'Friends with benefits' is a nice love story with a little too many clichés.

Rating: 6/10 (6 February 2019)

Jaime and Dylan are two attractive people in their early-30s (at least I guess so). Successful at work but a failure when it comes to relationships. When they become friends they suggest a special relationship between them: just sex and no emotions.
The story feels like every love story ever. There is a beginning, everything is going as planned, they are starting to feel more than just friendship for each other, then there's the break-up where they separate and of course there is the happily-ever-after-ending. So nothing special from this side.
The movie is full of clichés. But aside from that, it shines. The characters are relatable, you can really see the attraction between them, the relationship is building up and occasionally it's really funny. I think the film is a little bit too long, it has some not-so-entertaining scenes in 'part 2'. But it also has a lot of beautiful moments like the first few scenes in New York where Jaime shows Dylan around.
It is a neat little love story with a lot of great moments but also some droughts in the middle of the movie.