Friends with Benefits (2011)

Friends with Benefits rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.5/10· 418K votes

Rotten Tomatoes69%

Metacritic63%

TMDb6.642/10· 8K votes

With 69% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.5/10 on IMDb and 63/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.

About Friends with Benefits

Dylan is done with relationships. Jamie decides to stop buying into the Hollywood clichés of true love. When the two become friends they decide to try something new and take advantage of their mutual attraction - but without any emotional attachment.

Cast of Friends with Benefits

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  Justin Timberlake

  as Dylan Harper

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  Mila Kunis

  as Jamie Rellis

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  Jenna Elfman

  as Annie Harper

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  Patricia Clarkson

  as Lorna

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  Woody Harrelson

  as Tommy Bollinger

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  Richard Jenkins

  as Mr. Harper

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  Bryan Greenberg

  as Parker

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  Andy Samberg

  as Quincy

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  Nolan Gould

  as Sammy - Sam the Magnificent

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  Shaun White

  as Himself

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  Andrew Fleming

  as Driver

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  Catherine Reitman

  as Female Co-Worker

Friends with Benefits facts

Budget

$35M

Box office

$149.5M

Our take on Friends with Benefits

Will Gluck's 2011 romantic comedy takes a knowingly cynical premise and lets it play out with sharp, fast banter. Dylan is finished with relationships and Jamie refuses to buy into on-screen fantasies of true love, so the new friends strike a deal: enjoy their mutual attraction with no emotional strings attached. The film openly winks at rom-com clichés even as it heads somewhere familiar, and the pleasure lies in the chemistry and quick, adult wit rather than surprise. It's aimed at viewers who want a breezy, contemporary take on the genre with more edge than sweetness. A brisk, self-aware romance that knows exactly which conventions it's teasing.