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No Strings Attached
A (INDIA)
2011
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Positive Reviews
50
Negative reviews
28
Average Rating
2.8
/5
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2.0
That said, No Strings Attached isnt a bad piece of formulaic product.
Av Club
3.2
That said, No Strings Attached isnt a bad piece of formulaic product.Until its endless final act, Elizabeth Meriwethers script and Ivan Reitmans old h ..
Av Club
0.5
Such is the intricate tapestry of asinine 21st century pop bullshit.)
Den Of Geek
1.5
After all, hes the genius who brought us Ghostbusters, but since the mid 90s it seems as though hes chosen all the wrong projects, which saddens me a ..
Den Of Geek
3.5
While its not without problems, No Strings Attached is a romantic comedy worth watching, and thats saying a lot.Every member of the cast lights up the ..
We Got This Covered
1.5
But it helps if an actress looks like shes at least having fun with so much foul mouthing.
Austin Chronicle
2.0
Theres nothing inherently wrong with coarse comedy, and certainly no more so when its coming out of the mouth of a woman; in fact, theres much to reco ..
Austin Chronicle
3.0
But while No Strings Attached makes a good stab at a mainstream comedy of sexual mores, its not really as radical as it wants to be and never leaves u ..
Time Out
4.5
Hes aided by a script, from debut screenwriter Elizabeth Meriwether, that doesnt overreach for false slapstick, but instead puts a fairly substantive ..
Screen Daily
1.5
Even though theyre trying to avoid a romantic entanglement, there doesnt even seem to be a friendship thats implied by the term fuckbuddies.
Collider
2.5
Here is a titillating sex romp in 2011, when the very words titillating and romp have outlasted their shelf lives. The movie is rated R, but its the m ..
Rogerebert
2.0
No Strings Attached is nominally a raunchy romantic comedy, but Natalie Portman betrays so little indication of enjoying herself youd be forgiven for ..
Telegraph
3.0
Theres plenty to like about No Strings Attached, enough that youll wish it had been done better.
Cinema Blend
1.0
Portman will get past this speed bump with well earned swiftness.
Ny Daily News
3.1
It is actually her final descent into heartbreak that rings false, but by that point, tired of the latest limp complication thrown up by the script, y ..
The Globe And Mail
2.8
Poor Natalie Portman she survives the horrors of Black Swan, only to find herself in an Ashton Kutcher movie.
Philly
3.8
Kutcher and Portman have terrific screen physics, using their 12 inch height difference to considerable slapstick effect.
Philly
3.0
For others it is just another avenue to savoring pleasure and having fun.
Spirituality And Practice
3.5
Which is ironic, because every time this story strain bubbles up, it leaves a shtick stain that reeks of crass Hollywood conventionality.
Village Voice
3.8
And then, that magical night when the boy drunk dials the girl and something begins.But dont call it a thoroughly modern romance.
Rogers Movie Nation
3.5
(This movie doesnt besmirch the memory of Portmans astonishing achievement in Black Swan.)
Combust Ible Celluloid
2.0
The charismatic leads keep this watchable, but its a waste of their talents.
Chicago Reader
1.9
I cant shake the feeling that each of the romantic leads of No Strings Attached would be better off without the other.
Mark Reviews Movies
3.1
The few genuinely comic moments and deviations from cutesy rom com formula make you wish No Strings Attached had traveled a more distinctively offbeat ..
Usa Today
2.5
Since Portman exec produced this cinematic hairball, she gets the blame if audiences cough it up.
Rolling Stone
3.2
The problem is that what hes timing the role of an aging ego swelled roue is very tired stuff.Kutcher is charming enough.
Cs Monitor
3.0
This latest batch of films doesnt wonder whether men and women can be friends without wanting to have sexit assumes that they can and then wonders whe ..
Film Journal
3.0
But it is a nice little diversion in a career increasingly filled with outstanding performances.
Az Central
3.8
In fact, the whole enterprise is pretty smart here, from Kutchers unexpected sensitive guy restraint to the crackerjack supporting cast to a script th ..
Boston
3.5
The films first half is best, largely because the conceit that keeps the lovers from the inevitable happy ending is much too flimsy to go the distance ..
Smh
1.0
Hanging on to your hat is not a problem as this films plot unfolds; holding on to your lunch might be.
Guardian
1.0
The philosophy, not far from the sophistries espoused by Hugh Hefner, is what passes in some Hollywood circles for maturity and wisdom.
Guardian
3.5
While a bit too vulgar for my inner Church Lady, the movie has its heart in the right place.
Reel Talk Reviews
2.8
Dont forget to include a Prius somewhere in the plot no Hollywood movie today is approved without one!
Ew
1.0
But the bland on bland central coupling isnt the most frustrating thing about No Strings Attached.
Slate
2.0
In the end it has much the same effect as its central concern: you might have fun, but youll go home feeling slightly dirty and oddly unsatisfied.
Empire
3.0
Susan Grangers review of The Mechanic (CBS Films) Director Simon West has remade Charles Bronsons 1972 action/thriller with Jason Statham playing the ..
Susang Ranger
3.5
We dont have a great film here, but it is certainly an enjoyable one.
Flim Threet
2.5
Which is to say, it remains an enjoyable romantic comedy for people who happen to like romantic comedies.
Sf Gate
4.5
The picture is no great shakes as cinema, and a shade too cute for its own good.
Time
1.9
Its other tactic is surprise, trading on its fresh faced cast to shock us with gags about cunnilingus and fingering.
Slant Magazine
3.0
The picture is not completely unengaging, however, thanks to two likeable lead performances from Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman.
Express
2.5
The sour, patronizing tone of so many recent romantic comedies comes through only occasionally.
Chicago Tribune
2.0
The movie goes from breezy and sporadically funny to plodding and dour, and even Portmans performance loses a bit of its spark.
Las Vegas Weekly
3.0
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Total Film
3.1
For the romantic comedy audience those who attend movies of this genre out of a genuine love for this sort of thing No Strings Attached delivers what ..
ReelViews
2.5
Date and girls night out appeal is sufficient for Paramount to anticipate decent mid winter box office returns for this rosy cheeked (and occasionally ..
Hollywood Reporter
3.0
Although the story is predictable, if not trite, there are a few lines funny enough to elicit audible laughs.
Tony Medley
2.0
Sadly, an obsession with raunchy one liners trips everything up, turning a clever conceit into something closer to a sleazy, cheesy affair.
Los Angeles Times
4.5
Benedict Cumberbatch Wants You To Know He *Is* The Motherf*cking Grinch The Grinch star takes Mike Ryan through the final scenes of Avengers: Infinity ..
Hit Fix
1.9
Do it incorrectly and you end up with No Strings Attached.This is a movie that introduces a very provocative idea, only to progressively water it down ..
Aisle Seat
2.5
Evolution possesses many of the same elements (wisecracking heroes, scary monsters, etc) but the movie is ultimately unable to achieve that perfect ba ..
Reel Film
3.8
But everything still works out nicely at the end.And while the denouement treads closely to the cliched it involves, Im sorry to say, pretty much the ..
Nj
2.5
Theres an increasingly familiar quality to its overall arc, but Meriwethers script makes room for some decent one liners.
Movie Habit
2.0
I dont blame the cast.Theyre not hitting it out of the park with this film, but theyre perfectly acceptable in a romantic comedy framework.
7M Pictures
3.1
Can two good looking people make love without falling in love.No silly, of course they cant.
The Star
3.5
And its all very pretty.Emma and Adams housemates are a lively bunch (a good supporting cast) and the interaction between all these characters give th ..
Urban Cine File
3.0
A great date movie and a slam dunk must for chick flick aficionados.
The Age
3.0
MA 110 Minutes General release CAN a man and a woman have regular sex, stay friends, and avoid falling in love
The Age
3.5
Its not exaggerating to say this is probably Kutchers best screen acting to date.
Maki At The Movies
2.5
The movie quickly sinks into a terminal case of the cutes and extreme predictability amid the usual surfeit of wacky supporting characters.
New York Post
3.8
As for the film proper, it tells a story that is, at once, contemporary and old fashioned.
Dustin Put Man
4.5
Like being ordered to have long hair and smile on stage, but wondering how to smile with a trombone in your mouth.Or repeatedly told youre not good en ..
News Blaze
2.5
The script contains absolutely no surprises and very few workable jokes.
Hollywood And Fine
1.5
Further confirmation of career death comes in the form of No Strings Attached, a sloppy, insipid chick/dick flick intended to blur the line between ra ..
Brian Or Ndorf
4.2
Ok, we all know where this story is going and how it will end.You cant expect much more from a rom com.
The Film Pie
2.3
At a running time of 1 hour and 48 minutes Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance is an exhilarating adventure that offers compelling characters, a won ..
Nyc Movie Guru
2.5
The answer is pretty much the same, if less convincingly arrived at.
Js Online
2.0
Thats what it would like to be doing; unfortunately it is so unbelievably tone deaf it has no idea how to do that and instead resorts to crude sex jok ..
ComingSoon
2.0
Most red blooded males would settle for a sex only arrangement with Natalie Portman..but Ashton Kutcher wants more.He plays Adam, a twenty something a ..
Sky
2.0
Lazy.This kind of film is expected from Kutcher, who to be fair, is less smug than usual here, but at the opposite end of the could do better sliding ..
The Shiz Nit
3.1
Multiplexes are commonly filled with lowest common denominator, high concept romcoms with attractive actors who are going through the tired motions of ..
Scene Stealers
3.5
The good news is that its book ended by a genuinely enjoyable film.
Streaming Quickflix
1.5
(There are pre Code movies from the early thirties with less old fashioned ideas about casual sex.)
Ny Mag
3.0
From out of the romcom wilderness comes No Strings Attached, an inoffensive, oft entertaining and even occasionally funny addition to the genre.
Trespass Mag
3.8
It is filled with indelibly cute moments and winning dialogue that is hilariously raunchy.
Entertainment Spectrum
2.0
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
The movie offers precious little that hasnt been done to death in romantic comedies by now. Its a formulaic piece of fluff enlivened by star chemistry ..
Movies Ign
3.0
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Richard Roeper
3.8
Its hard to take No Strings Attached multiplex oriented date night popcorn fare if ever there was some too seriously.
Critics Notebook
3.0
The predictability makes the ending a saw it coming from a mile away disappointment that creates one of the few points in the film that piles on the s ..
Standard Net Au
4.0
No Strings Attached is the first touchingly sweet and funny Hollywood rom com of the year.
Liver Pool Echo
3.0
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2.2
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New York Metro Mix
1.5
Ultimately, No Strings Attached relies on cliches and unfunny sexual jokes.The story has none of the chemistry or idealism of other romantic comedies.
Breit Bart
3.2
By sheer force of willor really, willingness to wedge in a joke a minuteit works well enough that it wont crush Portmans chances at a Best Actress Osc ..
Amy Weekly
3.0
Friends With Benefits is a smug little film that thinks its smarter than your standard, sappy rom com.
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