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 total
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", but then that title was changed because there was another movie with the same title, Friends with Benefits (2011), 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.
- GoofsWhen Emma is carrying the two cups of coffee to the car after running into Adam, she carries them like they are empty, not accounting for the coffee inside. If there was coffee in either one, it would have spilled everywhere.
- 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
No Strings Attached (2011)
You expect more than you're going to get here. There are two strong leads, Natalie Portman at her finest relaxed self (seeming) and Ashton Kutcher in a slightly amusing, self-deprecating mode that is a little dulling but fits his part. But there isn't the necessary conflict here to make their attraction take on fire. They drift together, they push apart, they find each other again, and so on, all mildly engaging and a bit sleepy.
And don't expect much from Kevin Kline, either, mostly because his part is small and a bit canned, a caricature dad with too much to prove. The rest of the cast is frankly just functional, and you start to look harder at why the movie fizzles with so much apparent talent, especially Portman. And the only real answer is the director, who is more a producer at heart, Ivan Reitman. You can't fault the success of some of his movies, but it's an uneven bunch, from "Ghostbusters" to "Kindergarden Cop." Something lacks energy and imagination here, and the writing stretched a bit.
Enjoyable? Somewhat. Be warned, it's not funny, romantic, or energized enough to quite make it on any score.
You expect more than you're going to get here. There are two strong leads, Natalie Portman at her finest relaxed self (seeming) and Ashton Kutcher in a slightly amusing, self-deprecating mode that is a little dulling but fits his part. But there isn't the necessary conflict here to make their attraction take on fire. They drift together, they push apart, they find each other again, and so on, all mildly engaging and a bit sleepy.
And don't expect much from Kevin Kline, either, mostly because his part is small and a bit canned, a caricature dad with too much to prove. The rest of the cast is frankly just functional, and you start to look harder at why the movie fizzles with so much apparent talent, especially Portman. And the only real answer is the director, who is more a producer at heart, Ivan Reitman. You can't fault the success of some of his movies, but it's an uneven bunch, from "Ghostbusters" to "Kindergarden Cop." Something lacks energy and imagination here, and the writing stretched a bit.
Enjoyable? Somewhat. Be warned, it's not funny, romantic, or energized enough to quite make it on any score.
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- Countries of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Fuckbuddies
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- 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
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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