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Friends With Benefits
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2011
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Friends With Benefits
Positive Reviews
66
Negative reviews
19
Average Rating
3.1
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2.0
And it affects a cooler than thou attitude while transcending the genre in precisely zero ways.
Av Club
1.5
Its not that Annie isnt fun, or that Harper the father doesnt get some good lines, its that Dylans father is ill.
Den Of Geek
1.5
Its not that Annie isnt fun, or that Harper the father doesnt get some good lines, its that Dylans father is ill.
Den Of Geek
3.8
Friends With Benefits follows rom com formulas as if directed on autopilot, but thats not to say it isnt fun.
Rogerebert
3.0
FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS may be formulaic, but surprisingly its still pretty good.
Common Sense Media
4.0
The ending is a simple one that pulls no punches but its earned in its honesty.
We Got This Covered
4.5
Jamies hang ups are especially ill defined; while the script repeatedly announces her Prince Charming fixation oh, yawn that shorthand doesnt at all s ..
Austin Chronicle
1.9
Any interest (and it is minimal) in following the familiar trajectory derives from the movies meta critique of the rom com, a foregrounding of the gen ..
1.5
While theres some fairly raunchy talk about sex, the sex scenes themselves are surprisingly coy.
Screen Daily
3.0
R rated romcom Friends With Benefits talks like an adult but acts like a teen.
Screen Daily
4.0
Even though the postmodern vehicle ultimately proves guilty of adhering too closely to those very same tired rom com conventions at which it satirical ..
The Hollywood Reporter
3.0
Chemistry is great and all, and who doesnt love a truly blue zinger, but when you strip the fun from the film and shine the inevitable third act light ..
4.0
That said, what the screenplay lacks in originality, it makes up for in energy and wit because there are a lot of big laughs to be had here that run t ..
E Film Critic
3.8
But too much of a good thing is destined to come with its roadblocks.
E Film Critic
3.0
Actually, Friends With Benefits is franker with words than it is with bodies.There is banter about erections and peeing and strange types of sneezing; ..
Telegraph
2.5
This happily never after tale with Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis is satisfying for the most part.
3.0
This coasts along just fine thanks to charm and comical interludes, but it fails to deliver the sassy story it promises.
3.0
Maybe thatll kill it for you in the end, but I still had fun with it.
Cinema Blend
3.0
This movie, though, has a sassy edge that almost hides its old fashioned heart.
Ny Daily News
4.0
A false promise of romance and true love forever and ever is just pure fantasy, yet it still somehow fills a hopeful heart.
JoBlo
3.8
Only after this stumbling block does the movie build to a satisfying conclusion: sweet, but not saccharine.
The Globe And Mail
3.1
The movie: emotionally fake.In Friends With Benefits, Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis are a hot and happening dude and dudette whove maxed out on bad ..
Philly
2.0
The Spy Who Dumped Me is an action comedy withwell, it has action.
Philly
3.0
Ones a New York head hunter for GQ. The others an LA super art director. One cant have enough of the Prince Charming formula. The other just cant get ..
4.0
But when it works and the chemistry is just right, we love seeing exactly what we expect and hope for.
Rogers Movie Nation
3.8
One of the strengths of Friends with Benefits is that Timberlake and Kunis are likeable and display enough chemistry to keep us interested in their in ..
ReelViews
3.0
The jokes dont all work and the topical references can be irritably hipper than thou, but at least director and cowriter Will Gluck (Easy A) aims high ..
Chicago Reader
3.0
It is not the writing we are her for but the performances that breathe life into what could have been mediocre.
3.0
It is not the writing we are her for but the performances that breathe life into what could have been mediocre.
2.5
Its a high concept premise thats employed to surprisingly positive effect by director Will Gluck, as the filmmaker has infused the proceedings with an ..
Reel Film Reviews
4.0
This is an entertaining and surprisingly involving relationship picture that rather skillfully moves between comedy and drama thanks to some sharp wri ..
Screen It
1.0
You can tell this romantic comedy thinks its a cut above from the way it keeps sniggering at the feebleness of other romantic comedies a risky strateg ..
Independent
3.0
In the real world, there might be a complex answer, but this script instead opts for amusing situations and some vaguely serious relational issues, ul ..
Shadows On The Wall
2.5
Friends is a rom com that wants to have its cake and eat it too, drawing attention to and making fun of the cliches of the genre even as it indulges i ..
The Wrap
2.0
Timberlake and Kunis try hard to keep this charm machine purring, and they do indeed have traces of chemistry, which is more than you can say for most ..
Cs Monitor
3.8
It far outclasses Hollywoods other inquiry into this phenomenon this year, the crass and mercifully forgotten No Strings Attached.
New York Post
2.5
The experiment succeeds for a while, but intimacy ultimately leaves them vulnerable to the usual misunderstandings, hasty words and crossed signals.
Film Journal International ..
2.5
(Head slap.).Director and co writer Will Gluck struggles a bit with consistency of tone here.
Az Central
4.0
I havent seen these others but its extremely rare to see a comedy as frank and joyous about sex as this is.Sex is usually implied in a rom com, becaus ..
Smh
4.0
This is that rarest of comediesas was Easy Awhere the filmmaking itself is as clever and funny as the script and the performances.
Mountain X
2.8
The same might be said of the movie, too, a sweet hearted romantic comedy that is sometimes at odds with its mandated role as a naughty sex comedy.
Npr
3.0
But the acting of the two leads is consistently good, even when the writing gets weaker and the plotting sensless.
Emanuellevy
3.0
In the old days all you needed to hold an audience was a tale of boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy finds girl again; a couple of likable leads and a ..
Guardian
1.0
They do indeed, but not before the frantically unromantic and unfunny script airily tries to convince us that it is not your average romcom.Justin and ..
Guardian
1.0
And it ill becomes a movie that makes scornful jokes about fashion and materialism to contain more shamelessly crass product placement than any other ..
Daily Mail
3.0
But this movie cant seem to stop foundering into dumb cliche territory.
Slate
4.0
Review by Louise Keller: With its central theme of sex without commitment, this attractive screwball comedy has more going for it than its premise imp ..
3.5
Susan Grangers review of Friends With Benefits (Screen Gems) When Dylan (Justin Timberlake from The Social Network) is recruited by corporate headhunt ..
Susang Ranger
2.0
The promise of a fresh, realistic take on relationships nosedives into the same shallow end of the stale, stagnant impulse pool where they factory far ..
Movies
2.0
This one felt like it was trying too hard to duplicate the charming snark of that movie.
Movies
2.5
Julianne Moore may be too earnest an actress for rigidly structured commercial comedy.
New Yorker
4.0
Considering how much time Timberlake and Kunis spend hovering on top of and between each others lovely limbs, theres definitely something of the soft ..
Time
2.5
However, its hard to have much patience or sympathy for the pair as they are plainly meant for one another, and it is very predicable, as well as over ..
Express
3.8
But one keeps waiting for the film to take that one extra step beyond that it seems about to take yet ultimately settles for being contented with hitt ..
Mr Brown Movies
3.8
Still, enough goes right to compensate for what doesnt quite.You can probably guess the ending.
Chicago Tribune
3.0
It may be as predictable as a sunrise, but Friends with Benefits manages to rise above the familiarity of the material, and Kunis deserves the lions s ..
Bullz-Eye
1.0
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Tony Medley
3.1
Again, the movie doesnt exactly have anything special to say, nor does it take its provocative premise seriously.But at least its watchable, thanks to ..
Aisle Seat
3.0
Nevertheless, Friends With Benefits is exceptionally entertaining.
Herald Sun
3.0
Wish I could say the same for myself, but Glucks mixture of body worship, glib one liners, preposterous characters and energetic pacing seems more sui ..
Movie Habit
3.8
Co writer/director Will Gluck uses the same biting wit found in his film Easy A and easily breathes new life into a soggy genre that benefits greatly ..
Movies Tv Guide
3.5
In this surprisingly bright, brash, adults only rom com Justin Timberlake (Yogi Bear) and Mila Kunis (Family Guy) play two time stressed new gen yuppi ..
The Age
4.0
A witty script and strong supporting cast are the hallmarks of the great romantic comedies and its nice to see someone get it.
Maki At The Movies
3.0
At the start, the film is clever enough to send up the whole rom com formula with Dylan and Jamie neatly mocking the genres conventions as they watch ..
Mirror
4.4
Sexy and just as funny as Bridesmaids, the giddily entertaining Friends with Benefits thrives on fun people having fun and learning how surprisingly n ..
Red Eye Chicago
2.5
If the screenplay manages the wacky feat of meandering while feeling overstuffed and undernourished, some of the dialogue interplay is quick and rhyth ..
Dustin Put Man
2.0
This movie should be more amusing.Instead, its predictable raunch with a side of depression.
Brian Or Ndorf
3.8
Timberlake and Kunis manage to bring sexy and funny back to the otherwise exhausted rom com genre.
Js Online
4.0
But Friends With Benefits comes with one key difference: its funny.Elliott Noble
Sky
1.3
If youve ever wondered why the genre of romantic comedy is in such a sorry state, watch these two appealing actors go through every false note in the ..
Scene Stealers
2.5
A self aware wink is not the intellectual equivalent of a new idea.
Dvd Talk
4.0
Fast paced and fabulously fake, Friends With Benefits is the Red Bull of romantic comedies, unapologetically delivering a hyperactive, synthetic buzz.
Ny Mag
2.0
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Fan The Fire Magazine
1.5
Unfortunately this mingling of talented people has not produced anything of any worth.
Trespass Mag
3.0
You have to give credit to a romantic comedy that spends several moments making fun of romantic comedies!.Friends with Benefits is a smart, funny film ..
Media Mikes
4.0
And there still museums with pay what you wish admission, if not every day, then on certain days weekly or monthly.You just have to know who offers wh ..
New York Time Out
3.0
It tries to be smart with the occasional self analysis, but ends up flat instead.Audiences will drool over Timberlakes rock hard abs and Milas bare tu ..
Reel Talk Online
3.5
ENDING: Its sweet.This is odd because the movie is attempting to make fun of your standard romantic comedy.
The Scorecard Review
4.0
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Richard Roeper
3.0
So the only useful moral of Friends With Benefits is: If you want Sony to bankroll your movie no matter how lame, just throw in a bunch of Sony produc ..
Critics Notebook
4.5
Not So Guilty Pleasures: Romantic Comedies Roxane Gays last not so guilty pleasure was The Fast and the Furious.I love romantic comedies.
Web Archive
2.0
Watch it if you must, but dont expect to remember much a few hours later.
Mid Day
4.0
Then in a staggering about face, the film embraces every one of those same conventions and contrivances to hopefully bring together its two perfectly ..
Liver Pool Echo
2.0
Friends with Benefits may not want to admit it, but making a successful rom com would seem to be harder than it looks.
Ultra Culture
3.0
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Jo Reviews
2.5
And Timberlake and Kunis definitely bring sexy back to a tired formula.
Rss Feeds Usa Today
3.5
Its still disappointing to see romantic comedies focused on purely sexual relationships between two main characters but this one has enough laughs to ..
Big Hollywood
3.8
3 stars out of 4 Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake are a lot of fun together in Friends with Benefits, with some real chemistry and a rapid fire repart ..
Jackson Ville
3.0
Horrible Bosses easily is the best of the bunch, with an ingenious though not quite original premise, genuine wit and a fantastic cast.
Maki At The Movies Blogspo ..
4.0
Its fun and fast paced, but about halfway through, it takes a serious turn and becomes much deeper and more poignant.
Access Hollywood
3.1
Captain America, directed by veteran Joe Johnston (The Rocketeer, October Sky, Hidalgo) delivers the goods in an engaging fashion.
Atlantic City Weekly
3.0
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Ifc
3.0
Director Will Gluck doesnt believe that romantic comedies should make you believe a fantasy.
Movie Day At The Court
3.0
They talk when they meet cute at a New York airport (hes a hot Internet property whos just arrived from L.A. to be interviewed for the position of art ..
Feeds
3.0
Instead its a smart but still rather ordinary comedy that is entertaining but not ground breaking.
Baltic Times
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