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?
There are fitful sparks between him (Kutcher) and Portman, but he is unable to sustain viewer interest in his character. She becomes the dominant figure and that throws off No Strings Attached's balance and impacts the all-important chemistry.
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Variety
Justin Chang
As it is, No Strings Attached is content to be sweet rather than edgy, to make you go "awww" instead of "hmmm."
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Arizona Republic
Bill Goodykoontz
It leads exactly where we think it will on a sometimes funny, ultimately predictable, journey.