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No Strings AttachedMovie Review
 
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No Strings Attached
 January 22, 2011
This reverse Harry-Met-Sally plot of a couple whojust have sex while denying friendship ischarming and vulgar thanks to Ashton Kutcherand Natalie Portman. They just use each otherfor sex and nothing else, at all hours, day ornight. Somehow, they remain so damn likeable;you want them to be happy even if they
’
re justtogether for cheap physical satisfaction. I mean,how much fun can you have just making out inbeds, washrooms, utility closets and operatingtables and
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One Word Movie Review: GOOD
The romantic comedy is a dying genre in today
’
scynical world, taken over by mean-spirited, gross, foul-mouthed battlesbetween extreme characters we
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dinstinctively find repulsive if we metthem in real life. It may seem odd, butto see a romantic comedy with twoattractive leads, intelligent friends andan underlying optimism aboutrelationships seems oddly refreshing.Although not perfect by any means,
 No Strings Attached 
reminded me most of a polar oppositeto
When Harry Met Sally
.
 
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We have a story told across many years,involving two characters who keep bumping intoeach other, obviously attracted to each other butseparated by a philosophical ideology about theperils of love, friendship and commitment. Harryand Sally attempted unsuccessfully to be friendswithout physical intimacy, while Emma andAdam attempt to be intimate without beingfriends. Saying one thing while meaningsomething else is the backbone of romcoms, sothe more Emma and Adam insists they are justsex buddies the more we know they
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re falling foreach other big-time.Add in family complications like Adam
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s famousdad (played by Kevin Kline) screwing his oldgirlfriend and Emma
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s sister
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s optimisticmarriage plans and we get the culminatingmoment of crisis which propels our two loversinto close proximity and ultimate revelation of 
“
oh my, we love each other, don
’
t we?
”
 Ivan Reitman
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s directed his way around comedy fortoo many years to let this one get away. Heshowcases Portman
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s face and her ability to sell thefull range of emotional joy and heartbreak. He letsAshton be himself, a big-hearted goofball.Ultimately, he lets the pacing sell the story, takingtime to build up, break apart and re-unite our twostars properly, with only one sex montage.
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