Post a Comment. Wednesday, January 26, No Strings Attached. Longtime acquaintance Emma Natalie Portman suggests that they become, to use a euphemism, friends with benefits. The pact seems ideal for Adam, who receives this offer after coming off a bender inspired by learning that his ex-girlfriend Vanessa Ophelia Lovibond is now sleeping with his dad Kevin Kline.
After such an emotionally traumatic experience, he can limit his vulnerability if involved with Emma in a purely physical way. As with most deals that defy belief, being best sex friends is more complicated than Adam anticipated. He feels jealous of a co-worker who pays her attention and begins to crave something akin to a dating relationship.
A better version of the film might still arrive at the same conclusion while also considering the dynamics of a sex-based relationship free of emotional ties. Rather, it sees two attractive people and decrees that they should be together happily ever after. Leave it to Joe Swanberg or the French to examine hook-up culture. Her refusal to develop close connections to anyone indicates issues beyond a mere desire for casually indulging in pleasures of the flesh.
She and Kutcher make an appealing on-screen pair, although not one with much spark or color. They seem like nice but boring people. It even produces a greater sense of romantic longing missing in the main couple when the attention shifts to the hesitant and flirtatious interactions between Adam and his infatuated co-worker Lucy Lake Bell.
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