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Friends with Benefits

Friends with Benefits

Romance · Comedy · 2011

Dylan is done with relationships. Jamie decides to stop buying into the Hollywood clichés of true love. When the two become friends they decide to try something new and take advantage of their mutual attraction - but without any emotional attachment.

Movie details

Friends with Benefits

“Some friends come with a happy ending.”

2011 Romance · Comedy 1h 49m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.6 / 10

Community rating

Dylan is done with relationships. Jamie decides to stop buying into the Hollywood clichés of true love. When the two become friends they decide to try something new and take advantage of their mutual attraction - but without any emotional attachment.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Will Gluck

Written by

Keith Merryman · David A. Newman · Will Gluck · Harley Peyton

Justin Timberlake

Justin Timberlake

Dylan Harper

Mila Kunis

Mila Kunis

Jamie Rellis

Jenna Elfman

Jenna Elfman

Annie Harper

Patricia Clarkson

Patricia Clarkson

Lorna

Woody Harrelson

Woody Harrelson

Tommy Bollinger

Richard Jenkins

Richard Jenkins

Mr. Harper

Bryan Greenberg

Bryan Greenberg

Parker

Court is in session

Put Friends with Benefits on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.