No Strings Attached is a 2011 American romantic comedy of longtime companions who take their relationship to the next level by engaging in sexual affairs. Apprehensive of destroying their companionship, the new sweethearts make a settlement to keep things simply physical, with no battling, no envy and no desires. Emma and Adam vow to do whatever they need, wherever they need, as long as they don't begin to look all starry eyed at. Who will fall first?
No Strings Attached is so palpably calculated that you know if the camera had pulled back a foot from the bed in which Portman and Kutcher were pretending to have sex, you'd have seen their agents standing by beaming: proud parents, proud pimps.
While it's not without problems, No Strings Attached is a romantic comedy worth watching, and that's saying a lot. Every member of the cast lights up the screen with humor and charm and there are a lot of genuinely funny moments.
Portman can look smug in light-touch comedy, but her chemistry with Kutcher is believable (though to be fair, Kutcher is the golden retriever of male leads: blandly irresistable).
