Two best friends decide to have a child together while keeping their relationship platonic, so they can avoid the toll kids can take on romantic relationships.Two best friends decide to have a child together while keeping their relationship platonic, so they can avoid the toll kids can take on romantic relationships.Two best friends decide to have a child together while keeping their relationship platonic, so they can avoid the toll kids can take on romantic relationships.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
- Penelope
- (as Nina LaFarga)
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Did you know
- TriviaWhen the scene showing Julie Keller's (Jennifer Westfeldt) birthday was shot, it was done so on Jennifer Westfeldt's actual birthday.
- GoofsWhen Jason describes his girlfriend Mary Jane to Julie and insists that she should meet her, while leaving the house Julie's white scarf is tied in one scene and untied in the next scene.
- Quotes
Jason Fryman: You think that we don't love each other? You know, I have loved this girl for nineteen years, Ben. That is fully half my life. I know everything there is to know about her. I know the mood she's in when she wakes up in the morning - always happy, ready for the day. Can you imagine? I know that she is honest; she won't even take the little shampoo bottles from the hotel room, or sneak into the movie theater for a double feature. She always buys a second ticket. Always. I know that we have the same values, we have the same taste, we have the same sense of humor. I know that we both think that organized religion is completely full of shit. I know that if she is ever paralyzed from the neck down, she would like me to unplug her - and I will. I know her position on just about everything, and I am on board. I am on board with everything about her, so you tell me, Ben. What better woman could I have picked to be the mother of my child?
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #20.97 (2012)
- SoundtracksHotel Song
Written by Regina Spektor
Performed by Regina Spektor
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
The story didn't head in the direction I expected, given the title. It's not a sly comedy or satire of parenthood or how the experience changes a person or a couple. It's more like a story of Friends with Benefits. But the cast is great and it's not formulaic. On the whole, worthwhile. A number of scenes are quite good.
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- Bạn Thân Với Những Đứa Trẻ
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Box office
- Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $7,251,073
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,019,083
- Mar 11, 2012
- Gross worldwide
- $13,041,254
- Runtime1 hour 47 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1