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?
Acting
Portman doing physical comedy she absolutely did not need to do.
Writing
Greta Gerwig's chaotic energy steals every scene she's in.
Director
Ivan Reitman
Natalie Portman
Emma Kurtzman
Ashton Kutcher
Adam Franklin
Kevin Kline
Alvin Franklin
Cary Elwes
Dr. Stephen Metzner
Greta Gerwig
Patrice
Lake Bell
Lucy
Olivia Thirlby
Katie Kurtzman
Ludacris
Wallace
Jake Johnson
Eli
Mindy Kaling
Shira
Talia Balsam
Sandra Kurtzman
Ophelia Lovibond
Vanessa
Guy Branum
Guy
Ben Lawson
Sam
Jennifer Irwin
Megan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This film was originally titled 'Friends with Benefits'—yes, really—forcing Justin Timberlake's competing movie to change names. Hollywood is petty.
Released during peak 'quippy Apatow-era rom-com' saturation, this represented Portman's deliberate 'one for them' after Black Swan. She produced it herself.
US
