Friends With Benefits

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Friends With Benefits

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Released Jul 22, 2011

1h 49m

Romance

Comedy

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Jamie is a New York-based executive recruiter who entices Dylan, an art director from Los Angeles, to take a job at the New York office of GQ magazine. Feeling jaded by a number of broken romances, Dylan and Jamie decide that they are ready to quit looking for true love and focus on having fun. However, complications unfold when the two best pals add sex to their relationship.

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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.

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Sara Reihani

Bitch Media

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!

Jan 8, 2021

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

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

Rated: D+

Sep 8, 2017

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Leah Rozen

TheWrap

Anyone who has ever seen a romantic comedy before knows where this one is going.

Oct 7, 2011

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

It qualifies very well as that crowd-pleasing romantic comedy audiences love and brings the "layers" that puts it near the greats in its genre.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 13, 2024

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James Croot

The Post NZ

A mix of Before Sunrise, Down With Love and The Holiday, Friends With Benefits seeks to skewer Hollywood tropes of the genre as well as homaging classics of the past.

Rated: 3.5/5

Sep 5, 2023

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Danielle Solzman

Solzy at the Movies

Friends with Benefits brings nothing new to the romantic comedy genre but it's so much fun watching Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis.

Feb 28, 2022

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Co D

I never get bored of this movie, looove their chemistry ❤️

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/17/25

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Faiz D

Mila Kunis is effin' HOT! But 'Friends With Benefits' SUCKS!

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

05/13/25

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David F

This is a fantastic romantic comedy. The plot involves two very attractive, upwardly mobile professionals who have each recently left a relationship and are open to being Friends with Benefits, as the title says. The movie follows along as things predictably go awry. The dialogue in this film is extremely witty and delivered in a fast, spirited way which keeps the film moving along at a breakneck speed, like one of those old Noel Coward plays or a screwball comedy. The main characters are likable and relatable and their sidekicks are funny as well (Woody Harrelson steals the show from Justin Timberlake, if that’s even possible). The film also revels in its setting, showcasing New York City and the Empire State Building from a nearby rooftop, and mocking Los Angeles from the Hollywood sign ("the city’s only real landmark”). There are a few tender and emotional scenes, and they fit right in. Everything about this movie works, it’s sheer entertainment.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/22/25

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Phillip D

Very much worth the watch. It practically watched itself. Fun, nothing pretentious. So its simplicity is a strength. Very enjoyable cast. Short on laughs or I woulda rated it higher.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/01/25

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Fuei F

It's a Lil bit too cheesy, but I like the fact that the characters are conscious of themselfs.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/25

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Alya N

love the plot but kinda boring to be honest

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/12/25

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Will Gluck

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Justin Timberlake

Dylan

Mila Kunis

Jamie

Patricia Clarkson

Lorna

Jenna Elfman

Annie

Bryan Greenberg

Parker

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Friends With Benefits: Official Clip - Glad I Met You

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Friends With Benefits: Official Clip - I Wish Life Was a Movie

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Friends With Benefits: Official Clip - Just Sex

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Friends With Benefits: Official Clip - Welcome to New York

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Friends With Benefits: Official Clip - Seeing Other People

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Friends With Benefits: Official Clip - Two Break-Ups

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Synopsis

Jamie is a New York-based executive recruiter who entices Dylan, an art director from Los Angeles, to take a job at the New York office of GQ magazine. Feeling jaded by a number of broken romances, Dylan and Jamie decide that they are ready to quit looking for true love and focus on having fun. However, complications unfold when the two best pals add sex to their relationship.

Director: Will Gluck
Producer: Martin Shafer, Liz Glotzer, Jerry Zucker, Janet Zucker, Will Gluck
Screenwriter: Keith Merryman, David A. Newman, Will Gluck
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Production Co: Castle Rock Entertainment, Zucker Productions, Olive Bridge Entertainment
Rating: R (Sexual Content|Language)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 22, 2011, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $55.8M
Runtime: 1h 49m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS

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