No Strings Attached

Director: Ivan Reitman (My Super Ex-Girlfriend; was producer for I Love You, Man & Up In the Air)
Screen Play Writer: Elizabeth Meriwether
Actors: Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher

As a premed nerd, one scene that made me smile was " you give me premature ventricular contraction", which is a problem when your heart skips a beat. I love lines that have science or math references. So intelligently romantic.

Anyhow, the movie is about two "friends with benefits". However, the movie hints that they were each other's "love at first sight". Thus, in a way, the movie contains somewhat cliche theme that there are soul-mates in the world that are attracted to each other no matter how different they are. So again we learn that there are just certain people in this world that you just cannot forget, because of circumstances that make the relationship seem like a destiny.

Carrying on with the theme, the movie was actually very well made for a "chick-flick". I really thought every transitions were smooth, the acting was very well done, shots were just pretty enough for a romantic comedy. I knew that the director was experienced at least. So, luckily, there was nothing about the movie that I frowned upon. Just a good homored romantic comedy.

I really liked the personalities of the characters and how they were played. Natalie Portman did a fabulous job of a smart, cold hearted doctor who is way too serious about her career that she has no time for love. I think those "workaholic" women are somewhat trendy in the movies these days. I think there are definitely elements in those characters that working women these days can really relate to. Like, there's this "new" contrasting goal in life for women, like getting a great career and finding the right person to love. It's a difficult dilemma that maybe all women in 21st century face.

Then, for these women, there are always the prince charming who follows these beautiful but busy women around. Especially for Ashton Kutcher, he always plays the guy who falls in love with girls who are workaholics, wrapped up in their career that they have no room in their minds for love. Like, he loves Jessica
Alba in Valentine's Day. Kutcher has this charming image that he can make anyone fall in love with him, and besides, he has the best "I am hurt by love" look, that makes all the audience to feel so bad for him. Oh man, I have to stop watching his movies.

Overall, the movie was a pretty well made romantic comedy, made with an experienced eye.