Review: Natalie Portman sparkles in ‘No Strings attached comedy that is’ romantic

Review: Natalie Portman sparkles in ‘No Strings attached comedy that is’ romantic

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IVAN REITMAN — whose directing job (“Ghostbusters”) can be so long within the enamel he really possesses son, Jason, directing Oscar-worthy comedies — has their outing that is best in decades with “No Strings connected,” an amusing flip associated with the “friends with benefits” sex-leads-to-love romantic comedy formula.

It’s a film profiting from another gleaming, sexy and emotionally available performance by Natalie Portman, some clever turns in circumstances and witty banter that is not bashful about crossing over into “Hangover”-level raunchy.

Elizabeth Meriwether’s script has that “(500) times of Summer” gimmick, telling this couple’s tale in clumps more than a period that is 15-year. Super-smart Emma met hunky-needy Adam at summer time camp long ago whenever, in addition they possessed a momentary fling. A decade later on, they meet once again and pretty, flirty Emma (Portman) invites Adam to “this thing” she’s got to visit. It’s her dad’s funeral. But Adam that is dopey-handsome Kutcher, never cast against type) doesn’t hear the “She’s take off from her emotions” warning bells, even though she confesses, “If you’re lucky, you’re never likely to see me once again.”

Another possibility encounter years later results in an trade of telephone numbers. After which, that magical evening if the kid drunk-dials your ex plus one starts. But don’t call it a romance that is thoroughly modern. Emma, now an MIT trained doctor, won’t have that. She’s busy. She’s guarded. And she’s interested in sex — somebody “in my sleep at 2 a.m.” — and absolutely nothing more.

They usually have their romps, but snuggling and so on — real closeness — scares her down. Therefore for Adam, the chase is on.

Portman, most likely an Oscar nominee for “Black Swan,” carries this film along with her warmth and her wicked method with a extremely crude come-on. Continua a leggere