No Strings Attached is a 2011 American romantic comedy film starring Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher. The film is directed by Ivan Reitman and is about two friends, Emma (Portman) and Adam (Kutcher), who decide to make a pact to have "no strings attached" casual sex without falling in love with each other. The film was released in the United States and Canada on January 21, 2011.
Plot
After first meeting at a summer camp as teenagers, Emma (Natalie Portman) and Adam (Ashton Kutcher) run into each other over the next few years but never managed to stay in regular contact. Emma is now a resident at a Los Angeles hospital and Adam is a production assistant for a musical TV show. Adam's father (Kevin Kline), a former TV star, has begun a relationship with Adam's ex-girlfriend, Vanessa (Ophelia Lovibond),
which leads Adam to get drunk and call every woman in his phone seeking
a hookup. The next day, he wakes to find that he text-messaged Emma and
had come to the house she shares with some other residents, including
her best friend Patrice (Greta Gerwig). Emma leads Adam to her bedroom to retrieve his pants, where the two of them wind up having sex.
Because of both her belief that no two people were meant to be
together forever and the pressures of her job, Emma proposes they have
casual sex with each other before setting some ground rules to prevent
their relationship from becoming too serious. At first things go well,
but then Adam starts becoming jealous of the possibility of Emma being
with another doctor, Sam (Ben Lawson). Although denying he is jealous, Adam starts presenting her with gifts, which she rebuffs.
Adam becomes more distraught when his father invites him to dinner
with Vanessa on Adam's birthday, where they announce they’re planning to
have a baby together. Emma, who accompanied Adam to the dinner, berates
the couple while defending Adam. Adam eventually convinces her to go
out with him on a date on Valentine’s Day.
Things come to a head when Emma starts becoming too uncomfortable about
being on a date with Adam. Adam tells Emma he loves her, but she grows
angry, telling him he should go out with another woman who 'isn't going
to hurt you'. Adam drops Emma off at her hospital and drives off.
Six weeks later, a script Adam had written for his show is being
filmed, and Adam gets a regular writing job on the show thanks to the
help of Lucy (Lake Bell),
the top assistant to the show's creator who makes it clear she's
attracted to him. Emma, meanwhile, has become distraught at not being
with Adam, which is compounded by her younger sister Katie's (Olivia Thirlby) wedding the next day and her widowed mother (Talia Balsam) arriving with a new boyfriend.
Emma tries calling Adam, but Adam rebuffs her on the phone. Emma
realizes she wants to be with him, and drives down to his home. Adam,
however, arrives home with Lucy, whom Emma takes to be Adam's new
girlfriend. Emma tearfully starts driving back to the wedding. Before
Adam and Lucy can have sex, Vanessa calls Adam—his father is in the
hospital, having overdosed on Purple Drank.
Arriving at the hospital, Vanessa confesses that she doesn't want to be
with an older man and that she's scared of old people. She dumps her
dog off on Adam and leaves for a party. Adam talks to his father and
chastises him, but tells him he'll call the next day.
On the way out, Adam calls Emma back. Adam angrily tells Emma she
needs to have the conversation she wants in person – which she does;
Emma’s friend and resident Shira (Mindy Kaling)
noticed Adam's father arriving and called Emma. Adam and Emma
reconcile, and after a morning of eating breakfast, they go together to
Emma’s sister’s wedding. Emma asks, "So, what happens now?" and Adam
silently holds her hand. The film concludes with a montage of events
including Adam's father and Lucy having dinner as a new couple, Patrice
dating Adam's roommate Eli and meeting his same-sex parents, an arrogant
resident who Emma left for Adam telling Shira he thinks they should
date other people (and Shira bluntly telling him she's been seeing other
people during their entire relationship), the resident deciding to
experiment with Shira's gay roommate, Katie going into labor, Vanessa
looking horrified as she's stuck in an elevator packed with senior
citizens, and Adam and Emma being happy together as a couple.
Cast
- Natalie Portman as Dr. Emma K. Kurtzman (younger version portrayed by Stefanie Scott)
- Ashton Kutcher as Adam Franklin (younger version portrayed by Dylan Hayes)
- Greta Gerwig as Patrice, Emma's friend
- Jake Johnson as Eli, Adam's friend
- Cary Elwes as Dr. Metzner
- Mindy Kaling as Shira, Emma's friend
- Kevin Kline as Alvin Franklin, Adam's father
- Chris Bridges as Wallace, Adam's friend
- Olivia Thirlby as Katie Kurtzman, Emma's young sister
- Lake Bell as Lucy
- Ophelia Lovibond as Vanessa, Alvin's girlfriend
- Talia Balsam as Sandra Kurtzman, Emma and Katie's mother
- Guy Branum as Guy, Emma's friend
- Adhir Kalyan as Kevin, Katie's fiancé
- Ben Lawson as Sam, a co-worker of Emma, that likes her
- Matthew Moy as Chuck, guy taking pictures on his cellphone
- Jennifer Irwin as Megan, Adam's boss
- Abby Elliot as Joy
- Nasim Pedrad as Writer
- Mollee Gray as Sari
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