No Strings Attached (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) (as Mike Samonek)

Stars:

Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher, Kevin Kline

2 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Natalie Portman	...	Emma
Ashton Kutcher	...	Adam
Kevin Kline	...	Alvin
Cary Elwes	...	Dr. Metzner
Greta Gerwig	...	Patrice
Lake Bell	...	Lucy
Olivia Thirlby	...	Katie Kurtzman
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:

male objectification | older man younger woman relationship | female doctor | sex in shower | st. valentine's day | 

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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 Ukrainian

Release Date:

21 January 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Fuckbuddies

Filming Locations:

2218 S Harvard Blvd, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$19,652,921, 23 January 2011

Gross USA:

$70,662,220

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$149,228,077

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, Cold Spring Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS DTS Dolby Digital Dolby Surround 7.1

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The trailers seen in the music video shoot are from Star Waggons; a company founded and operated by Lyle Waggoner, a supporting star of the long running Carol Burnett show, and regular on the first season of Wonder Woman.

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Goofs

While the fall 2010 day and date shown earlier on Emma's phone are historically correct, she later says that the approaching Friday is Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day actually fell on Monday in 2011.

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Quotes

Emma: Yeah, I stuck it in.

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Connections

Referenced in Half in the Bag: Your Highness and Samurai Cop (2011)

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Soundtracks

Down Down Down
Written by Tasha Golden
Performed by Ellery
Courtesy of Crucial Music Corporation

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.