No Strings Attached (2011)

No Strings Attached rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.2/10· 253K votes

Rotten Tomatoes47%

Metacritic50%

TMDb6.297/10· 5K votes

With 47% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.2/10 on IMDb and 50/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.

About No Strings Attached

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?

Cast of No Strings Attached

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  Natalie Portman

  as Emma Kurtzman

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  Ashton Kutcher

  as Adam Franklin

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  Kevin Kline

  as Alvin Franklin

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  Cary Elwes

  as Dr. Stephen Metzner

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  Greta Gerwig

  as Patrice

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  Lake Bell

  as Lucy

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  Olivia Thirlby

  as Katie Kurtzman

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  Ludacris

  as Wallace

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  Jake Johnson

  as Eli

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  Mindy Kaling

  as Shira

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  Talia Balsam

  as Sandra Kurtzman

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  Ophelia Lovibond

  as Vanessa

No Strings Attached facts

Budget

$25M

Box office

$149.2M

Our take on No Strings Attached

Ivan Reitman directs this 2011 romantic comedy built around a familiar modern gamble. Emma, a busy young doctor with little time for feelings, proposes a tidy arrangement to her best friend Adam: a physical relationship with one firm rule, no strings attached, no romance, no complications. The film follows the predictable but pleasurable question of whether two people can keep casual sex separate from friendship, and what happens when a fling starts to feel like something more. Light, frank and comfortably formulaic, it leans on the charm of its leads more than any surprise in its plot. Best for viewers wanting an easygoing, adult rom-com.