No Strings Attached (movie review)

I watched No Strings Attached with Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher and it introduced the dramatic events and emotions that come with friends with benefits. I thought it with into the category of Romantic Drama. The movie is about two young characters named Adam and Emma who're both emotionally confused and figuring out what they want from life. Adam's father is dating his ex-girlfriend and Emma does not like relationships because she is afraid to be hurt. These characters try to be friends with benefits but one falls for the other and there's a lot of tension and drama in their relationship and where it's going. There are questions raised and concerns about whether they can manage to have more than what they have.

Emma wants to keep their relationship strictly physical but Adam ends up wanting much more than that which Emma cannot give because she is confused and doesn't know what she wants. Adam gets his heart broken and decides he does not want to see Emma anymore because he's going to want more than just a physical relationship. He wants to put forth his emotions and make an effort to have an actual relationship with her. Emma agrees that they should not see each other but later on regrets the decision once she sees that Adam has "moved on." Adam tries to make Emma jealous and it becomes even more dramatic because it's more than just sexual tension.

I liked the movie a lot because it shows how dramatic "friends with benefits" can get and how emotions clash. The movie was pretty predictable though because in a dramatic romance movie, the couple almost, always ends up together...I suppose it's one of the rules of a romantic drama movie. But I liked it and the story made sense because a lot of this happens in real life and there are so many young people dealing with this kind of drama and tension. It was quite interesting.