No Strings Attached
Reception

No Strings Attached (2011)

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6.3
5 platform(s) · 7 ratings 357,605 votes
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Audience 5.4/10 186 votes Synced 2026-07-26
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Critics 4.7/10 Synced 2026-07-26
6.3/10 5,063 votes Synced 2026-09-01

External reviews

Peter Rainer · Christian Science Monitor 67.00/100.00

The film isn't helped by Kline's cameo, although his comic timing is impeccable. The problem is that what he's timing – the role of an aging ego-swelled roué – is very tired stuff.

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Tom Russo · Boston Globe 75.00/100.00

The film is also packed with enough sharply scripted screwiness from Adam's roommate (Jake Johnson), Emma's roomie (Greta Gerwig), and others to keep viewer impatience to a minimum.

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Keith Phipps · The A.V. Club 67.00/100.00

No Strings Attached isn't a BAD piece of formulaic product.

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Joe Morgenstern · Wall Street Journal 80.00/100.00

Ivan Reitman directed, with great verve and unflagging finesse, from a terrifically funny script by Elizabeth Meriwether.

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Steve Persall · Tampa Bay Times 75.00/100.00

Doesn't revolutionize the romantic comedy like "(500) Days of Summer," or even match the Farrellys or Judd Apatow for clever smut. But it is cheerful raunch delivered by a solid cast.

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Carrie Rickey · Philadelphia Inquirer 75.00/100.00

Kutcher and Portman have terrific screen physics, using their 12-inch height difference to considerable slapstick effect.

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Stephanie Zacharek · Movieline 70.00/100.00

It's all just too cute for words, and more's the pity. Because in the end, No Strings Attached is more meaningful for what it does rather than for what it says along the way.

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James Berardinelli · ReelViews 63.00/100.00

There are fitful sparks between him (Kutcher) and Portman, but he is unable to sustain viewer interest in his character. She becomes the dominant figure and that throws off No Strings Attached's balance and impacts the all-important chemistry.

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Roger Moore · Orlando Sentinel 75.00/100.00

It's a movie benefiting from another sparkling, sexy and emotionally available performance by Natalie Portman.

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Karina Longworth · Village Voice 70.00/100.00

At times, No Strings Attached feels almost shockingly attuned to the particular angst of its time and place.

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