This is an interesting romantic movie choice. Sassy-check. Sexy-check. Acting: good acting from Kutcher and Portman which surprised me a bit. I wasn't too worried about him, but wasn't too sure about her, but she was good and sold the story and the character well. The story is fun and modern: Emma (Portman) and Adam (Kutcher) are friends who have sex one morning and worry about their friendship being ruined. They make a pact to have "no strings attached", to have casual sex without falling in love with each other. The best part was that it wasn't cheesy which was very refreshing, because romantic movies can easily swim in the sea of cheese and that is unbearable. But this film didn't make you squirm in your seat and the dialogues were funny, clever and witty.
There was also some nice acting from Kevin Kline, Greta Gerwig, Ludacris, Mindy Kaling and particularly Lake Bell who was funny in the awkward part of Lucy, Adam's colleague who is interested in him, but isn't quite sure how to deal with him. So all in all very enjoyable. And sure Adam has a huge house and everybody's loaded in California, but at least Emma's flat isn't too big and she shares it with a few other doctors. So there's something normal about that. Besides it's just nice and cosy to watch a film shot in a sunnier climate when it's freezing outside. This totally makes you leave the cinema with a dreamy smile on your lips.
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