But NO STRINGS ATTACHED, I loved
Of course, love complicates the matter with one of the two predictably falling in love with the other despite their strict rules against such tom-foolery.
REVIEW: It’s been awhile since I’ve seen a new romantic comedy that I could watch – nay endure. Sure there have been great movies wherein the rom-com is shoe-horned into a different genre altogether – hello, ZOMBIELAND! – but a real-deal rom-com that’s just unapologetically about love and relationships? It’s been awhile.
Much to my surprise, NO STRINGS ATTACHED has put an end to that desert of emotion. Sure, you quickly and rightly suspect that stars Natalie Portman (Emma) and Ashton Kutcher (Adam) will end up together, but the movie makes up for any predictability by adding a dash of realism that calls the genre on its propensity to b.s. the audience into believing relationships, make-ups, and break-ups are so simple.
What’s most refreshing about NO STRINGS ATTACHED is that it’s a romantic comedy about two grown-ups who act like self-fulfilled adults. Tired of the rom-com staple of a leading lady who must choose between her job and love because her workaholic ways keep her from realizing that her ladyparts need some attention of their own? Gone. As for the other rom-com cliche of the leading man who’s equal parts manly man and man-child, he’s replaced by Kutcher as a production assistant/aspiring staff writer on a Glee-knock-off who is also smart and has a hold on his life – well, except when it comes to getting out from under his father’s shadow. Continue reading “PLOT: Emma (Natalie Portman) and Adam (Ashton Kutcher) are friends who decide to enter into a sex-only relationship”