This one has been made for the die hard RomCom hater. Even if you are one, you are bound to love No Strings Attached (NSA) for its slick direction, brilliant dialogues and superb acting by almost everyone in the cast. I saw the trailer first over a couple of months back and was quite certain that it would be entertaining. That it would turn out to be a great balance between quality comedy and great romance was something that I had not expected really. And a personal word of advise to my friend Sumantra Mukherjee, a die hard Natalie Portman fan – Don’t watch this before you are placed my friend lest you die of a heart attack – Portman looks delectable to say the least.
Adam (Ashton Kutcher) is all of 14 years old and a reluctant member of a summer camp – thanks to his parents getting divorced – when he meets Emmaa (Natalie Portman). He uses the sympathy vote to try and get a feel of Emmaa but our lady is one up on him. She is not one to be swayed by the sympathy vote factor and just lends him a shoulder to cry. Poor Adam. 10 years down the road, Adam and Emmaa meet up once again at a sorority party which is getting really ferrel as she walks in. She doesn’t look too thrilled to be there as such but tries to settle in when she finds Adam having a blast with a couple of chicks – or should we say that Adam finds her. Doesn’t really matter. Emmaa is now @ MIT studying medicine and asks Adam over to her place the next day for “doing something”. Turns out to be Emmaa’s dad’s funeral and Adam is the only person dressed in yellow in a sea of black. Sounds quite morbid right. Not really when you watch it. It is quite funny actually. Fast forward 4 years more and Adam’s friend Eli (Jake Johnson) bumps into an old acquaintance, Patrice (Greta Gerwig). And what do you know? Patrice is doing her internship at the local hospital and is sharing a place with – ta dah – Emmaa. Looks like there is not turning back for this couple considering that they keep bumping into each other once every few years. This time however, it seems to be for good. After a few embarrassing moments for Adam though.
Adam’s dad, Alvin (Kevin Kline) decides to drop a bomb onto him one fine day by informing him that he is actually dating Adam’s ex girl friend. Depressed with the thought, Adam decides to get drunk and call up all the girls on his phone to get laid and eventually wakes up the next morning @ Emmaa’s place. Nope they haven’t done it yet. But they will in a few minutes post which Adam is not able to get her out of his head. Funnily enough Emmaa seems to be all non chalant about it and continues to go on with life one day at a time. She really doesn’t believe in getting emotionally tied down and much to Adam’s happiness proposes to continue seeing each other purely for sexual purposes – a man’s dream come true one would assume. But not if you were to so obviously fall in love with the woman of your dreams.
A predictable flick but very well made. You will kept laughing all through the movie and leave the hall quite satisfied with the way you spent the previous 2 hours. Natalie Portman is fabulous as the girl who doesn’t believe in love and believes that the weight of the world is on her shoulders and that she can go through life alone. Ashton Kutcher is his normal playboy self and the support cast is also quite good. Kevin Kline seems to have settled into playing the role of a father of the lead actor very well and hasn’t lost his comic touch one bit. Ivan Rietman has given us a very compact modern day RomCom with very little wastage of time or anything that can clearly be called unnecessary. One of the better RomComs made. 6.5 on 10. Must watch this Valentines.
Watch the trailer at http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1902549273/
Adam (Ashton Kutcher) is all of 14 years old and a reluctant member of a summer camp – thanks to his parents getting divorced – when he meets Emmaa (Natalie Portman). He uses the sympathy vote to try and get a feel of Emmaa but our lady is one up on him. She is not one to be swayed by the sympathy vote factor and just lends him a shoulder to cry. Poor Adam. 10 years down the road, Adam and Emmaa meet up once again at a sorority party which is getting really ferrel as she walks in. She doesn’t look too thrilled to be there as such but tries to settle in when she finds Adam having a blast with a couple of chicks – or should we say that Adam finds her. Doesn’t really matter. Emmaa is now @ MIT studying medicine and asks Adam over to her place the next day for “doing something”. Turns out to be Emmaa’s dad’s funeral and Adam is the only person dressed in yellow in a sea of black. Sounds quite morbid right. Not really when you watch it. It is quite funny actually. Fast forward 4 years more and Adam’s friend Eli (Jake Johnson) bumps into an old acquaintance, Patrice (Greta Gerwig). And what do you know? Patrice is doing her internship at the local hospital and is sharing a place with – ta dah – Emmaa. Looks like there is not turning back for this couple considering that they keep bumping into each other once every few years. This time however, it seems to be for good. After a few embarrassing moments for Adam though.
Adam’s dad, Alvin (Kevin Kline) decides to drop a bomb onto him one fine day by informing him that he is actually dating Adam’s ex girl friend. Depressed with the thought, Adam decides to get drunk and call up all the girls on his phone to get laid and eventually wakes up the next morning @ Emmaa’s place. Nope they haven’t done it yet. But they will in a few minutes post which Adam is not able to get her out of his head. Funnily enough Emmaa seems to be all non chalant about it and continues to go on with life one day at a time. She really doesn’t believe in getting emotionally tied down and much to Adam’s happiness proposes to continue seeing each other purely for sexual purposes – a man’s dream come true one would assume. But not if you were to so obviously fall in love with the woman of your dreams.
A predictable flick but very well made. You will kept laughing all through the movie and leave the hall quite satisfied with the way you spent the previous 2 hours. Natalie Portman is fabulous as the girl who doesn’t believe in love and believes that the weight of the world is on her shoulders and that she can go through life alone. Ashton Kutcher is his normal playboy self and the support cast is also quite good. Kevin Kline seems to have settled into playing the role of a father of the lead actor very well and hasn’t lost his comic touch one bit. Ivan Rietman has given us a very compact modern day RomCom with very little wastage of time or anything that can clearly be called unnecessary. One of the better RomComs made. 6.5 on 10. Must watch this Valentines.
Watch the trailer at http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1902549273/
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