Reviews of No Strings Attached 2011
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Yeah yeah yeah, I know. Most people hate this but I really like it. The first time I saw this I felt the same way and went out and bought this the next day. On certain occasions I'm a sucker for a cheesy rom-com.......and I'm lactose intolerant. Weird.
This came out around the same time as JT and Mila Kunis's Friends With Benefits and they're very much the same but very different as well. To be honest, I kept waiting…
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Thanks to my friend Sacha I now realize that the pitch for this film was something like: romcom but role reversed! girl wants meaningless sex! Ashton Kutcher pines for true love, turns down threesome and randy coworker! Instead of bunch of guy roommates joking about e.g. masturbation in 'gross out' scene, chicks chat about synchronized menstruation!' I would have noticed this myself but I was too distracted by the sheer weirdness of various weakly developed subplots - e.g. the 'emotionally…
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The last current romantic comedy that I have seen is Bridesmaids (I guess that counts), but given that movie and this monstrosity, I feel safe to say that romantic comedies are horrible right now. No Strings Attached was like watching a work-print of a film made from the first draft of a script. I think anyone reading this could have directed this film and done a better job.
Things just happen in this movie for no apparent reason. Both the…
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So many great/awesome/funny people in this cast. And while I did find myself laughing/enjoying moments, it just didn't make any sense. Wait, who's that? They're dating? Why? The first time "quirk" has ever bothered me. I guess that comes out of the fact that this is a director "trying something on" rather than a natural expression of their style/world view. This cast (minus Ashton) deserved better.
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A pesar de que su director es responsable de obras maestras como Los cazafantasmas (I y II) y Poli de guardería (en serio), esta es una de esas pelis románticas para el olvido o para una sobremesa de indigestión. Como suele ocurrir en este tipo de películas, aquí se desperdicia lo más interesante y divertido: el trabajo de los actores secundarios y las tramas de sus personajes (Jake Johnson -Safety Not Guaranteed-, Lake Bell -Juno-, Mindy Kaling -The Office-...). La…
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1 star just for Natalie Portman! Half a star for the couple times I laughed.
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Of the two friends with benefits romantic comedies we got last year, this is easily the better one. Which is surprising, because this one stars two people I honestly don't care about, while the other stars Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis, and I am solidly in both the Timberlake and Kunis camp. But this was the one directed by Ivan Reitman, so I supposed its obvious I would like this more.
This is a remarkable smart film that goes beyond…