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The comical can be credited to screenwriter Elizabeth Meriwether, who not only produces lead characters that are likeable, but has actually surrounded these individuals with a shockingly rich supporting cast. There is not token best friend that gets all the lines. There's in fact a posse. Natalie Portman's Emma and Ashton Kutcher's Adam are surrounded by friends and co-workers that are very very funny without having to turn to outrageous infantile humor. Heck, they all looked like they could be any of the inherently hilarious individuals that I know in the actual.

Adam and Emma meet attractive as teens at summertime camp where his sheepish moves on Emma fall flat. The run into each other once more at a frat party in college, then once more a couple of years later. As constantly happens in the movies, they are destined to wind up in the very same state, in the exact same town, at the same time. So when drunk and depressed Adam calls every telephone number in his cell for a booty call, he ends up waking up in Emma's Los Angeles flat surrounded by her roommates. Emma is now a workaholic physician, and Adam works as a middling minion in the television company. Emma doesn't have the time or energy for a genuine relationship, so she proposes that she and Adam come to be fuck-buddies. Just what man would certainly refuse?

I think it is intriguing that there is a string of "no strings connected" sex comedies spilling into the theaters. And they all relatively have the same twist (which is very little of a twist when they are all the same): In the modern-day take, it is the man who falls for the non-committal lady initially. But where the similar setup of Love and Additional Medicines failed from lack of chemistry between Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway, Natalie and Ashton really make a cute couple. Their quips appear natural, and even though Emma is a bit over-the-top bristly whenever she thinks she is being conned into a relationshippy-type moment, she is still appealing. And who doesn't such as to see Natalie Portman have an occasional potty-mouth moment? That's right. We all like a smart lady that swears.

No Strings Attached does falter a bit. It struggles with energy toward the end as it falls into the foreseeable territory of whether these fans ought to also be together for realz. Hollywood does always desire the ideal kiss at the end. However till then, I was entirely delighting in the ride. Along with fantastic supporting turns by Greta Gerwig, Mindy Kaling, and Lake Bell (along with more uncomfortable appearances by Kevin Kline and Cary Elwes), No Strings Attached is amusing escapism with a fantastic cast that won't leave you feeling cheated after your two-hour fling at the movies.
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