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No Strings Attached

No Strings Attached

Friendship has its benefits.

20116.31h 47m

Overview

Emma is a busy doctor who sets up a seemingly perfect arrangement when she offers her best friend Adam a relationship with one rule: No strings attached. But when a fling becomes a thing, can sex friends stay best friends?

Directed by Ivan Reitman
Written by Michael Samonek, Elizabeth Meriwether
Produced by Joe Medjuck, Ivan Reitman, Jeffrey Clifford
Box OfficeBudget: $25.0MRevenue: $149.2M

Top Cast

Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman

Emma Kurtzman

Ashton Kutcher

Ashton Kutcher

Adam Franklin

Kevin Kline

Kevin Kline

Alvin Franklin

Cary Elwes

Cary Elwes

Dr. Stephen Metzner

Greta Gerwig

Greta Gerwig

Patrice

Lake Bell

Lake Bell

Lucy

Olivia Thirlby

Olivia Thirlby

Katie Kurtzman

Ludacris

Ludacris

Wallace

Jake Johnson

Jake Johnson

Eli

Mindy Kaling

Mindy Kaling

Shira

Themes & Keywords

parent child relationshipcasual meetingsexual humorstudent of medicinefriendsopen relationshipbest friendvalentine's daycasual sexfriends in loveduringcreditsstingerflingfather son conflict

About No Strings Attached

No Strings Attached is a comedy, romance film released in 2011 exploring themes of parent child relationship, casual meeting, sexual humor, student of medicine, friends, open relationship. Directed by Ivan Reitman, it stars Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher, Kevin Kline. Emma is a busy doctor who sets up a seemingly perfect arrangement when she offers her best friend Adam a relationship with one rule: No strings attached. But when a fling becomes a thing, can sex friends stay best friends?

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