The Film Does Not Follow Through

Rating: 8/10 (30 October 2011)

No Strings Attached is a romantic comedy film starring Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher together with Cary Elwes and Kevin Kline.Elizabeth Meriwether's screenplay is about two friends that decide to make a pact to have sex with "no strings attached".The film is directed by Ivan Reitman.
In this romantic comedy,Emma and Adam are life-long friends who almost ruin everything by having sex one morning. In order to protect their friendship, they make a pact to keep their relationship strictly casual or "no strings attached." that means no jealousy, no expectations, no fighting, no flowers, no baby voices. It means they can do whatever they want, whenever they want, in whatever public place they want, as long as they don't fall in love. Can you have sex without love getting in the way? And can their friendship survive?Your guess is as good as mine in the end.
The movie disappoints in a way that it presents an original idea but does not follow through in the end as it concludes in a clichéd and predictable way just like most romcoms. It benefits from the presence of the talented Natalie Portman despite her lack of chemistry with Ashton Kutcher due to not being on level with the former in terms of acting capabilities.Worse,the theme presented isn't really that modern as people already were into casual sex back in the 1970's.Too bad that the film decided to end to everyone's expectations.But nevertheless,it remains entertaining due to Portman's presence alone.