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Friends With Benefits

R

Released Jul 22, 2011

1 hr. 49 min.

Romance

Comedy

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171 Reviews

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50,000+ Ratings

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Jamie (Mila Kunis) is a New York-based executive recruiter who entices Dylan (Justin Timberlake), an art director from Los Angeles, to take a job at the New York office of GQ magazine. Finding that they have much in common, the two become fast friends. 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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EllaJo r

Cute little date show. I love the dorkyness of it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/21/24

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Jeff

Who would have imagined. They realize maybe they should be more then friends with benefits. I was still touched.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/19/24

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Timothy D

Timberlake and Kunis are magical together. It may be a tried and true romcom, but this movie gets it right. It's sexy, hilarious, and immensely enjoyable. Friends with Benefits is a beautiful dose of movie magic.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

12/29/23

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Winter B

funny movie with sex

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/24/23

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Pedro Henrique C

It's a more fun average film

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/28/23

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Rami A

This is one of the more "decent" romantic comedies.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/07/23

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Will Gluck

Director

Justin Timberlake

Dylan

Mila Kunis

Jamie

Patricia Clarkson

Lorna

Jenna Elfman

Annie

Bryan Greenberg

Parker

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Friends With Benefits: Official Clip - I Want My Best Friend Back

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Friends With Benefits: Official Clip - Glad I Met You

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Friends With Benefits: Official Clip - Who Needs Friends?

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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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Friends With Benefits: Official Clip - Mommy's Little Slampiece

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Friends With Benefits: Official Clip - Times Square Flash Mob

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Sara Reihani

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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

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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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James Croot

Stuff.co.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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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

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

Rated: 3.0/4.0

Sep 8, 2020

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Synopsis

Jamie (Mila Kunis) is a New York-based executive recruiter who entices Dylan (Justin Timberlake), an art director from Los Angeles, to take a job at the New York office of GQ magazine. Finding that they have much in common, the two become fast friends. 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
Executive Producer: Glenn S. Gainor
Screenwriter: Keith Merryman, David A. Newman, Will Gluck
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Production Co: Castle Rock Entertainment, Olive Bridge Entertainment, Zucker Productions
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
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS

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