Friends with Benefits

Name: Friends with Benefits
Released: 2011-8-25
Cast: Mila Kunis, Bryan Greenberg, Patricia Clarkson, Richard Jenkins, Jenna Elfman

R
1h 49m
2011

68%

age 17+

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Dylan (Justin Timberlake) is done with relationships. Jamie (Mila Kunis) 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. Physical pleasure without the entanglements. Sounds easy enough for two logical adults, right? Not so much. They soon realize romantic comedy stereotypes might exist for a reason.

Director:

Will Gluck

Producer:

Will Gluck, Liz Glotzer, Janet Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Martin Shafer

Writer:

Will Gluck, David A. Newman, Keith Merryman

Cast:

Mila Kunis, Bryan Greenberg, Patricia Clarkson, Richard Jenkins, Jenna Elfman, Justin Timberlake, Woody Harrelson

FEATURES

Locked video

On Set With FWB

Locked video

In A Flash: Choreographing A Mob

Deleted Scenes

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

68%

Critics Consensus: Friends with Benefits adds nothing new to its well-worn rom-com formula, but the chemistry between Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis is almost enough to carry the movie by itself.

Reviews

Bitch Media

Sara Reihani

The plot is really just a rickety frame on which to hang cultural references. My God, the cultural references. Flash mobs! Street art! Smart phones! '90s nostalgia! Guerrilla advertising! iPads! Sexting!

January 8, 2021

FULL REVIEW

TheIndependentCritic.com

Richard Propes

It is one of the freshest and funniest romantic comedies of the summer.

Friends With Benefits told me one of the best lies ever. I smiled so hard, for so long, I had to ice my face when I got home.

These types of movies are going to keep coming out and there's just nothing we can do do about it.

Aside from boasting an impressive catalog of Sony products, "Friends With Benefits" has little else on offer.

June 25, 2017

FULL REVIEW

Common Sense Media

age 17+

Common Sense Says

Lots of sexual content in formulaic but sweet romcom.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that this R-rated romcom stars Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis as adult friends who decide to make their relationship sexual with no commitments (hence the "benefits" of the title). Consequently, there's plenty of frank, direct sexual talk and content, with partial nudity, simulated sex acts, innuendoes, and free-wheeling discussions about sexual preferences and relationships. There's also social drinking and swearing (including "s--t" and "f--k"). It's adult fare, but it does ultimately have positive messages about true love.