No Strings Attached (2011)

January 21, 2011 (US) • Comedy, Romance • 107m

Overview

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?

Director

Ivan Reitman

Writers

Elizabeth Meriwether, Elizabeth Meriwether, Michael Samonek

Top Billed

Natalie Portman

Keywords

parent child relationship casual meeting sexual humor student of medicine friends open relationship best friend valentine's day casual sex friends in love duringcreditsstinger fling father son conflict

Where to watch

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Top Billed Cast

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

Adhir Kalyan

Kevin

Brian H. Dierker

Bones

Abby Elliott

Joy

Vedette Lim

Lisa

Gary David Goldberg

Emma's Relative

Armen Weitzman

Taxi Driver

Shaun Russell

LACMA Guard

Nealla Gordon

Lydia

Seth Morris

Man with Dog

Nasim Pedrad

Writer

Elizabeth Meriwether

Writer

Mollee Gray

Sari

Derek Ferguson

Benji

Matthew Moy

Chuck

Tyne Stecklein

Victoria

Kym Connor

Stage Mom

Renna Bogdanowicz

Stage Assistant Director

Jennifer Hamilton

On Camera Choreographer

Krystal Ellsworth

Secret High Dancer

Megan Honore

Secret High Dancer

Nick Lanzisera

Secret High Dancer

Moira 'Anjolie' Marfori

Secret High Dancer

Dalphe Morantus

Secret High Dancer

Katrina Norman

Secret High Dancer

Heather Phillips

Secret High Dancer

Britt Stewart

Secret High Dancer

Paula Van Oppen

Secret High Dancer

William Loftis

Secret High Dancer

KC Monnie

Secret High Dancer

Jason Williams

Secret High Dancer

Chulachak Chakrabongse

Bar Group

Jay Barclay

Bar Group

Tom Tangen

Eli's Dad

Tim Matheson

Eli's Dad #2

Ben Lautman

Rabbi

Joshua Andreacola

Boy at Wake

Sam Greenberg

Boy at Wake

Rachel McDermott

STK Waitress

Robert Trapp

Mini-Golfer

Rachael Markarian

Frat Party Dancer

Kherington Payne

Frat Party Dancer

Dylan Doornbos Hayes

Young Adam

Stefanie Scott

Young Emma

Marko Germar

Secret High Dancer

Crew

Ivan Reitman

Director

Elizabeth Meriwether

Screenplay

Cristen Carr Strubbe

Unit Production Manager

Paul Sanchez

Camera Operator

Omar Hassan-Reep

First Assistant Editor

Rick A. West

Chief Lighting Technician

Deborah Myles Davis

Costume Supervisor

Barbara Lorenz

Hair Department Head

Christine Colvin

Casting Assistant

Kyle Salazar

Post Production Assistant

Heidi Falconer

Unit Publicist

Jeff Carson

Music Editor

Elizabeth Meriwether

Story

Jeffrey Clifford

Producer

Roger Birnbaum

Executive Producer

Joanna Colbert

Casting

Danielle Berman

Set Decoration

Michael Crow

Key Costumer

Tess Minsky

Casting Assistant

Jim Wallis

Set Designer

Tom Pollock

Executive Producer

Ida Random

Production Design

John Wildermuth

Associate Producer

Michael J. Benavente

Supervising Sound Editor

Kathleen Karridene

Key Makeup Artist

Barbara Harris

ADR Voice Casting

Brad Dechter

Orchestrator

Joe Medjuck

Producer

John Wildermuth

First Assistant Director

Wendy Means

Art Department Coordinator

Michael Samonek

Story

Gary Barber

Executive Producer

Jonathan Glickman

Executive Producer

Julie Weiss

Costume Design

Jacklin Masteran

Key Hair Stylist

Dale Robinette

Still Photographer

Brad Sherman

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Rich Mento

Casting

Ken Van Duyne

Assistant Costume Designer

Ivan Reitman

Producer

Edward Tise

Sound Mixer

Chris Fielding

Set Dresser

Greg Evans

Set Dresser

Donna Glasser-Hancock

Production Accountant

Rogier Stoffers

Director of Photography

Greg Berry

Art Direction

Kurt Verbaarschott

Set Dresser

Tracey Levy

Makeup Department Head

Ali Bell

Co-Producer

Conrad E. Palmisano

Stunt Coordinator

Maria Gonzales

Additional Editing

Jane Goldsmith

Script Supervisor

Robert Jackson

Boom Operator

Anthony Veader

Hairstylist

Tricia Linklater

Assistant Sound Editor

Daniel Howell

Hairstylist

Nancy MacLeod

Sound Effects Editor

Christina Fong

Second Assistant Director

Brent Brooks

Music Editor

Natalie Portman

Executive Producer

Dana E. Glauberman

Editor

Elizabeth Meriwether

Co-Producer

Marguerite Pomerhn Derricks

Choreographer

Chris Squires

Steadicam Operator

Gregory Alpert

Location Manager

Susan Dukow

Production Coordinator

Annette Savitch

Co-Producer

Max E. Brehme

Property Master

John C. Hartigan

Special Effects Coordinator

Doug Jackson

Sound Effects Editor

Lisa Bruce

Co-Executive Producer

Jorjee Douglass

Makeup Artist

Steve Pederson

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Chuck Michael

Sound Effects Editor

Anshuman Prasad

Set Designer

Tommy Tancharoen

Transportation Coordinator

Melissa R. Stubbs

Stunt Driver

Conrad E. Palmisano

Second Unit Director

Larry Kemp

Dialogue Editor

John Debney

Original Music Composer

Susan Dudeck

Dialogue Editor

R.J. Kizer

Dialogue Editor

Robin Harlan

Foley Artist

Sarah Monat

Foley Artist

Randy K. Singer

Foley Mixer

Greg Zimmerman

ADR Recordist

Eddie Braun

Stunts

Mark Dobson

Stunts

Alex Daniels

Stunts

Hubie Kerns Jr.

Stunt Driver

Oliver Keller

Stunt Double

Victory Palmisano

Stunts

Dorenda Moore

Stunt Double

Jimmy N. Roberts

Stunts

Jennifer Scudder Trent

Post Production Coordinator

Robbie Nevil

Musician

Reviews

GDawson2

⭐ 7/10

December 18, 2018

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 have 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… read the rest.