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No Strings Attached (2011)
Cute!
I gave this movie an 8/10 simply because it will keep you laughing the majority of the time. Sure the ending is predictable and a few of the background actors deliver lackluster performances but Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher fit very nicely together as the main characters, you could really tell they had fun working together.
I see a lot of other reviews criticizing Portman for "stooping to this level" and I'm not too sure why, maybe they didn't go see it in the right frame of mind...this movie is what it is, a romantic comedy about two friends who decide to take their relationship to the next level without having any of the commitments and "duties" of being an actual couple, that's what the trailers showed it as, that's what the actors described it as, nothing was a surprise...she did a cute, funny romantic comedy, it's not like she dove head first into the adult film industry.
Will this movie be nominated for awards, probably, will it win, probably not, but overall it was cute, it was funny, and I left the theater feeling like the $10 I paid for a ticket was well worth it.
How Do You Know (2010)
Don't See It
My best friend and I were bored one day and decided a movie was our best option. After seeing the cast-list for this movie we figured how could it fail, Reese Witherspoon is always adorable and adds some kind of witt, Owen Wilson is usually funny, Paul Rudd is always good, and Jack Nicholson is well, Jack Nicholson so put them all together and it had to be good. Well, we were wrong! This movie is boring...yes Reese is adorable, yes Paul does well but the comedy was lackluster, the romance was the same story line as always...boy wants girl who's not really available, boy tries anyway, boy presumably wins girl at the end, the movie seemed very long and drawn out, and the ending was not even decent, there are too many questions left unanswered. My best advice is don't let the case list draw you in, save your money and wait for this movie to show up on HBO where you can at least turn it off when you're bored with it, I'm sure that won't take too long.