Natalie Portman

Ashton Kutcher

Kevin Kline

Cary Elwes

Greta Gerwig

Lake Bell

Olivia Thirlby

Ludacris

Jake Johnson

Mindy Kaling

Talia Balsam

Ophelia Lovibond

Guy Branum

Ben Lawson

Jennifer Irwin

Adhir Kalyan

Brian H. Dierker

Abby Elliott

Vedette Lim

Gary David Goldberg

Armen Weitzman

Shaun Russell

Nealla Gordon

Seth Morris

Nasim Pedrad

Elizabeth Meriwether

Mollee Gray

Derek Ferguson

Matthew Moy

Tyne Stecklein

Kym Connor

Renna Bogdanowicz

Jennifer Hamilton

Krystal Ellsworth

Kim Marko Germar

Megan Honore

Nick Lanzisera

Moira 'Anjolie' Marfori

Dalphe Morantus

Katrina Norman

Heather Phillips

Britt Stewart

Paula Van Oppen

William Loftis

KC Monnie

Jason Williams

Chulachak Chakrabongse

Jay Barclay

Tom Tangen

Tim Matheson

Ben Lautman

Joshua Andreacola

Sam Greenberg

Rachel McDermott

Robert Trapp

Rachael Markarian

Kherington Payne

Dylan Doornbos Hayes

Stefanie Scott

Ivan Reitman

Michael Samonek

Joe Medjuck

Jeffrey Clifford

Tom Pollock

Roger Birnbaum

Gary Barber

Jonathan Glickman

Rogier Stoffers

Ida Random

Dana E. Glauberman

Julie Weiss

Lisa Bruce

Joanna Colbert

Rich Mento

Ali Bell

Annette Savitch

Conrad E. Palmisano

Marguerite Pomerhn Derricks

Cristen Carr Strubbe

John Wildermuth

Christina Fong

Greg Berry

Danielle Berman

Paul Sanchez

Chris Squires

Maria Gonzales

Omar Hassan-Reep

Jane Goldsmith

Edward Tise

Robert Jackson

Rick A. West

Max E. Brehme

John C. Hartigan

Gregory Alpert

Chris Fielding

Kurt Verbaarschott

Greg Evans

Ken Van Duyne

Deborah Myles Davis

Michael Crow

Tracey Levy

Kathleen Karridene

Jorjee Douglass

Barbara Lorenz

Jacklin Masteran

Anthony Veader

Daniel Howell

Christine Colvin

Tess Minsky

Wendy Means

Susan Dukow

Donna Glasser-Hancock

Kyle Salazar

Heidi Falconer

Dale Robinette

Steve Pederson

Brad Sherman

Michael J. Benavente

Tricia Linklater

Doug Jackson

Chuck Michael

Nancy MacLeod

Barbara Harris

Brent Brooks

Jeff Carson

Brad Dechter

Anshuman Prasad

Jim Wallis

Tommy Tancharoen

Melissa R. Stubbs

R.J. Kizer

Susan Dudeck

Larry Kemp

John Debney

Sarah Monat

Robin Harlan

Randy K. Singer

Greg Zimmerman

Oliver Keller

Hubie Kerns Jr.

Alex Daniels

Eddie Braun

Mark Dobson

Victory Palmisano

Dorenda Moore

Jimmy N. Roberts

Jennifer Scudder Trent

Robbie Nevil

Comedy

Romance

No Strings Attached

Katalyst Films

The Montecito Picture Company

Handsomecharlie Films

United States of America

No Strings Attached is romantic comedy starring Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher. Now, I'm not a prolific watcher of the rom-com genre and honestly I've probably only seen a few of them throughout my entire life to this point. I bring this up because it seems like most of the criticisms people have of this film deal with the idea that it's not all that original and the only thing it did differently was add in foul language. I, on the other hand, really enjoyed this film for what it is. I think this is primarily because I'm still pretty inexperienced with the rom-com genre, but I also think it's because there's nothing really "wrong" with this film. Does it lean more on romance than comedy? Sure, but I actually appreciated that choice. Is the story about as surface level as it gets? Yes, but I also think that the chemistry between Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher largely makes up for that flaw. I knew, along with everyone else who has seen this film, how it was going to end the entire time, but I was still interested in how it would get to that point, and I can't say that I was dissatisfied when the credits rolled. 

In the end, No Strings Attached is a perfectly fine romantic comedy. It's not going to blow your socks off, but you'll get your fix off of it.

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