Friendship has its benefits
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher, Kevin Kline, Cary Elwes, Greta Gerwig, Lake Bell, Olivia Thirlby, Ludacris |
| Director |
Ivan Reitman |
| Screenplay | Elizabeth Meriwether, Michael Samonek |
| Music | John Debney |
| Cinematography | Rogier Stoffers |
| Editing | Dana E. Glauberman |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2011 |
| Produced by | Cold Spring Pictures, Handsomecharlie Films, Katalyst Films, The Montecito Picture Company, PIC Agency, Paramount Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment |
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| Genre | Comedy, drama |
| Language | Frequent strong sexual language and sexual references. |
| Nudity | One scene, male buttocks, non-sexual context |
| Sex | Frequent, couple of strongly implied scenes. Many also that are more brief. |
| Violence | Brief, mild, infrequent. |
| Prejudice | Non |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | Dope smoking, instructional alcohol use and drunkeness. |
| Comments | Themes are mature and have to do with sex and a promiscuous lifestyle. |
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Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith  Lust bust in name of love, pity about cheesy end | 10 |  |
| Die Burger Laetitia Pople Prettige prent oor vriende met voordele | 10 | |
| Cape Times Todd McCarthy This won't tug the heartstrings | 5 |  |
| Box Office Wade Major Unless the Hangover and Wedding Crashers set has suddenly developed a taste for romances that aim to elicit more tears than belly laughs, even Portman's deft efforts will prove insufficient to get much love from filmgoers. | 5 | |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert | 10 | |
| eye Weekly Adam Nayman No Strings Attached isn't a terrible movie, but there's finally something gruelling in its commitment to generic conventions: maybe if crazy old Emma was behind the camera, it wouldn't cling so desperately to those boring, safe old tropes. | 5 | |
| ReelViews James Berardinelli The film is pleasant enough, if inconsequential, and will do nothing to help or hurt the careers of those involved. | 13 |  |
| ScreenIt C. Fuchs The film isn't without its charms and it does have some funny moments and lines of dialogue. | 10 | |
| Metacritic.com 36 critics | 10 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 154 critics | 11 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer It benefits from the presence of Natalie Portman and director Ivan Reitman's steady hand, but No Strings Attached doesn't have the courage or conviction to follow through on its ribald premise. | 10 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 7612 Netizens Cute! | 13 | |
Average .. 47% | 9 | |