No strings in 'Friends With Benefits'

  • Article by: Colin Covert , Star Tribune
  • Updated: July 22, 2011 - 12:35 PM

Smart, charming and sexy, the film is a guilt-free pleasure.

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danneskjold1Jul. 22, 11 8:55 AM

This is a really stupid movie.

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mrspockJul. 22, 11 8:55 AM

It's really great to see an uplifting movie like this get a lot of attention because the people that will go see this really aren't influenced by behavior that is normalized and glorified by the scum in Hollywood. Yeah, right.

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casseroleJul. 22, 11 8:56 AM

Ya Strib. There are no string but there are also no morals in this movie either. Any concern that the primary viewers of this will be younger audiences? Wouldn't it be great to know your 17 year old daughter has "friends with benefits"? Or maybe not. The Lib Trib at it's finest...

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e72521Jul. 22, 11 9:05 AM

People who like this flick mite also like "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" (1977). It's about these same types of characters, except maybe 5 or 10 years older and more experienced.

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bakagaijinJul. 22, 11 9:10 AM

To the esteemed movie critic...FWB is not some Hollywood invention. It is not a hypothesis. It has been going on and common for over a DECADE. I guess the critic here must really believe writers write movies like this completely from their imagination and the Hollywood creativity is alive and well and oops this is the second FWB movie to come in the last year or so and the first one sucked, so does this one.

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ridic84Jul. 22, 11 9:27 AM

"there are no morals in this movie" seriously? you watch movies for the "morals?" the concept of FWB is not even close to being new, people. get out from under your rock.

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winning1Jul. 22, 11 9:27 AM

How about '9 1/2 weeks'! That's another movie about twisted relationships.

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ljfromminJul. 22, 11 9:29 AM

Normalized "guilt free" casual sex...and we can't figure out why our society is on the verge of collapse?

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bigbirdbrunoJul. 22, 11 9:36 AM

American taboos over sex claim a basis in morality when the the reality is some of the most immoral people I know are sexually stunted - mostly because of those antiquated taboos. Affectionate, respectful physical contact is a normal and natural human requirement that is too often relegated to the dark corners of our society by the very people most in need of that contact.

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bigjimmy007Jul. 22, 11 9:47 AM

A quick guess: no one here who says it's a stupid movie or sucks has actually seen it. Right?

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