No Strings Attached (2011)

Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher star as Emma and Adam in this romantic comedy that doesn't try and dance around the topic of sex. They meet at summer camp as middle school age kids then again in college and just after. Emma fresh out of medical school working on her residency, while Adam works as an assistant on the set of the tv show.

The premise of the romantic comedy is that the two try and have a strictly physical relationship, as you expect there are problems with this and you can guess where it heads. An overall typical romantic comedy, save for the blunt sex discussion and father's drug usage. I would guess they were pushing the limits of their R rating.

Lake Bell was a little annoying as Lucy, I'm not sure why they had to make this character so annoying, it could have added depth to the story if she would have been a viable option for Adam. The same goes for Cary Elwes's character, the Doctor that tells Adam he will get her in the end. Why couldn't they make these two relationship a little more possible to actually make us question their decision? Kevin Kline was pretty good as the father, but I wasn't thrilled with the performances of Emma's roommates.

All in all not a bad romantic comedy, not one I'll be adding to my amazon wishlist though.

Vote: 7/10

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1411238/

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