Review: "Friends with Benefits" is a flawed but fun romantic comedy
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Film Rating: B If you like Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis, you’ll enjoy Friends With Benefits – it’s as simple as that. The film is an excellent showcase for the pair of them, both as comedic and, occasionally, dramatic performers, and their chemistry is simply amazing. The film isn’t riotously funny, but it’s hard not to smile when Kunis and Timberlake share the screen, so natural is their rapport. The film fares best when it puts the two front and center and lets their relationship develop organically; when it takes a detour for the titular “sex sans emotions” story, which is really only a subplot, the film doesn’t work as well, and it’s very disappointing to see the third act eschew much of the freshness of the first two thirds in order to service a handful of terrible romantic comedy clichés.
Review: "Friends with Benefits" is a flawed but fun romantic comedy
Review: "Friends with Benefits" is a flawed…
Review: "Friends with Benefits" is a flawed but fun romantic comedy
Film Rating: B If you like Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis, you’ll enjoy Friends With Benefits – it’s as simple as that. The film is an excellent showcase for the pair of them, both as comedic and, occasionally, dramatic performers, and their chemistry is simply amazing. The film isn’t riotously funny, but it’s hard not to smile when Kunis and Timberlake share the screen, so natural is their rapport. The film fares best when it puts the two front and center and lets their relationship develop organically; when it takes a detour for the titular “sex sans emotions” story, which is really only a subplot, the film doesn’t work as well, and it’s very disappointing to see the third act eschew much of the freshness of the first two thirds in order to service a handful of terrible romantic comedy clichés.