No Strings Attached
Friendship has its benefits.
2011 | 107m | English
Popularity: 6 (history)
| Director: | Ivan Reitman |
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| Writer: | Michael Samonek, Elizabeth Meriwether |
| Staring: |
| 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? | |
| Release Date: | Jan 21, 2011 |
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| Director: | Ivan Reitman |
| Writer: | Michael Samonek, Elizabeth Meriwether |
| Genres: | Comedy, Romance |
| Keywords | parent child relationship, casual meeting, student of medicine, friends, open relationship, sexual humor, best friend, valentine's day, casual sex, friends in love, duringcreditsstinger, fling, father son conflict |
| Production Companies | Katalyst Films, The Montecito Picture Company, Handsomecharlie Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $149,200,000
Budget: $25,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jul 30, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Barbara Lorenz | Hair Department Head |
| Jacklin Masteran | Key Hair Stylist |
| Anthony Veader | Hairstylist |
| Cristen Carr Strubbe | Unit Production Manager |
| John Wildermuth | First Assistant Director |
| Dale Robinette | Still Photographer |
| Barbara Harris | ADR Voice Casting |
| Michael Samonek | Story |
| Ida Random | Production Design |
| Joanna Colbert | Casting |
| Rich Mento | Casting |
| Christina Fong | Second Assistant Director |
| Greg Berry | Art Direction |
| Danielle Berman | Set Decoration |
| Paul Sanchez | Camera Operator |
| Chris Squires | Steadicam Operator |
| Maria Gonzales | Additional Editing |
| Omar Hassan-Reep | First Assistant Editor |
| Jane Goldsmith | Script Supervisor |
| Edward Tise | Sound Mixer |
| Robert Jackson | Boom Operator |
| Rick A. West | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Max E. Brehme | Property Master |
| Gregory Alpert | Location Manager |
| Chris Fielding | Set Dresser |
| Kurt Verbaarschott | Set Dresser |
| Greg Evans | Set Dresser |
| Ken Van Duyne | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Deborah Myles Davis | Costume Supervisor |
| Michael Crow | Key Costumer |
| Tracey Levy | Makeup Department Head |
| Kathleen Karridene | Key Makeup Artist |
| Jorjee Douglass | Makeup Artist |
| Christine Colvin | Casting Assistant |
| Tess Minsky | Casting Assistant |
| Wendy Means | Art Department Coordinator |
| Susan Dukow | Production Coordinator |
| Donna Glasser-Hancock | Production Accountant |
| Kyle Salazar | Post Production Assistant |
| Heidi Falconer | Unit Publicist |
| Steve Pederson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Brad Sherman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Michael J. Benavente | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Tricia Linklater | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Doug Jackson | Sound Effects Editor |
| Chuck Michael | Sound Effects Editor |
| Nancy MacLeod | Sound Effects Editor |
| Brent Brooks | Music Editor |
| Jeff Carson | Music Editor |
| Brad Dechter | Orchestrator |
| Anshuman Prasad | Set Designer |
| Jim Wallis | Set Designer |
| Tommy Tancharoen | Transportation Coordinator |
| Susan Dudeck | Dialogue Editor |
| Larry Kemp | Dialogue Editor |
| Sarah Monat | Foley Artist |
| Robin Harlan | Foley Artist |
| Greg Zimmerman | ADR Recordist |
| Hubie Kerns Jr. | Stunt Driver |
| Mark Dobson | Stunts |
| Victory Palmisano | Stunts |
| Dorenda Moore | Stunt Double |
| Elizabeth Meriwether | Screenplay, Story |
| Rogier Stoffers | Director of Photography |
| Dana E. Glauberman | Editor |
| Julie Weiss | Costume Design |
| Conrad E. Palmisano | Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator |
| Marguerite Pomerhn Derricks | Choreographer |
| John C. Hartigan | Special Effects Coordinator |
| R.J. Kizer | Dialogue Editor |
| John Debney | Original Music Composer |
| Robbie Nevil | Musician |
| Melissa R. Stubbs | Stunt Driver |
| Oliver Keller | Stunt Double |
| Alex Daniels | Stunts |
| Eddie Braun | Stunts |
| Jennifer Scudder Trent | Post Production Coordinator |
| Ivan Reitman | Director |
| Daniel Howell | Hairstylist |
| Randy K. Singer | Foley Mixer |
| Jimmy N. Roberts | Stunts |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| John Wildermuth | Associate Producer |
| Ali Bell | Co-Producer |
| Annette Savitch | Co-Producer |
| Joe Medjuck | Producer |
| Tom Pollock | Executive Producer |
| Natalie Portman | Executive Producer |
| Gary Barber | Executive Producer |
| Lisa Bruce | Co-Executive Producer |
| Elizabeth Meriwether | Co-Producer |
| Ivan Reitman | Producer |
| Jeffrey Clifford | Producer |
| Roger Birnbaum | Executive Producer |
| Jonathan Glickman | Executive Producer |
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No Strings Attached is romantic comedy starring Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher. Now, I'm not a prolific watcher of the rom-com genre and honestly I've probably only seen a few of them throughout my entire life to this point. I bring this up because it seems like most of the criticisms people hav ... e of this film deal with the idea that it's not all that original and the only thing it did differently was add in foul language. I, on the other hand, really enjoyed this film for what it is. I think this is primarily because I'm still pretty inexperienced with the rom-com genre, but I also think it's because there's nothing really "wrong" with this film. Does it lean more on romance than comedy? Sure, but I actually appreciated that choice. Is the story about as surface level as it gets? Yes, but I also think that the chemistry between Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher largely makes up for that flaw. I knew, along with everyone else who has seen this film, how it was going to end the entire time, but I was still interested in how it would get to that point, and I can't say that I was dissatisfied when the credits rolled. In the end, No Strings Attached is a perfectly fine romantic comedy. It's not going to blow your socks off, but you'll get your fix off of it.