When No Strings Attached was released, Natalie Portman was riding high on the success of Black Swan, and predictably everyone was going gaga over her role in this movie. Catching the movie six months after, it doesn’t look so hot.
Let’s talk about the storyline: two people keep bumping into each other and finally hook up for no strings attached sex agreement stating if one of them falls in love agreement ends. Obviously, we all know where this is going. However, I don’t watch romantic comedies for novelty but for comfort in predictability. What should lift the predictability of the plot are the performances and the interpretation of an old plot line for the movie to sail through.
The humor is there, it is a funny movie with some laugh-out-loud moments and random deadpan jokes which I have noticed are now defining humor on television and movies.
“No Strings Attached” is basically Ashton Kutcher’s territory, he does these rom-com roles convincingly and well, and he is super cute. It’s Natalie Portman who I had to get used to in this frothy role. Don’t get me wrong, I have been her fan since Garden State days. It’s just that some actresses are rom-com gold like Meg Ryan, Julia Roberts, and even maybe, Katherine Heigl now. They fit these clichéd roles and make them fun if not interesting. Natalie Portman does bring with her character a level of gravity which turns the funny scenes endearing but not funny. She obviously acts well, but I felt she needed to loosen up a bit.
However, Kutcher and Portman had good chemistry, and that made the movie watchable. Nothing groundbreaking, but a nice one-time watch!
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Somehow I can’t bring myself to watch this movie. You’ve presented it in a positive light though 🙂
It was okay – if you don’t see it, you don’t miss anything