Dir: Ivan Reitman Cast: Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher, Kevin Kline, Cary Elwes
No Strings Attached
A; Romance/Comedy
Dir: Ivan Reitman
Cast: Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher, Kevin Kline, Cary Elwes
Raitng: **
WHAT'S IT ABOUT: It's old. I'll tell you that much. Getting two friends to have sex, to mutually agree to not get emotionally involved and yet ensuring that one of them does, is the kind of clich ufffd romcoms thrive on.
Adam (Kutcher) and Emma (Portman) first meet at camp, then several years later, at a party. He's been dumped by a hot girlfriend. His replacement? His father, Alvin (Kline). The boy drinks himself silly.
The next morning, he wakes up naked in Emma's apartment, where she stays with her roommates. Sooner than you know it, the production assistant (Adam) and the resident doctor (Emma) rekindle their bachpan ki dosti in several positions (catch my drift?)
She's busy as heck on the job, and reasonably horny and would love a quick f**k on demand minus the baggage that a relationship would entail. Boytoy Adam offers his 'services' gratis (obviously!) and they romp their way through most of the flick as f**k buddies.
And you'd think that Adam would be happy in his heaven and all's well with the world, right?
Wrong! He does the girlie thing and starts feeling love for Emma (yes, she does the guy thing), who believes pyaar and yaar don't mix.
Could matters get worse from here?
WHAT'S HOT: Can really tall guys want to end up with really short (in comparison to them) girls? There's food for thought there. That said, Kutcher and Portman still make for an unusual pairing, given that the former is a romcom veteran while the latter moved on to far more serious stuff eons ago. They are overshadowed by the supporting acts, though. Most notably, by Kevin Kline, who is an effortless scene-stealer.
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WHAT'S NOT: You already know how this one is going to end. You needn't even bother sit through the film to get it. And don't mean to teach you your job, guys. Just don't throw angles and twists if you can't bother to see them through. You never feel for Natalie's Emma despite her having the stronger role. It's a rather comatose screenplay that very rarely shows potential. However, the film has a few good comic moments but none worth writing home about. If toilet humour cracks you up, well ufffd you'll crack up.
WHAT TO DO: It's the Valentine's weekend. A romcom, however contrived, silly or raunchy, is a safer bet than an action or horror flick. Just this once.
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