Adam (Kutcher) first met Emma (Portman, who also exec produced) when they were adolescents at summer camp. Reacquainted years later, they end up becoming close friends. Adam, an assistant on a Glee-style TV series and the son of a 1980s sitcom star (Kevin Kline), is a goodhearted chap smitten with Emma, who is now a workaholic doctor and by her own admission allergic to serious relationships.
They end up having a quickie one night, an encounter that begets a friends with benefits arrangement with one big rule: no falling in love. Naturally, that “sext friends” deal is just too good to last. So who’s going to blink first? And can their friendship survive it?
Imagine if a celebrated chef like Wolfgang Puck decided to cook at an Applebee’s one night and you just happened to be eating there. It could very well be the best meal you’ve ever had at Applebee’s, but it’s still frickin’ Applebee’s no matter who cooked your dinner because it’s all the same crappy ingredients. That’s about the best analogy that I can make about No Strings Attached as helmed by Ivan Reitman, whose skills may have dipped over the years but who is still the director of Ghostbusters, Dave, Twins, Kindergarten Cop and Stripes. Continue reading “Is Natalie Portman’s latest worth hooking up with?”