe they didn't go see it in the right frame of mind...this movie is what it is, a romantic comedy about two friends who decide to take their relationship to the next level without having any of the commitments and "duties" of being an actual couple, that's what the trailers showed it as, that's what the actors described it as, nothing was a surprise...she did a cute, funny romantic comedy, it's not like she dove head first into the adult film industry.
Will this movie be nominated for awards, probably, will it win, probably not, but overall it was cute, it was funny, and I left the theater feeling like the $10 I paid for a ticket was well worth it.
I see a lot of other reviews criticizing Portman for "stooping to this level" and I'm not too sure why, maybe they didn't go see it in the right frame of mind...this movie is what it is, a romantic comedy about two friends who decide to take their relationship to the next level without having any of the commitments and "duties" of being an actual couple, that's what the trailers showed it as, that's what the actors described it as, nothing was a surprise...she did a cute, funny romantic comedy, it's not like she dove head first into the adult film industry.
Will this movie be nominated for awards, probably, will it win, probably not, but overall it was cute, it was funny, and I left the theater feeling like the $10 I paid for a ticket was well worth it.
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- OompaLoompa8816
- Jan 24, 2011
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- Also known as
- The Family Weekend
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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
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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