The trailer for No Strings Attached — not to be confused with the Justin Timberlake/Mila Kunis film Friends With Benefits — wants you to know one thing: Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher have lots of sex. They play old friends who finally get physical because she’s an overworked doctor who wants someone in her bed at 2 a.m. that she doesn’t have to have breakfast with afterwards. The twist: He’s the one who falls hard for her. She encourages him to sleep with other people, she gets jealous, and we’re guessing we know how this story ends. The question is, will it be fun along the way? If The Office‘s Mindy Kaling gets more screentime, yes. Watch it below.
“You fight like a hamster.” Yes.
yes. that line kind of won me over. i always want to hate natalie portman.. beautiful, talented, a genius.. (by which i mean i want to hate her out of jealousy) but alas she always wins me over.
as long as she doesn’t cry I think we’ll be ok. I enjoyed the boleyn movie until she turned on the waterworks and I remembered why I don’t like her. She is the worst crier! anakin – you’re breaking my heart!
Interesting casting, but I really wish they would’ve had another actor instead of Ashton.
For that age group, they had so many other choices for actors who would’ve been better than him.
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Yeah, he’s pretty much box office poison. Natalie must not have had it in her contract to have approval over leading men.
For me, if he’s anything like he was in A Lot Like Love, I’m in.
Agreed. How about James Marsters? Now THAT is a likable guy.
Did you mean James Marsden?
James Marsters, AKA Spike from Buffy? I’d be much more inclined to see it with James Marsden…
There’s been a bombardment of not-so-good-looking romantic comedy trailers these days.
Am I the only one upset that *NSYNC wasn’t playing in the background during this trailer? Just me? Okay.
omg me too! when Mandi said not to be confused with the new justin timberlake/mila kunis movie i was hoping she would add or the album justin timberlake did with Nsync
God!; Natalie Portman: Yes. Ashton Kutchner: No.
They could’ve done so much better than pair Portman with this talentless dude…
Yeah I tend to agree. To me seeing Natalie Portman with Ashton Kutcher feels weird. I just can’t help thinking, “Well she can do better then that.”
Plus acting wise, they really don’t compare.
Adrien Grenier might have been a better choice.
Looks cute! Would have been nice have the release date included.
It actually looks kind of cute…
Looks like Natalie is trying to find her “Catwoman” (i.e. the godawful film that comes out after she wins the Academy Award for Black Swan).
Better that than her “Norbit” (i.e. the godawful-looking movie that comes out DURING Oscar season and maybe/maybe not derails your chance of winning in the first place.)
That being said, I don’t think “No Strings Attached” looks that bad at all.
I wonder if they end up getting together??!?!?!?
In a surprising twist ending, they end up having a stable, happy polyamorous relationship.
I can only hope Mindy Kaling is in more of this than just that one scene. If not, I pass. I don’t think I could suffer through another “Friends take it to the next level” rom-com.
LUDA!
Ashton Kutcher is the male version of Jennifer Aniston.
How is it possible they’ve never starred together in one of these things?! At least then, the suck would be concentrated and confined in one place.
Yes, we must contain the suckage.
lmao so true
Natalie Portman, I love you, but willingly making a film with Ashton Kutcher puts a serious roadblock in our future. I can’t in good conscience introduce you to my grandmother right now because of this. I forgive you, but please don’t ever do this again.
Love and Other Drugs , part II. But Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway have much better chemistry than Ashton Kutcher & Natalie Portman.
ooo put Jake Gyllenhall with Natalie Portman. I would watch that.
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Actually, I think the relatively unique thing in this “Harry Met Sally” been-done-500-times trop (by the way, Ashton does this a lot-Valentine’s Day, A Lot Like Love), is that the opposite-gender-friends-realize-they-have-chemistry-and-hook-up part actually happens in what seems like the beginning of the movie. Usually you have to sit through them spending years agonizing over whether to get together or stay platonic friends only first.