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5.3 out of 10

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  • Starring: Ashton Kutcher, Natalie Portman
  • Summary: In this comedy, Emma and Adam are life-long friends who almost ruin everything by having sex one morning. In order to protect their friendship, they make a pact to keep their relationship strictly "no strings attached." "No strings" means no jealousy, no expectations, no fighting, no flowers, no baby voices. It means they can do whatever they want, whenever they want, in whatever public place they want, as long as they don't fall in love. The question becomes- who's going to fall first? And can their friendship survive? (Paramount Pictures) … Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 21 out of 36
  3. Negative: 2 out of 36
  1. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Joe Morgenstern
    Jan 20, 2011
    80
    Ivan Reitman directed, with great verve and unflagging finesse, from a terrifically funny script by Elizabeth Meriwether.
  2. Arizona Republic
    Reviewed by: Bill Goodykoontz
    Jan 19, 2011
    60
    It leads exactly where we think it will on a sometimes funny, ultimately predictable, journey.
  3. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: David Edelstein
    Jan 24, 2011
    30
    No Strings Attached is so palpably calculated that you know if the camera had pulled back a foot from the bed in which Portman and Kutcher were pretending to have sex, you'd have seen their agents standing by beaming: proud parents, proud pimps.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 40
  3. Negative: 8 out of 40
  1. jdrandall38
    7
    Although predictable, the movie delivered a whole lot more than expected. The rawness in this film makes it more than watchable. It 90%-100% depicted how real-life people talk. Thank god it was rated R, because PG-13 would have made this a below average to bad film. Overall i would watch it again for Portman who played her character very well and for Kutcher who like always delivers his charm in a way no other can.… Expand
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  2. grandpajoe6191
    4
    "No Strings Attached" is a romantic+sex+humor movie with the formula everybody recognizes. I wonder if Natalie Portman recieved a metal shock for earning a Oscar, because this movie isn't even close for a Oscar won person to perform.… Expand
    • 3 of 3 users said yes
  3. MrFugiReviews
    2
    "No Strings Attached" is a romantic comedy about Emma (Natalie Portman) who decides to use her friend, Adam (Ashton Kutcher) for only sex. The film, to me, was so predictable and also, not funny. You could tell from the start that Emma was going to just want sex and that Adam would go along with it, until, of course, he wants a relationship. I wonder what's going to happen? This film is boring and predictable, and just badly written. Natalie Portman's latest film does impress and it's a shame since she was in the very good movie, "Black Swan" recently. [R] 2/10… Expand
    • 4 of 5 users said yes

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